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-Jane Jacobs
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WE EXPECT TOO MUCH OF NEW BUILDINGS, AND TOO LITTLE OF OURSELVES.
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SARAH N DAVIS PHONE 614-805-1585 EMAIL sdavis.4497@gmail.com
MY STORY
I am passionate about people. I thrive when meeting new people, connecting with people, talking to people, and helping people. This passion fuels me in my work to improve lives. I envision cities that are accessible by all - planned to be equitable, useful, and beautiful. Cities must prioritize quality of life while celebrating the existing diversity and culture within a community. Resilient communities will work to become more sustainable in that they meet the needs of both current and future generations. I am pursuing a dual-degree in City & Regional Planning and Environment, Economy, Development, & Sustainability [EEDS] with a specialization in Community Development. These degrees fit together like two halves of a whole, pushing me to create positive, sustainable change through planning.
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EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
BS with Honors in City & Regional Planning BS with Honors in Environment, Economy, Development, & Sustainability Community Development Specialization The Ohio State University - 3.7 GPA Columbus, Ohio - 2013-2018 - Expected Graduation May 2018 Planning Intern, Neighborhood Design Center Columbus, Ohio - May 2017-Present Planning Intern, City of Grandview Heights Grandview Heights, Ohio - May 2016-August 2016 Sustainability Intern, Old Worthington Partnership Worthington, Ohio - May 2016-August 2016 Intern, I Know I Can Columbus, Ohio - August 2015-May 2016 University Ambassador, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio - May 2015-Present
COMMUNITY
Homecoming Court, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio - August 2016-May 2017 Trip Leader, Buck-I-SERV Pinellas County, Florida - December 2016 European Cities and Sustainable Planning Study Abroad, The Ohio State University Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam - May 2016 Nonprofit Immersion Program, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio - August 2015-May 2016 Varsity Women’s Rowing, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio - August 2013-May 2015
FLUENCY
Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop ArcGIS Microsoft Office Social Media
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CONTENT PLANS & STUDIES
MAPPING & GRAPHIC DESIGN OTHER
Linden Community Plan 10 Weinland Park Commercial Study 16 Grandview Heights Parking Study 20 German Village Historic Preservation & Development Plan 24 Livingston Park Streetcar Sculpture Dedication & Poster Genoa Township Parks & Trails Map Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization Program
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European Cities & Sustainable Planning 38 Grandview Heights Internship 44 Nonprofit Immersion Program 48 Hexion Sustainability Analysis 52
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PLANS & STUDIES MAPPING & GRAPHIC DESIGN OTHER
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THE PROJECT
Linden is a low-income minority neighborhood located to the Northeast of downtown Columbus, Ohio. The area faces high rates of crime, absentee landlords, struggling schools, and overwhelming blight. Throughout the last decade, various groups have attempted to create a plan for the neighborhood without success. In early 2017, the Neighborhood Design Center was selected by the City of Columbus to create a new neighborhood plan as part of the Mayor’s focus on neighborhoods. Rather than ignore previous plans, we held community meetings with a focus on “what we’ve heard so far” and asked residents to weigh in on previous feedback. Larger community meetings turned into smaller working groups, which will continue to meet through 2018. The plan is expected to be completed and begin implementation in late 2018.
MY ROLE
The Linden Plan is one of my key projects at the Neighborhood Design Center. I serve as a designer, compiling maps, booklets, and presentations to be used at community meetings; a facilitator, attending community meetings, taking notes, and providing direction; and a researcher, looking up best-practices and appropriate grant opportunities. Working on the Linden Plan has been by far my most in-depth and challenging role as a planner.
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LINDEN COMMUNITY PLAN Linden, Columbus, Ohio - 2017-2018 Neighborhood Design Center Overseen by Kerry Reeds & Matthew Adair
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MAPPING
In order to properly assess the Linden neighborhood, I worked with a GIS intern to compile data about property ownership, size, and occupancy, among other things. These maps (totalling over 30) served as baseline data as we moved into the planning process.
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PRESENTATIONS
At the many community meetings held throughout the planning process, presentations were composed to show residents the progress that had been made towards completion. The above presentation was shown to the Community Advisory Committee at the end-of-year meeting.
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HOUSING TYPOLOGY
One tool used in assessing the existing housing stock of the Linden area was the creation of housing typologies. I based these six home styles off those most frequently found in the study area.
