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Career (2nd Year)

This year I have taken a big leap in my steps towards achieving my career goals. I have mentioned it earlier, but my major is Finance and I am also minoring in Music, Media, and Enterprise. My end goal is to be able to work in the business side of the music industry, hopefully in Nashville. I am very passionate about music, particularly with country music. This past semester, I also had the opportunity to attend Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour as well with some of my Mount Scholars from from OSU! This year I have started my classes for my minor by taking both my Music Enterprise class as well as my Music Production and Reception course. These classes have taught me key lessons on how to apply my degree from Fisher back to my interest in the music industry. I am also a member of the Music Industry Club here at Ohio State. In this organization, I get the opportunity to network with music professionals and learn from those already working in this business. My biggest mentor in this process has been my older brother. While he is not in the music business, he is the one I always go to for support and advice in working towards my goals. He knows how much this industry means something to me and is always there to support me. I have gotten to meet a lot of new people in this industry so far and I cannot wait to continue to learn more along the way

Artifact 3 (2nd Year)

This semester I decided to take on another extracurricular during my time at Ohio State. This Fall, I decided to rush a fraternity and I am now a brother in Sigma Phi Epsilon OH Gamma. I decided to take this step to grow both socially as well as professionally. Sigma Phi Epsilon stands on the fact that it is unique from other fraternities. They even state in their founding that “This fraternity will be different”. Sigma Phi Epsilon works to help brothers achieve a sound mind and a sound body during their time and even removes the typical pledge process of a fraternity. By working on these goals and having no pledge process, brothers can work to support each other so that they can fit the image of being a balanced man. In my short time of being in the fraternity, I have already experienced this by setting personal goals as well as attending resume workshops, guest speakers, and off campus trips. Being a brother in Sigma Phi Epsilon allows for endless opportunities to develop both professionally and socially. I cannot wait to see where this organization will take me over time as I have seen so much growth in such a short span of time!

 

G.O.A.L.S. Year 2

Global Awareness: This summer, while I did not travel outside of the country, I did get to experience what living outside of Ohio was like. Being raised in Cincinnati for my entire life, all I have ever known was Ohio. This summer, I decided to participate in the Hersheypark Leadership Development Internship Program in Hershey, Pennsylvania. During my time at this internship, not only was I able to learn valuable leadership lessons that I can apply into my life and my career, but I was also able to learn what it was like to live on my own. While Pennsylvania is not vastly different from Ohio, I was still able to travel and explore what life was like in another state.

Original Inquiry: As I start my sophomore year with one internship under my belt, I look forward to the opportunity to learn more in regards to my minor and searching for opportunities in the music industry. This semester, I am taking one of the core courses for my Music, Media, and Enterprise minor which I hope to learn more about this industry. Through this class, I hope to learn more about what it takes to make it in this field and what it takes in order to make it there.

Academic Enrichment: This semester, while it is still towards the beginning, has become the hardest semester of my college career. I am now entering both my business core courses as well as the core courses for my minor. While these classes have been difficult, it has taught me many valuable lessons about facing adversity in classes as well as how t0 manage my time. I feel like now that I am in courses focused on my interests as well, I am now even more devoted to my academics despite my grades reflecting that a course is more difficult than my previous semesters. I am really looking forward to learning more about finance as well as the music industry in my classes this semester.

Leadership Development: Reflecting once again on this past summer, I was also able to receive a certificate from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in Leadership Development. I received this certificate upon completion of my leadership development internship through Hershey Entertainment and Resorts. In this leadership internship, I was able to learn from professionals during the week that work in the entertainment and hospitality industries on leadership in the workplace and how to implement it. Following the lessons, I worked in the attractions department of Hersheypark where I got to implement these lessons back into the field.

Service Engagement: My year of service project this year is working with the Crisis Text Line. This is an organization where users can reach out to a crisis volunteer, which is what I will be doing. Users reach out when they are in a heated moment and we work to bring them back down to a cool calm. I recently just finished my training for this project which has been taking place online for the past couple weeks. For our year of service project, we must devote to 70+ hours of service. After my thorough training to become a volunteer at the crisis text line, I am proud to say that I am well along in my journey with 30 hours now down under my belt.

