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.

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Global Awareness:

Global awareness involves expanding your view point past your own experiences to better understand the lives, cultures, differences, and challenges of others. To achieve this goal, I plan to attend study abroad trips to England to learn about the culture, history, and experiences of those in Great Britain. I also plan to do service trips, both in the United States and around the world in order to better understand the difficulties of others and help promote global well-being.

 

Original Inquiry:

Original inquiry involves engaging in the research process, both inside and outside of the classroom. Instead of simply gaining knowledge, you are creating it. I plan to achieve the goal of original inquiry by getting involved in neuroscience research here at the university and possibly elsewhere across the United States and the world. I would like to get involved in research involving neurological disorders, in order to help ease the difficulties of some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Eventually, I would like to work on my own independent project and hopefully be publish in a scientific journal.

 

Academic Enrichment:

Academic enrichment involves perusing excellence in your studies, applying the knowledge you gain to both the classroom and the real world. A large part of my plan for academic enrichment involves my planned courses for my major and the courses I will take as a part of the liberal arts education that Ohio State provides. As a neuroscience major I will be able to gain a deep understanding of the brain and nervous system. The more general liberal arts education I will receive will give me a broad and general understanding of many different aspects of academia. I will be able to expand my horizon past my main area of study and learn about areas of study such as philosophy, art, and history, areas which I may not have been able to experience if I did not pursue a liberal arts education.

 

Leadership Development:

Leadership development involves building upon educational experiences to develop leadership skills in order to become prepared to be a leader in your career field and in life in general. As a freshman, I do not have much involvement in which I have the chance to be a leader, I am however an Ambassador to the Young Scholars program here at the university.  As an ambassador in this program and a current Young Scholar at Ohio State I have the opportunity to speak to Young Scholars in high school about the opportunities and challenges they will face at OSU and help them better understand what it is like to live and study here. In addition to this, I plan to get involved in mentorship programs in the future and get involved in and lead one of the programs here based on helping those with mental health disorders.

Service Engagement:

Service engagement involves giving back to the community and serving society, both locally and internationally. Though currently not involved in any service opportunities, I would like to go on service trips both around the United States and globally in order to help serve in areas in greater need then the areas that I have grown up and lived in. I would also like to give back locally by mentoring younger people in order to better prepare the next generation for success and by joining a program based on helping those with mental health disorders in order to help some of the people in our society that are most in need.