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BOOKLET DESIGN Community working groups centered around each of the 5 focus areas for the plan met each month, guided by short books I designed with another planning intern. The books sumÂmarized what topics had been discussed in previous public meetings and working groups.
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THE PROJECT
Weinland Park is a Columbus neighborhood just north of downtown Columbus, Ohio that has had a major influx in investment over the past 15 years. In order to continue the neighborhood’s upward trend, Campus Partners commissioned the Neighborhood Design Center to carry out a commercial study, focusing on the types and scale of development that were feasible in the area given the expectations of residents and the existing traffic flow. The Neighborhood Design Center created activities for three separate community meetings that collected opinions from community members through maps, handouts, and voting. Our findings will be used to guide the development strategies of the neighborhood in the coming years.
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MY ROLE
I partnered with another planning intern to create all of the maps, posters, graphics, and a booklet used for the Weinland Park study. The maps detailed everything from current zoning to existing businesses to future developments to parking, and the posters were used for voting activities regarding the scale of infill projects. The handouts were used to collect alternate feedback and commentary related to specific sites. Finally, a booklet summarized the study and public engagement process for Campus Partners at the conclusion of the project.
WEINLAND PARK COMMERCIAL STUDY Weinland Park, Columbus, Ohio - 2017 Neighborhood Design Center Overseen by Kerry Reeds & Matthew Adair
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Barnes & Noble Jimmy John’s Tervis Gateway Film Center Verizon Wireless Figleaf OSU Human Resources Mad Mex World of Beer Campus Parc Ugly Tuna Saloona Torpedo Room
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Highline at Nine Apts.
HAMLET ST.
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OSU Extension
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KC Sports High Up Hookah
North High Brewing Elemental Veterinary Center and Pet Spa Evil Twin Collectibles State Farm Insurance
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Uncommon Housing
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CPR - Cell Phone Repair
INDIANOLA AVE.
Lily Nails and Spa
N. 5th ST.
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Hungry Howie’s Pizza
Residential - future
E. 6th AVE. AlphaGraphics Columbus Downtown
E. 6th AVE. Middle West Spirits
M.I.A. Hookah Cafe
Out of the Closet
E. 5th AVE. Brothers Drake Meadery
Park - future
Higher Life Christian Center
Cut 'N Blow Salon Premium Kicks 614
Blue Bow Tie Food Services
Super Deal Auto Body
Live Laugh and Learn Childcare
Ohio Fire and Safety
Columbus Medical Equipment
Harris Paper Crafts
Senior Housing - future
Residential - future
Arch City Development - future
MAPPING
At the first community meeting for the Weinland Park Commercial Study, multiple maps were presented to residents overviewing existing zoning, businesses, and vacant properties. Above is a map created to show what businesses currently exist in the area.
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POSTER DESIGN
WEINLAND PARK COMMERCIAL STUDY POTENTIAL INFILL SCALE
Rate your preferences by placing your stickers beside the examples you think would be most appropriate in Weinland Park.
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MOST APPROPRIATE
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For the second community meeting, residents were asked to place colored stickers next to commercial infill size options, with green meaning “very appropriate” and red meaning “very inappropriate”. I created the posters used for this process, seen at left.
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THE PROJECT
The City of Grandview Heights is a first ring suburb located just west of downtown Columbus, Ohio that served as the focus for my senior year class. I and three peers were tasked with assessing the Grandview Avenue corridor and performing parking counts of existing spaces at various times of the day on multiple days of the week. The parking counts served as baseline data as we continued our research further: conducting stakeholder interviews that included residents, government officials, developers, and business owners. Synthesizing our work, we turned the problems identified through stakeholders and parking counts into planned solutions for both short, mid, and long-term for both corridors and compiled them into a book over 100 pages long using InDesign. At the completion of our plan the findings were presented to city officials, professors, and important community members.
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MY ROLE
I worked with my team of three other individuals to conduct parking counts along our assigned corridor: Grandview Avenue. As the leader of stakeholder outreach, I reached out to eight community members and carried out hourlong interviews on the future of the corridor, with a focus on current and future parking solutions. These insights allowed me to help write suggestions for future solutions while incorporating direct feedback from stakeholders. I co-led the end of semester presentation on our findings and suggestions, and was selected “Studio Most Valuable Player� by my professor at the end of the project.
