Year Two: Service
"After two semesters studying the city, Honors students enter their sophomore year ready to make a difference."
"The Honors College service-learning program takes volunteering to the next level. In collaboration with community partners, students roll up their sleeves, bringing what they learn in the classroom into direct engagement with the world outside of class."
"All Wayne State University students are encouraged to get involved in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. The difference is that in the Honors College, hands-on involvement is expected, and Honors provides students with many opportunities to serve."
"The Honors College service-learning program takes volunteering to the next level. In collaboration with community partners, students roll up their sleeves, bringing what they learn in the classroom into direct engagement with the world outside of class."
"All Wayne State University students are encouraged to get involved in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. The difference is that in the Honors College, hands-on involvement is expected, and Honors provides students with many opportunities to serve."
Wayne State Honors is unique in many ways, including its flexibility as a Co-Major. As both a University Honors student and a Biomedical Engineering student, I have been allowed to complete my service learning through the BME program, as it is spent not only learning how to be engineers, but spent working on projects so solve real-world problems. In my freshman and sophomore years, I have worked on several biomedical projects in class that qualify for my service learning requirement, which is detailed on the Biomedical Engineering page of my website, with the different projects organized by year.
In reflection, I'm grateful for the opportunity that I have been given in completing this service learning. I have dedicated my studies to learning the process required for my career, but I have also seen the impact that my studies and my future work can have, not only for myself but also for those who need a better solution to their own medical problems. I feel that I have learned how to better help those in need and how doing selfless, outstanding work impacts my own character. Those projects were my start to designing a greater, brighter future for every person in the world.