Student Stories
While Honors College students excel in the classroom, they also take advantage of educational opportunities beyond OSU. Here are some examples of the international study experiences, internships, volunteer work, and activities undertaken by some of OSU's top students. Many of the activities highlighted below are also eligible for honors credit. You can learn more about our experiential learning program by clicking here here.
Honors student Aubry Hensley helped care for some adorable patients during her summer pre-veterinary medicine internship.
Wade Yoder interned in Washington D.C. for Senator Cory Gardner, from his home district in Colorado.
"I had the opportunity to live in Orlando and work for the Walt Disney Company. It was one of the most life-changing experiences I've ever had and it really challenged me to become a well-rounded employee. Plus, when I wasn't working and providing excellent guest service, I got to hang out with some of the coolest mice around and end my days with fireworks in the parks. I wouldn't have made it into this highly competitive internship without the skills learned during my time at OSU and in the Honors College."
Honors student Mikayla Doty rocks it on and off the field, both as a member of the OSU Marching Band and in the lab for her Honors add-on "DNA Barcoding."
Flying high!
For the past year, Alexis Vance has been interning as a Fight Control Trainee at the Johnson Space Center.
Taryn Blackstock explored the cities of London and Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Scholars Program, a 2-week program that takes 22 of OSU's top students to the University of Cambridge for a special course taught by OSU faculty.
Katelyn Powell is a member of OSU's High Power Rocketry Team, which has participated in both national and international competitions. Their rocket was painted to show off their school spirit at the LDRS 38, an event where hundreds of people launch rockets.
She also competed in NASA's Micro-g NExT Challenge. Katelyn and the team traveled to the Johnson Space Center to test out their designed tool at the NBL. While there, she got to try on a pair of EVA gloves like those used by astronauts for testing.
Karen Weckler explored waterfalls and Phoebe Austerman took in the city views when they traveled to Grenada with Honors Associate Dean, Dr. Richard Frohock, for his international Island as Text Honors seminar course.
Mallory Brookover spent the summer in the halls of power, interning in Washington D.C. with Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern.
Yeehaw! Lexie Russell and her horse, Hot Rod, run in the short go at the OSU Cowboy Stampede College Rodeo. Together, they won the first round in breakaway roping!
Hunter Yell toured Germany, visiting the Neuschwanstein - the architectural inspiration for many fairy tale castles.
Decked out in full welding gear, Miranda Almen gives a thumbs-up in the manufacturing lab where she's learning how to MIG weld!
Andi Powers completed a summer program in musical theatre at prestigious Fordham University in New York City.
Maeghan Muri served as Miss American Indian OSU.
Heather Hoffmann served as an intern at Bald Head Island Conservancy in North Carolina, where she spent the summer rehabilitating sea turtles.
Brett Humphrey studied abroad in Greece with the Spears School of Business.
Amber Livingston served as a Marketing and Special Events Intern with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Zoe Cooper spent a summer banding birds in the Peruvian Amazon.
Kelly McCann served as an intern at a National Wildlife Refuge in Liberty, Texas, where she collected data during night hikes.
Makenna Paniel was assigned to the Cheyenne, OK USDA Farm Service Center for her Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Pathways Student Internship. She helped install the Tribal Soil Climate Analysis Network (TSCAN) in Reydon, Oklahoma. Here, she hangs paraffin-dipped soil clods to dry as part of the process to test the bulk density of the soil.
Harrison Schroeder joined OSU Scholars Abroad in Oman and Dubai.