G.O.A.L.S.

The University Honors & Scholars Center at The Ohio State University serves high-ability, motivated undergraduate students. While embracing diversity in both ideas and people, the Center fosters purposeful learning communities that enhance students’ academic and social experiences. The Center facilitates impactful, rigorous, and unique opportunities that further student success and involvement in our G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement.

My Future G.O.A.L.S.

Global Awareness: I plan to cultivate acceptance and appreciation of diversity by studying abroad during my undergraduate years. I also hope to converse more with my peers from different backgrounds, and to learn more about their perspectives.

Original Inquiry: I hope to engage in experiences through required fieldwork and volunteering that allow me to better understand different disabilities. I would love to be involved in surveys analyzing the best teaching methods for differently abled individuals, to better understand how to serve them in the future.

Academic Enrichment: In the future, I will strive to take honors classes as much as possible. I have already pushed myself out of my comfort zone by taking classes in Astronomy and Roman History, and will continue this pattern next semester with Entomology. I intend to broaden my horizons with a large array of topics during my general education classes, and would love to eventually decide upon a minor.

Leadership Development: While in high school I held a variety of leadership positions, such as Vice President of the Nation Honor Society and Vice President of the Future Farmer’s of America. I intend to continue this in my college years by gaining leadership positions in on-campus clubs. I also hope to gain the skills necessary to be a good leader to the students in my future classroom.

Service Engagement: I plan to continue volunteering throughout college, as I have already begun by babysitting through Students Supporting People With Down Syndrome. In the future, I would love to serve my community in various service projects, not only dealing with education, but also with the opiod crisis in our state, which is a cause very near and dear to my heart. I also hope to attend a service trip, possibly through the Ohio Student Education Association.