Dunn Sport and Wellness scholars has opened doors for me at Ohio State.  In my first year at Ohio State I participated in Buckeyethon.  Seeing how many people could set aside their differences and commit to a night to help kids with pediatric cancer was incredible.  This was so incredible that I decided to go for a position on DSWS leadership council.  After I was excepted to Leadership Council I found out that Jenna and I were named DSWS Buckeyethon team captains.  I am so excited to start this journey and take a step further in the process to help the Nationwide kids.

Not only has DSWS helped me in my social life, but it has also helped me in my professional life.  The DSWS professional development meeting was a big help.  Not only did this help me get an idea of interviews and about our own social media platform.  Rob and his fraternity friends were a big help in making a resume.  I had never made a resume before and knew that  resume was the first time that an employer got to look at the accomplishments that you have finished.  Rob specifically dissected my resume and gave me pointers in which would make my resume stand out.

DSWS has taught me a lot in the grand schemes of things.  One of the most important ideas that I have learned is who you surround yourself with can either make or break you.  Surrounding myself with such unselfish people that have the same hobbies has carried me through college so far.  Nobody ever says that they stay at a college for the class or the homework, its all about the people here.  Not going to lie, classes are tough right now, but the people who I call friends encourage me each day and help me through all my hardships.

When I entered DSWS, I stayed to myself for the most part and just tried to get by at college.  I know try and reach out to everyone and I am trying to enjoy college.  Now I will go out of my way for people instead of keeping myself in my dorm, I want to see how everyone is doing now.

The past year at Ohio State has brought a lot of change in my life.  New friends, new classes, and from these comes a new me.  To begin the year I thought academics weren’t going to be ti challenging.  However, to my surprise, it was significantly more difficult then high school.  I have involved into a much better student.  At the beginning I thought that I knew what I wanted to do with my career, but after a few weeks, I found out that maybe it wasn’t what I wanted to do.  The next couple weeks it was a struggle to stay focused in my classes because I didn’t even know if they mattered in the end.  However, once I finally found my passion, it was a lot easier to work on school work.  Not only did I improve as a student, but I also improved as a friend.  At the beginning of the year, as most people would be, I was pretty quiet and didn’t talk to many people outside of my immediate friend zone.  However, as the year went on, I started to say hi to the others and even drop into their common rooms to hangout for a little while.

Finally, I think that the biggest difference that happened to me over this short semester is my attitude.  If college has taught me one thing, it is to be the bigger person.  So many people here get angry or upset over really small events.  Before I arrived here at Ohio State, I had a very short fuse.  I would get upset quickly and make rash decisions.  Now, however, I think it over, and I always try to understand where they are coming from.  This has helped me avoid little confrontations that were not necessary in my life.