Artificat 2

 

As a finance major and as a college student, I understand the importance of internships to help build your professional skills as well as building up your network. The Fisher College of Business at Ohio State has a website where they post internship opportunities for their students. I went on this website one day and came across an opportunity with The Hershey Company as a Hersheypark Leadership Development Intern for the Summer of 2021. I read over the description for this internship that I was going to apply to and it matched perfectly with the skills that the Mount Leadership Society Scholars Program has already helped me with as my time being a First-Year Mountie. I was offered an opportunity to interview after reviewing my application and resume. I was nervous at the beginning with this being my first official internship that I’ve ever interviewed for. However, I felt very confident knowing what the Mount Scholars Program has taught me and I knew that I had prior leadership experience in both Mount and in High School. The interview was pretty difficult but I felt good afterwards, I came out of that interview with some confidence built up inside of me. A few weeks later, I received a phone call and I was very fortunate to receive an offer to be a member of the Summer 2021 Hersheypark Leadership Development Internship Program with The Hershey Company. I couldn’t be any more excited as I have the amazing opportunity to apply my past leadership skills into a new professional setting. I will be able to combine my first job experience with working at Kings Island Amusement Park with my leadership skills that I have gained both through Mount and in the High School Program SIBS (Students Involving and Befriending Students) that I was involved with into one job setting. I feel like this opportunity will really help me grow and I cannot wait for this Summer so I can learn and apply these new leadership skills and lessons to my second year in Mount Scholars this Autumn!

About Me

Hi, my name is Josh Smith and I am a first-year student at The Ohio State University majoring in Finance with a minor in Music, Media, and Enterprise. I am from Mason, Ohio outside of Cincinnati and I attended William Mason High School. At WMHS I was involved in marching band and played trombone. I was also a member of a student organization called SIBS (Students Involving and Befriending Students) where we participated in service events and mentored a group of freshmen throughout their first year of high school to make that transition from middle school to high school as smooth as possible.

 

At Ohio State, I am a member of the Mount Leadership Society Scholars program. I am also involved with some other student organizations at Ohio State such as TPEG (Theme Park Engineering Group), MIC (Music Industry Club), and ABS (The Association for the Business of Sports). Down the road, I would love to be involved in a business fraternity! I have a huge passion for everything in the entertainment industry whether that be music, amusement parks, film/TV, or sports. After Ohio State, I would love to work in this industry with my top choice being focused on music. I would love to work in music management for either a record label, talent agency, or even an artist/group!

Year in Review

My first year as a student has been a exciting roller coaster of a journey! All the way from transitioning to college and meeting new friends to learning how to do all of this with COVID-19 happening. There is a lot that I have learned at Ohio State this year. The biggest thing I was involved with at OSU was being a Mount Scholar. In this program, not only did I meet some of my closest friends, but I also learned so many valuable lessons to leadership. In Mount Scholars, my biggest task was being a Meeting Zest Coordinator for Team Global Legacy Week. Legacy Week is a several month long event in which scholars work with local Columbus agencies to provide help and create a service project from the ground up.

 

My role as a Meeting Zest Coordinator was to lead 15 other Mount Scholars on my team, which was Team Global. Team Global worked with Columbus agencies that have an impact not only here in Ohio, but all throughout the world. For our service projects, we worked with two agencies. We worked with Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) as well as with an agency called Missing Maps. For CRIS, we worked to create cards of encouragement to students at local Columbus schools that are from families of immigrants and refugees. These cards were made to spread some positivity during the rough period of time through the COVID-19 pandemic. For Missing Maps, we worked online to map more underdeveloped areas of the world on a software similar to google earth. This works to help out agencies such as the Red Cross in the event of emergencies to provide help faster to these areas. Through leading Team Global for Legacy Week, I was able to learn not only about the impact that I can have on others by helping out, but I also learned how to properly lead a team to success!

G.O.A.L.S.

[ “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: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]

Career

[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career.  Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated.  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.]