Kuhn Honors & Scholars House Built in 1925, it was originally the President’s residence. The house has been home to the Honors Program since 1987. ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09: FACTS AND FIGURES Mission Statement: The University Honors Program is dedicated to promoting the intellectual and personal development of high- performing students. It strives to promote a more active and enriching relationship between Honors students and the University by connecting them with resources and opportunities that will encourage them to maximize their potential. e Honors Program is open to students in all academic disciplines at Ohio State The Ohio State University Honors Program Where Great Minds Go Honors Program Goals e University Honors Program will: • Actively seek and bring to the university a core of exceptional students who will pursue excellence and achieve the highest standards in all of their endeavors. • Enrich the student experience by collaborating with academic units to provide: • challenging coursework • research experiences • quality academic advising • study abroad programs • co-curricular opportunities • Enable students to build upon their educational experiences and become valuable members of society in their continued pursuit of excellence aer graduation. University Honors & Scholars Center Kuhn Honors & Scholars House 220 West 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: 614.292.3135 Fax: 614.292.6135 Email: [email protected]Website: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu Associate Provost and Director: Linda L. Harlow, Ph.D.
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Kuhn Honors & Scholars House Built in 1925, it was originally the President’s residence. The house has been home to the Honors Program since 1987.
ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09: FACTS AND FIGURESMission Statement: The University Honors Program is dedicated to promoting the intellectual and personal development of high-performing students. It strives to promote a more active and enriching relationship between Honors students and the University by connecting them with resources and opportunities that will encourage them to maximize their potential.
!e Honors Program is open to
students in all academic disciplines
at Ohio State
The Ohio State University
Honors ProgramWhere Great Minds Go
Honors Program Goals!e University Honors Program will:
• Actively seek and bring to the university a core of exceptional students who will pursue excellence and achieve the highest standards in all of their endeavors.
• Enrich the student experience by collaborating with academic units to provide:
• challenging coursework• research experiences• quality academic advising• study abroad programs• co-curricular opportunities
• Enable students to build upon their educational experiences and become valuable members of society in their continued pursuit of excellence a"er graduation.
University Honors & Scholars Center Kuhn Honors & Scholars House 220 West 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: 614.292.3135 Fax: 614.292.6135 Email: [email protected] Website: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu Associate Provost and Director: Linda L. Harlow, Ph.D.
Average SAT critical reading & math scores (out of 1600)
1340 1370 1380
Total in top 10% of their high school class
99% 99% 99%
Males 792 (53.5%) 1014 (56%) 701 (55.2%)
Females 689 (46.5%) 789 (44%) 569 (44.8%)
Honors students comprise
13% of OSU’s undergraduate population in
2008-09
!e retention rate of
the previous year’s freshmen for
Autumn, 2008 was 96.2%
Incoming Class Data
Enrolled Student Data 2008-09:• 484 sections of Honors courses were
o#ered by faculty• 10,077 students were enrolled in
Honors courses• Average Honors class size: 21 (does not include research hours)
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Honors Students by College/School
5232 students were in the Honors
Program in 2008-09
SAMPLING OF HONORS COURSES LANGUAGE ARTS SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY
Culture of Contemporary Greece
Francophone Literature: from Empire to Nation
Ethnic Arts: A Means of Intercultural Communication
Holography
Moving Image Art
Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
!e Global Food Crisis
Historical Geology
Human Memory and Cognition
Psychology of Developmental Disabilities
!e Unconscious
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Undergraduate Research
!e Denman Undergraduate Research Forum was created in 1996 and is a cooperative e#ort of the University Honors & Scholars Center, the O$ce of Undergraduate Research, the O$ce of Research, and the O$ce of University Development. !e Forum is supported by Richard and Martha Denman, Emeritus University Foundation Board members, Ohio State alumni, corporate sponsors and individual donors.!e Denman Undergraduate Research Forum provides a means for undergraduate students to share their research with members and friends of the OSU community; it recognizes the signi%cant contributions to research by OSU undergraduates; and it facilitates exchange and discussions of research methodology between students, faculty, and the public.
YEAR PARTICIPANTS
1996 60
2000 132
2004 268
2008 415
2009 522
Students enrolled in any undergraduate degree program at !e Ohio State University are invited to participate. Projects are scored by at least three di#erent faculty and/or corporate judges and cash awards are given to winners in each research category.
