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.

G.O.A.L.S.

G.O.A.L.S. are very important to the Honors & Scholars program. G.O.A.L.S. stands for Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. The two that fit in to my current and future plans are original inquiry and service engagement. Original inquiry is individualized projects and research through academic and non-academic facilities. Service Engagement is a student’s commitment to servicing their community

Some of my current and future plans also fit in to the S of G.O.A.L.S. which is service engagement. Currently I am volunteering at COSI through my STEM EE scholars program. At COSI I get to do experiments with kids and their parents. Next semester I also have some more service engagement plans. I plan to start volunteering at the Columbus Learning Cooperative. The Columbus Learning Cooperative is an alternative in Columbus for kids who learn better in non-traditional settings or parents who prefer their kids learn in a nontraditional setting. At CLC students get to have unique education plans tailored to their interests or needs. I will be volunteering at CLC through a club called Current, which is for students interested in marine biology, and we will be going to CLC to give a group of student’s weekly lessons on different marine biology topics. Next semester I also hope to get involved in another volunteer program through another club I’m a part of. The club I’m going to be volunteering through is the Zoology club and service we are doing is volunteering at the Butternut Farm Wildcat Sanctuary in Johnstown, Ohio. BFWS is a nonprofit sanctuary home to 13 species of exotic animals including cougars, fox’s, bobcats and many more animals that were all rescued from private owners who could no longer provide for them. BFWS is dedicated to educating the public about the 36 species of wildcats in the world and the issues that are threatening the survival. All the animals at the sanctuary are cared for by one caretaker named Rick and he depends on weekend volunteers to help maintain the sanctuary. I believe that Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S. will continue to be a part of my academic and professional career.