Columbus to-do list #2

On November 17th I went to Cosi with my three roommates. The thing I enjoyed most about my experience was the progress section of Cosi. It was fun to walk through and had a lot of nice interactive portions. My favorite part of the progress section would have to be either the news station part where you can do a fake news broadcast or the diner part where you can serve fake meals in a 60s diner and listen to the jukebox. What I learned from this trip to Cosi was that it is more aimed towards younger children and is not as fun when you are older so next time I would probably suggest going to a different location. I would not go back to Cosi or recommend it to a friend because it is aimed towards younger children and I do not think people my age would find it very enjoyable.

 

Artifacts #2

Something from this semester that explains who I am is the Ohio state necklace I got from my grandma. She sent me an Ohio state necklace in September and it in a sense marked when I felt I became a true buckeye. When I first came to Ohio State, I was nervous. Even though I liked OSU I wasn’t sure if I would fit in here. I felt that everyone at OSU was a huge football fan and I wouldn’t blend in because I don’t know anything about football, but I went to a game and had fun and I found that not everyone was the huge football fan I thought they would be. When my grandma sent me that necklace, I felt comfortable at OSU and like I belonged.

Year in Review

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G.O.A.L.S.

On Sunday October 21st, my HES group and I went to Condado Tacos on high street. As a group we ordered queso and chips and I ended up ordering a single taco with chicken and bacon on it. The most enjoyable part of the trip was the tacos. The thing about this experience I enjoyed the least was waiting outside for the bus in the cold. Something I learned during this experience was more about riding on the COTA and a good place to eat on high street. If I went to Condado again, I would order two tacos instead of one because the tacos ended up being really good. I would go back, and I would definitely recommend this place to a friend. The interior of the restaurant was very beautiful, the wait was not too long, and the service was fantastic. Also the menu was cool and allowed you to build any taco that you wanted.

 

Career

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Artifacts

Something that signifies who I am as a person would be my picture of Josephine Baker that I got from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Josephine Baker was a prominent African American dancer and activist in the early 1900’s in both America and France. I keep her picture to serve as inspiration for the ideals that she fought for. Americans rejected her because she renounced her American citizenship for French citizenship. But Josephine never gave up and she reminds me that it doesn’t matter if people don’t accept you at first and don’t think you belong you keep fighting and prove to them that you do.

 

About Me

Alexia Wallace is a first-year student pursuing a degree in Biomedical engineering with the support of the Morrill Scholars program. She is from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a graduate of Walnut Hills High School. Outside of the classroom she enjoys reading, watching movies and spending time with her family. During the summer, she participated in a 3 week program for minorities in engineering, PREFACE, that worked to improve the retention of minorities in engineering by bringing students on campus and having them practice taking classes and meeting with companies.

On campus she is currently a member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and involved with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). In NSBE she is a part of the mentor/mentee program and the project committee, which is working on a baby monitoring system to address the high infant mortality rate in Columbus. Additionally, she is involved in the Humanitarian Engineering Scholars program which allows her to combine her passion for community service with engineering. Outside of engineering she is involved with the Black Student Association (BSA). Moving forward, she is hoping to minor in Neuroscience and use her degree to work on neural prosthesis.

My top five strengths were Empathy, Developer, Harmony, Includer, and Achiever.

Empathy is being able to sense the feeling of those around you and I connect with this strength because I feel that I am constantly trying to be aware of how other people are feeling.

Developer is recognizing and cultivating the potential in others. I relate to this because I truly believe that everyone is good at something and can help in a unique way.

Harmony is looking for consensus. In groups, I always try to keep peace because I don’t like when people are arguing and fighting.

Includer is accepting other and I connect with this because I hate when I feel that people are being left out or ignored.

Achiever is having a great deal of stamina or hard work. When working on something, I like to finish and I don’t like giving up on things until I feel that I’ve exhausted every option.