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS PARKING STUDY Grandview Heights, Ohio - 2016 The Ohio State University Professor Jason Sudy
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PARKING ANALYSIS & HEAT MAPPING
The final document, titled ‘A Parking Predicament’, was over 60 pages long and contained stakeholder feedback, heat maps of identified area parking lots, best practices from similar communities, and solu tions ranging from short to long term.
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THE PROJECT
German Village is a historic neighborhood located just south of downtown Columbus, Ohio. In my Junior year studio course, I and 14 peers spent several weeks training in historic preservation before surveying 105 homes each. The data and photos collected in this survey were used to update the National Register of Historic Places information on the neighborhood, and then carried forward to serve as the quantitative basis for our plan regarding the neighborhood’s continuing development and preservation. We worked to conduct stakeholder interviews and administer surveys via email before developing a 200-page document with InDesign detailing the future of everything from community engagement and events to sidewalks and ADA adherence. The group presented to and answered questions from key city leaders at the conclusion of the project. The studio was awarded “Outstanding Studio” by the Knowlton School of Architecture.
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MY ROLE
As a member of this team, I was tasked with surveying my own set of 105 homes before researching and writing two modules: one on families and how they feel in the neighborhood, and one reflecting on the relation of German Village to surrounding neighborhoods. Once the 30 modules were edited and condensed, I worked as part of the design team to make the plan as beautiful and clear as possible.
GERMAN VILLAGE HISTORIC PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT PLAN German Village, Columbus, Ohio - 2016 The Ohio State University Professor Kyle Ezell
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BOOK LAYOUT & DESIGN
As a member of the design team for the German Village studio, I helped create a consistent visual language for the final document and played a key role in laying out information on each page. Seen above are two spreads from the final document.
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LIVINGSTON PARK STREETCAR SCULPTURE DEDICATION & POSTER Columbus, Ohio - 2017 Neighborhood Design Center
THE PROJECT
The Livingston Park Streetcar Sculpture was the second piece in a series of public art pieces meant to celebrate the history of Columbus, Ohio’s Livingston Avenue as the former home to a streetcar line. The original RFP for the piece was posted in 2015 by the Neighborhood Design Center after funding was secured from entities including the Columbus Foundation, the Dailey Foundation, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. After a panel of neighborhood representatives selected a winning design and permits were secured, the sculpture was fabricated and completed in time for installation in the summer of 2017. The Neighborhood Design Center held a dedication for the sculpture at the end of late July. Though rainy, the event was well-attended, and the sculpture continues to be an eye-catching landmark in the Livingston Avenue Park.
MY ROLE
I was tasked with organizing the dedication for the sculpture. This included designing an event poster, securing funding, getting proper permits from the city, communicating with all important stakeholders and community members, hiring an event photographer, and carrying out the event itself. The event required me to work with various departments of the city, private entities such as Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Panera Bread, community members who played a key role in the process, and the artist himself. PHOTOS At left, photos from the dedication taken by Ryan Hillyer. At right, the poster I designed that was used to advertise the event.
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THE PROJECT
Genoa Township, a community just north of Franklin County, Ohio, commissioned the Neighborhood Design Center to create a comprehensive map of area trails and amenities to be placed in each of the community’s parks. The final map can now be found at many of the Genoa Township parks.
MY ROLE
I worked independently on the project, collecting GIS data for area bikeways, parks, roads, and waterways before using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign to adjust the weights and appearances of each piece of the map, remove unnecessary elements, and add easy-to-understand labels. I communicated directly with the client to ensure the color palette and graphics aligned with the community’s expectations to create the final product seen here.
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GENOA TOWNSHIP PARKS & TRAILS MAP Genoa Township, Ohio - 2017 Neighborhood Design Center
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THE PROJECT
WOLFE PARK
ST. E. BROAD FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
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EAST CENTRAL HEALTH CENTER
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The Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization (NCR) program is one way in which the City of Columbus distributes Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money. Property owners and renters with businesses along these corridors are eligible to receive matching grants from the city to help fund both interior and exterior improvements. The city has partnered with the Neighborhood Design Center to PROPOSED NCR CORRIDOR FOR EASTprovide MAIN free design services to those who participate in the program. Projects range in scale, with some projects requiring only exterior paint, while others require a complete interior and exterior redesign. The Neighborhood Design Center plays a key role in marketing and promoting the program, while also facilitating communication between grant-eligible business owners, NCR leaders for each corridor, and the city. WOLFE PARK
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MY ROLE
My role in the NCR program is primarily focused on graphics and promotional materials. I maintain a social media presence for the Neighborhood Design Center, posting updates on and articles about each of the corridors when new information becomes available. I created the maps shown here to portray potential new NCR boundaries as NCR leaders discussed the expansion of the corridors eligible to receive grant money.
