Every day for two years, Young Scholar Khadazia Conner walked past the carved inscription on the iconic 75-foot clock tower as she made her way from her north campus residence hall to class. The words, made famous by President John F. Kennedy during his 1961 inauguration speech, read: "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."
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Summer research experience at Cleveland museum gets wild
What's the best way to draw a crowd?
This age-old question was the research topic at hand this summer for Isabel Merriman Velez, a STEM Emerging Leaders Fellows (SELF) student who interned this summer at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
SELF Scholar's research opportunity tackles mold problem
A better way to detect hard-to-find mold that grows in homes and businesses is the ultimate goal behind research conducted this summer by SELF Scholar Liam Moore.
Moore, a second-year civil engineering major, took a turn this summer at The Ohio State University's Environmental Quality Lab working on the long-term research project.
Lab research experience teaches power of persistence
Science is trial and error.
Boil down the lessons painstakingly learned by Mackenzie Hoffman, a second-year biochemistry major, during her summer research experience at The Ohio State University's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBEC) Lab, and the most humbling was one she learned each day about the scientific method.
Recent ODI graduate honors her mentor with an educational scholarship fund
How do you repay someone for their immeasurable guidance? This was the question Brukie Kassa grappled with after graduating from The Ohio State University last year. Rather than repay, she chose to pay forward, starting an ODI educational fund to honor her mentor, Chaka Wilson.
Bobby McAlpine and Justin Robinson: Leaders of the Undergraduate Student Government's 57th General Assembly
ODI Scholars Bobby McAlpine (MSP) and Justin Robinson (YSP) are part of the 57th Assembly of The Ohio State University's Undergraduate Student Government (USG). Bobby McAlpine serves as the USG incumbent President while Justin Robinson is the newly-elected Vice President.
Group fitness dance classes put a new spin on ODI Scholar’s Ohio State experience
September 21 is National Dance Day, a day that Anastasia Allison celebrates all year long.
Experts say exercising can change the trajectory of someone’s day. For Anastasia Allison, however, exercise has done something more: It’s altered the course of her Buckeye journey.
Now a fourth-year ODI Scholar (MSP) majoring in visual communication design and minoring in public health, Allison faced a tenuous first year at The Ohio State University, leading her to turn to group fitness.
Avanzando Through College now accepting applications
The ATC Leadership Program, in partnership with UnidosUS, is aimed at equipping students with the skills, information, and support systems to successfully navigate their first year of college and set them on a path for academic and professional success. Students with financial need will receive a $500 stipend upon completion of the program.
Deadline to apply is September 20, 2024.
ODI Scholars act as both teachers and students at UnidosUS Education Summit
Since 2000, Latine enrollment at four-year colleges has quadrupled; yet, just over half of Latine students graduate from these institutions. For ODI Scholars Lauren González and Nallely Segura, this is a major problem—one worth traveling across the country to address.
Apple internship leads ODI Scholar to Capitol Hill
When Maceda Berhanu submitted her resume to Apple’s internship portal, she never imagined she’d be spending her summer knee-deep in politics on Capitol Hill.
Yet the fourth-year Morrill Scholar is now doing just that, working as a government affairs intern on Apple’s environment, policy, and social initiatives team. From researching legislation to attending galas, the internship has given Berhanu an eye-opening look at the world of corporate lobbying and policy development.