“My Honors advisors helped me to use my classes and experiences at OSU to achieve my goals. My pre-law advisor, who remained with me from orientation through graduation, always had time to assist with my class selection and forced me to take on challenges that helped to better prepare me to compete for a spot at one of the top law schools in the country – Yale Law School. My Honors professors helped me to hone my writing and analytical skills in ways that would not have been possible except in a class with no more than 5-10 students. While the university is a huge place, the Honors Program allowed me to harness all of the available resources so that I le! with the best education for me.”
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National Award Winners 2008-09
Fulbright Grantees Yusun Abrahams: Math Jennifer Gable: International Studies Ladaea Melton: English Linnea Overman: Political Science/German Seth Reddy: Economics/International Studies Kevin Slaten: Political Science/Sociology
Pickering Undergraduate Foreign A!airs Fellowship Bryan Straub: International Studies/Political Science
Beinecke Scholar Hudson McFann: Geography
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows Craig Buckley: Chemical Engineering Caitlin Malone: Engineering Physics Lindsey Pack: Biochemistry Doug Schaefer: Physics/Math Jean Wheasler: Chemical Engineering Christine Zgrabik: Engineering Physics/Spanish
Rotary Ambassadorial Cultural Scholar Debra Van Camp: Food Science and Agribusiness/ Applied Economics
While many students arrive at Ohio State not yet certain where their passions will take them, some aspire from the start to become intellectual leaders in the global community. For those students, there is the Honors Collegium.
!e Honors Collegium is a program that helps high-achieving, visionary students embrace rigorous academics through customized learning experiences, and it assists all Ohio State undergraduates with competing for prestigious scholarships and fellowships such as the Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Fulbright and Goldwater.
54% of Honors
Collegium students are
double or triple majors
Honors Collegium
Jessica Hanzlik, Class of 2008Studying as a Rhodes Scholar at "e University of Oxford in England during 2008-09.
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Academic Preparation• "e Honors Collegium helps
students prepare for post-baccalaureate fellowship and scholarship competitions
Diversity • Mosaic promotes undergraduate
art and literature by sponsoring quarterly poetry readings, art exhibits, comedy nights, and cultural events in addition to publishing an annual art and literary magazine
• UNITY advances diversity education through its Dinner & Dialogue series which features faculty facilitated discussions over ethnic cuisine, the sale of subsidized tickets to local cultural events, a quarterly book program, and an annual cultural excursion to a large city.
Leadership• Honors Ambassadors volunteer
their time to aid in the recruitment and transition of outstanding students to the university.
• "e Honors Student Advisory Board provides the Associate Provost with critical student perspectives on issues related to the Honors experience.
• Leadership Ohio State a#ords $rst-year students the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills.
Learning Communities• Located on all three residential
areas of campus, there are four residence halls that house students in Honors Learning Communities: Bradley Hall, Lincoln House, Siebert Hall and Taylor Tower.
Service• Adopt-A-School participants tutor
and mentor children at two local schools.
• Aspire mentors work to increase the aspiration of high-ability, economically disadvantaged high school students and their parents to successfully complete the college search, application, and transition process.
• Serving with Honor provides students with opportunities to volunteer throughout the Columbus community.
• Social Issue Immersion Projects enable students to focus on a social issue through discussions, lectures, common reading experiences and service-learning programs.
Study Abroad• Biological Roots in England pairs
25 upper-class Honors & Scholars students in an 8-credit hour winter quarter class that culminates in a spring break group travel experience to England and southern Wales.
• Honors Athens brings 25 upper-class Honors students together for an 8-credit hour winter quarter class that concludes with spring break in Greece.
• Honors London groups up to 150 %rst quarter freshmen in 6 sections of a 5-credit hour autumn quarter class that travels to England over winter break.
Featured Graduate
John Carney - 1998Criminology
Current Location: Ohio House of Representatives and Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
“"e Honors Program at Ohio State gave me the best of the best - all the resources of a large university with the small classes and unique opportunities associated with a rigorous academic environment. More importantly, many of my fellow Honors classmates became my lifelong friends and are still the people I look to today for support and advice.
When I was president of the OSU student body, I relied on a group of my Honors peers to help me analyze and develop good policy for the students of the university; thirteen years later, it is many of these same friends from the Honors Program with whom I work to develop public policy for the State of Ohio in my position as a State Representative. Our strategy sessions have simply moved from the residence halls to the Statehouse, but they are remarkably similar. Ohio State is a great university, and I graduated with so much more than just my degree. I credit the Honors Program for giving me the foundation to build a strong legal practice and political career, as well as many lifelong friendships.”