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NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION PROGRAM Columbus, Ohio - 2017 Neighborhood Design Center I-70
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LIVINGSTON PARK
LIVINGSTON AVE. E. SYCAMORE ST.
ROOSEVELT PARK
E. WHIT TIER ST. SCHILLER PARK
DESHLER PARK
THURMAN AVE. KARNS PARK
FREBIS AVE.
LOCKBOURNE RD.
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PARSONS AVE.
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOLER RD. MOLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LINCOLN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
REEB AVENUE CENTER
MARION RD.
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THE PROJECT
Studying abroad was a shaping experience for me as a planner. My trip took me to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, and Amsterdam for 23 days, allowing me to learn through experience. In preparation for the trip, I and three peers researched Copenhagen’s efforts towards increasing sustainability in addition to six key case study sites. We had a flexible schedule throughout the trip; Some days we met with local planners or architects, some days we went to case study sites and did hands-on, in-person analysis of the sites we had researched, and some days we visited sustainability-related projects, such as the IBA projects in Hamburg. At each site, we were responsible for taking notes and photos to document our findings and perspectives on different planning approaches. Having unlimited access to public transportation in every city allowed us to fully grasp the culture and layout of each city we visited. This degree of analysis and experiential learning broadened my horizons and expectations on what is possible in terms of public space, quality of life, equity of access, and sustainable design.
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MY ROLE
In my four-person group, I designed and compiled the 200-page book in InDesign that eventually became our final deliverable for the course. This book included:
• A detailed overview of Copenhagen, Denmark and the sustainability efforts taking place in the city
• An analysis of six sites throughout the
cities visited detailing sustainability on a morphological, social, visual, temporal, and functional level
• Four separate photo essays (one by each team member) portraying an important theme seen throughout the cities visited
• A reflection piece by each team member on what they took away from the trip.
The book was heavily illustrated with images taken throughout the trip, and a small selection of diagrams overviewing different sites we studied. In addition to the final document, I was responsible for two separate one-page studies of sites critical to history and culture, and brief presentations on those sites to the group of 15 students.
EUROPEAN CITIES & SUSTAINABLE PLANNING Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, & Amsterdam - 2016 The Ohio State University Dr.Jesus Lara, Matt Leasure, & Tony Slanec
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PART TWO | CASE STUDIES
BERLIN | HAUPTBAHAHOF
CONCLUSION + APPLICATION TO COLUMBUS Similar to most mid-sized, midwestern American cities, Columbus is hugely lacking in efficient rail infrastructure, and public transportation in general. Given the low-density and sprawled nature of the Columbus metro area, which spans 223.1 mi², an investment in light, regional rail could be a worthwhile innovation for facilitating efficient public transportation for the many suburbanites who commute to the center of the city on a daily-basis. This investment in light rail would also help alleviate Columbus’s dependency on cars and the fossil fuels they use. Additionally, a light rail system in Columbus would have the potential to catalyze economic development and population growth by making the city more widely accessible and attractive through public transit. Replication of the five-point sustainability plan in the development of the rail infrastructure by Deutsche Bahn could also be taken into consideration for Columbus.
takeaway points -The opening of this station helped to reunite the two halves of Berlin after the removal ofthe Berlin Wall -Thouroughfares in the station are spacious, effectively eliminating congestion -Commercialization is a huge element in the station’s design -Layered stairways and train platforms obscure signage and complicate navigation
Above are bike racks found in front of Hauptbahahof and colorful stairs that are located throughout the building. Accross is the view looking up.
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SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
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The bulk of our work time was spent researching, visiting, and analyzing our six case studies for the final deliverable. Seen above are four spreads from the document, featuring my own photos.
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PHOTO ESSAY
The above images work to encompass the planning and sustainability methods I witnessed while abroad – showing some of the 20 images I included in my photo essay titled “Useful and Utilized Spaces”.
