[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. Delete these instructions and add your own post.
- Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc.
- Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
- Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
- Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
- Service Engagement: This past summer, I volunteered 40 hours with the American Red Cross. I worked at local blood drives around my hometown (Powell, OH). I helped set up, checked in donors and kept them company, stocked snacks and beverages, and helped tear down. The drives are at different locations like churches, businesses, and local recreational centers. I interacted with the phlebotomists and got patient care experience with each of the donors during their recovery. I practiced bedside manner – holding donor’s hands when they were afraid of the needle and comforting them throughout the donation process – and learned how to run a blood drive on my own (& multitask those responsibilities effectively). Most importantly, I realized the constant shortage of blood there is and the incredible impact that just one donation can have. From this experience, I learned bedside manner in situations where patients are nervous/uneasy, practiced multitasking and effective communication skills with donation staff (phlebotomists, on-site staff, and volunteers), and discovered a passion for donating blood which I plan to do as much as I can moving forward.