Receiving a prestigious graduate fellowship is a distinction few students achieve. For Ohio State alumnus Anitvir Singh Taunque, being selected as a Samvid Scholar represents an opportunity to join a national community of future leaders dedicated to addressing some of society’s most pressing challenges.
Honors student and Stamps Eminence Scholar Allison Sachs remembers her first day at The Ohio State University as equal parts excitement and nerves. Coming from a high school graduating class of about 140, the scale of campus felt immense.
“I remember being very anxious but excited,” she says. “I had walked all of my classes the day before and still had my phone pulled out just in case I couldn’t find the buildings.”
In her first year at The Ohio State University, a search for local service opportunities led Nina Greenberg to a light-bulb moment.
Campus involvement quickly transformed into global involvement for The Ohio State University sophomore Luke Hawes.
The Ohio State University Honors and Scholars Center recently announced the Honors Standards, an academic standard to unify honors requirements across Ohio State’s colleges and schools. Previously, once students were enrolled in the University Honors Program after being admitted to the university or applying as a current student, their requirements to remain an Honors student and graduate “with Honors” were determined by their degree conferring college with few commonalities between Honors requirements in other academic units.
Harrison Blake, a rising senior, has been awarded the Astronaut Scholarship, which recognizes outstanding students in STEM pursuing research careers.
Blake was awarded the scholarship for his initiative, creativity, and leadership in physics and astronomy.
This year, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awarded 68 scholarships to students at 46 universities.
Isaiah Boateng, an undergraduate student in honors Biomedical Science at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, is the first-ever African American student to earn first place in the undergraduate poster competition and caucus at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Conference.
Honors alumnus Abu Rogers has been selected as a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. He graduated from the Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in 2020.
With spring around the corner, many students at The Ohio State University are preparing resumes and portfolios to present to graduate schools and potential employers. The ePortfolio platform provides a central location for all Ohio State students, faculty and staff to showcase their academic and professional achievements.
Naa Dromo Korley is the first of her family to attend college, and she has dreams of making a difference in the world.
After completing two study abroad experiences, the Honors student continues to explore the world with hopes of fulfilling her purpose of helping others.