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THE PROJECT
I was selected to intern in the City of Grandview Heights for Summer 2016 through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) Local Government Intern Program. This program allows interns to not only work with a Central Ohio government entity, but also gives them the opportunity to attend MORPC Commission meetings and meet with an assigned mentor at MORPC. Grandview Heights asked for an intern to help with planning and economic development, as the city had recently completed a large incomegenerating development called ‘Grandview Yard’.
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Throughout the summer, I had several assignments that allowed me to explore multiple aspects of municipal work. I worked closely with the Director of Administration, Patrick Bowman, and the city’s finance department. My first project involved the organization of the existing 50+ Tax Incentive Agreements, and the creation of a framework for future agreements. Then, I documented the 375 commercial properties within the city – identifying the owner of each property, the business residing in each location, the number of employees at each business, the square footage of each building, and more. This Excel document will be used for further Tax Incentive Agreement reference. I next created a document for distribution to residents that explained economic development, income tax, and the city’s budget. I concluded the summer by analyzing all previous parking studies of the area and researching best practices for parking solutions.
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS INTERNSHIP Grandview Heights, Ohio - 2016 Overseen by Patrick Bowman
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GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS TAX GUIDE
The Finance Department tasked me with creating a visually appealing document to simplify the city’s finances for residents. Seen above are two spreads from the final product.
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THE PROJECT
During my junior year, I enrolled in a year-long course focused on business and its relationship to sustainability. During the fall semester, I and my group of three peers analyzed the sustainability of three different companies operating in the grocery sector. We focused on different components pertaining to people, planet, and profit – known as the triple bottom line. We continued our sustainability analysis through spring semester, which paired us with a company – Hexion – and a sector – other transportation. Research helped us to determine which companies had similar sustainability values to Hexion and which companies could potentially become more sustainable through partnership with Hexion. This information was compiled into three 65-page reports, and helped us to create a maturity map of companies in the transportation sector that compares progress and values in different sustainability aspects (ex. energy, recycling) in addition to a materiality matrix that mapped company values in comparison to Hexion’s values. This project concluded with a formal presentation of our work to Hexion employees followed by a presentation to the Ohio Environmental Leadership Institute.
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During the fall semester, I researched one grocery entity’s sustainability efforts regarding people and planet, and compiled my research into part of our report and end-of-semester presentation. In the spring, I was tasked with researching all railrelated companies and assigning scores to their sustainability values according to my research. I used this information to help provide Hexion recommendations in terms of which companies they could potentially pursue as business partners or clients. I played a key role as the team leader in presenting this information and compiling the final document that was sent on to the company after our presentation and used by our professor as an example for future classes.
HEXION SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS The Ohio State University - 2015-2016 Dr. Neil Drobny
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MATERIALITY MATRIX & MATURITY MAP
The materiality matrix and a maturity map above were two of the final deliverables that turned months of research into condensed charts.
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THE PROJECT
I applied and interviewed for The Nonprofit Immersion Program at the end of my sophomore year, and was selected as one of 12 cohort members for the following school year. The program consisted of biweekly meetings focused on professional development and reflection, and several projects and assignments that cumulated into a larger-scale year-end project. In addition to meetings, we took a semester-long course that overviewed nonprofit funding, management, boards, and even brought in various guest speakers to discuss their own experiences in the nonprofit world. The final program component was the pairing of students with one of six Central Ohio nonprofit organizations for the duration of the school year.
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As a member of the Nonprofit Immersion Program, I was paired with one other student and Columbus nonprofit I Know I Can. I Know I Can aims to make higher education a more viable option for Columbus City Schools students. As an intern, I attended board meetings where I learned the inner workings of nonprofit organizations and networked with area leaders. I volunteered each week at different organization events, which included everything from spending Saturdays at ‘Project Blueprint’ helping facilitate college financial and savings educational sessions to working in Linden McKinley High School with students completing college applications. At the conclusion of the year, I Know I Can hosted the GradNation Summit, a national convention that meets in cities all over the United States with a goal of increasing high school graduation rates. I and the other student working with I Know I Can presented to over 100 Columbus City Schools seniors attending the summit, utilizing video components, discussion, and group activities all focused on the topic of grit and resilience. My work with I Know I Can helped me to truly realize my passion for people as I connected with organization staff and community members alike.
THE NONPROFIT IMMERSION PROGRAM The Ohio State University - 2015-2016 Advised by Lauren Tyger
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