Leadership Ohio State allows
freshmen to focus on developing
leadership skills
PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS
The Ohio State University Honors Program
1,824 Honors
students have studied abroad
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Honors Ambassadors recruit prospective high-ability high school students into the University Honors Program. By volunteering their time at several recruitment events throughout the year, Honors Ambassadors are able to provide that authentic student voice which o!en helps prospective students begin to see themselves as future members of the Ohio State community.
Honors Ambassadors: Serve, at minimum, a 2-year term Attend an annual overnight retreat Participate in 3 to 5 meetings/training sessions per quarter Interact with hundreds of prospective families at several annual events
2008-09 E!ortsFall 2008 Honors Days Move-In Day Open House Student Involvement Fair "ink Buckeye Days
Winter 2009 Honors Admitted Student Visits Maximus Competition Yield Receptions
Spring 2009 GoBuckeye Day Honors Admitted Student Visits Honors Overnight Programs Scholarship Interview Weekend Targeted Recruitment Receptions
Jonathan Lam– Class of 2010“Being an Honors Ambassador has truly shaped my college career. I have learned the invaluable skill of balancing professionalism and candid optimism while representing the Honors Program. "ese opportunities have given me the ability to comfortably mingle with shy prospective students and their families, or serve as a panelist in front of several hundred people. Becoming a Selections and Training Chair has taught me how to be an e#ective recruiter, interviewer, and trainer for the organization. My experiences as an Honors Ambassador actually inspired me to create an Ambassador program for my major, Pharmaceutical Sciences, which I hope will provide many opportunities for students to stay engaged on campus."
Katherine Watt– Class of 2010“Interning for a non-governmental organization in rural Argentina teaching children art proved to be a poignant experience which helped me better de$ne my academic goals. "e Honors Program encouraged me to pursue these interests through a senior Honors thesis. I found an advisor to shape my ideas and guide me along the way. My project, which focuses on a child welfare institution in Buenos Aires, has led me back to Argentina to conduct interviews with government o%cials and research at the national library. By completing and defending a senior Honors thesis, I will graduate both with Honors and research distinction in history and then pursue my dream of becoming a Latin American history professor, focusing on child welfare and community development.”
Honors Ambassadors share their undergraduate experiences with hundreds
of prospective students each year
Spotlight on One Program: Honors Ambassadors
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Selected Employers of 2009 Honors Program Graduates:
Life A#er Graduation 2009• 84% of Honors graduates in the
Arts & Sciences plan to pursue additional education within 2 years
• 50% of Honors graduates in the professional colleges plan to pursue additional education immediately
• 44% of Honors graduates in the professional colleges plan to enter the workforce immediately
Selected Graduate and Professional Schools of 2009 Honors Program Graduates:Boston UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDuke UniversityEastman School of MusicEmory UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyIndiana UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNew York UniversityNorthwestern UniversityStanford UniversityTexas A&M University"e Ohio State UniversityUniversity of California - BerkeleyUniversity of California - DavisUniversity of California - Los AngelesUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of MichiganUniversity of North CarolinaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of TexasUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of WisconsinVanderbilt UniversityWashington University in St. LouisYale University
Debra Van Camp - 2009Food Science and Agribusiness &
Applied EconomicsNext Stop:
Rotary International Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar to Taiwan
“"e &exibility of the Honors Program enabled me to explore my interests in food and agriculture while earning two degrees. With the support of outstanding honors advisers, I was able to apply what I learned in the classroom to researching current issues in food policy. My senior Honors thesis addressed the impacts of voluntary front of package nutrition labeling in the UK and was accepted for publication in the British Food Journal. My scholarly pursuits were complemented by interning in Washington D.C. studying abroad in China, and presenting research in Brazil and Ireland. "ese opportunities and the support from relationships with students, faculty, and sta# at OSU have been a catalyst for my career in food policy and continue to serve as a strong foundation for both academic and personal growth.”
Featured Graduate
!e average Honors student
GPA was 3.65 on a 4.0 scale in
2008-09
Give to the University Honors ProgramTo donate to the University Honors Program at !e Ohio State University, please send a check indicating Fund #308177 to the following address:
!e Ohio State UniversityO"ce of University Development
1480 West Lane Avenue, Room 210Columbus, OH 43221
If you have any questions about making a gi" to the University Honors & Scholars Center, please call 614.292.3135 or email [email protected]
