Peer Leader, College Of Arts And Sciences Ambassador
Competitive program facilitated by 10 Peer Leaders for 60 freshman students in OSU’s College of Arts and Sciences interested in fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion as it relates to academics, leadership development, career preparation and community service.• Advanced membership development by: sharing a variety of university resources; organizing diversity workshops accompanied by cultural, social and racial discussions; mentoring small family clusters; holding a study session for final exams; planning Fall retreat for new peer leaders, creating a membership directory• Recruited for the program by: assisting prospective high school students and parents around campus and answering their questions; starting email correspondence in the summer with incoming first year students serving as a resource for them; writing recommendation letters, interviewing, and choosing future peer leaders• Engaged in service by: leading students to volunteer for Community Commitment 2012 helping with the Bone Marrow Registry and MLK Day of Service 2012 making blankets for Nationwide Children’s Hospital, helping the homeless select free clothes and picking up trash at the Good Neighbor’s Picnic in Goodale Park, creating background scenes and moving furniture/cinderblocks for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Columbus, inspecting donated items from grocery stores for redistribution to the needy at the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, presenting a poster of “voices” to raise awareness about stereotypes at Mount Scholar’s Diversity Fair