Partnership Development
Harambee Christian School-OSU Partnership
As part of an ongoing partnership coordinated by the P-12 Project, students and chaperones from Harambee Christian School in Columbus visited the Ohio State campus in Fall 2007 and Spring 2008. One purpose of the partnership is to get young students thinking about college.
Expanding Students’ World View: Spring 2008 Visit
Twelve third-grade students and three chaperones from Harambee Christian School in Columbus visited the Ohio State campus on April 22, 2008. At the Frank W. Hale, Jr., Black Cultural Center, Erin Galloway from the Study Abroad Program in the Office of International Affairs engaged the students in several activities to increase their awareness of actions they can take now to learn about other countries in preparation for studying abroad someday. Students especially enjoyed locating countries on the world map. Maps were also involved in an activity led by Michael Jaung, Adrienne Strong, and Diane Haddad of the OSU student-led Global Health Initiative. Population distribution and land mass were compared with the number of health care workers in various countries. The students from the Global Health Initiative highlighted the implications of those facts with photos that demonstrated the impact of the ratio of physicians to population in various countries. The children also explored African economics in lessons involving the trade of bananas and charity and international aid with Laura Joseph of the Center for African Studies. After lunch, the action shifted outdoors in celebration of Earth Day. Jane Harrison, Kayleigh Hire, Emily Ellis, and Mark Stevens, from Free the Planet OSU, raised the third graders’ awareness of environmental issues through stories and information, a song, and the opportunity to plant seeds in environmentally friendly pots to take home. This event was coordinated by Kathy Cameron, P-12 Project, and Saba Sohail, Office of International Affairs.
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College Material: Fall 2007 Visit
On Tuesday, October 16, 31 fourth- and fifth-grade students from Harambee Christian School visited the Ohio State campus for a tour of the Geology Museum and a chance to explore Archaeology. They also heard from Ohio State representatives about the importance of working hard in school in order to get to college after their high school graduation. The students had the chance to learn about animals that roamed right here in Ohio centuries ago and to see a giant sloth skeleton in the Geology Museum during a tour led by Dale Gnidovec. Dallas DeForest, a graduate assistant working in archaeology, showed the students a slide show and shared a little about what it is like to explore the past through archaeology. Students worked with pieces of broken pots, reassembling them and inspecting them for clues about the past. A lunch with music and speakers showed the students more about what Ohio State has to offer. Graduate students Janet Fleck and Marcela DeFaria and senior Jackson Chamberlain played lively flute music for the students. Amy Wade and Kevin D’Arco from Undergraduate Admissions and First-Year Experience led an activity where students made an airplane several times as a metaphor for getting the right kind of help in preparing to go to college. Todd Suddeth from the Office of Minority Affairs played a trivia game using statistics to help them understand why college is important. Larry Williamson, director of the Hale Center, led the students on a brief tour of the diverse artwork in the center. Student members of Phi Kappa Phi were present with the group throughout their visit. Each Harambee student received a t-shirt compliments of The Ohio State University P-12 Project that says “Work Hard, Dream Big, Plan Well: College Material.” Coordinated by the P-12 Project, this partnership included the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the Department of Geological Sciences, the Department of Archaeology, the Office of Minority Affairs, Undergraduate Admissions and First-Year Experience, the Economic Access Initiative, the School of Music, and the Frank W. Hale, Jr., Black Cultural Center.
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