I am Jeffrey Rehmar, a sophomore at The Ohio State University. While it looks more and more to be shaping up like a marathon to finish in four years with my recent change in course of study to International Studies. With my International Studies major I am specializing in Development Studies. This is the study of developing nations of the world and how we can make both short and long term improvements to get their citizens out of extreme poverty. As an International Studies major it is becoming a necessity to be proficient in a foreign language. To meet this standard, I am doing a minor study in Spanish. I believe that I will come out a stronger person because of my strong involvement in the Ohio State community. I am a member of numerous student-based fan support groups for our athletic teams such as Block O and Nuthouse. I was also chosen to be the representative for Geauga County for the I-Beam Society; a new organization to represent the Ohio State students in the building of our new Student Union. One of the most fun and different groups that I am a part of is the Hall Council for my dorm. I was first a representative and then appointed as Vice President of the council that improves the residence life of the almost five-hundred students that live in Morrison Tower.

However, by and large my biggest commitment outside of my academics is The Ohio State Racquetball Club. I have been playing racquetball on a consistent basis for the last decade. On June 1, 2007 as I received my high school diploma I was unaware if I would be able to continue on with the sport that I love. I had heard that Ohio State may have a team and maybe I could be on it, but nothing was certain. As Autumn Quarter came I found the Ohio State Racquetball Club with delight, at the Fall Involvement Fair at The Oval if you are familiar with the campus. We are first a club and secondly a team, competing at various tournaments against other schools. We were ranked second in Ohio and twenty-first in America in the 2007-2008 season. This was good, but not good enough.

I thought to myself that we can do better than this, I mean come on we are Ohio State. I knew that despite being a fresh face in the club I could do the club and its members a lot of good. In March 2008 just nine months after my high school graduation I was elected by my peers as the President of the club. I have five officers under me as well as two coaches who volunteer their valuable time. The Ohio State Racquetball Club is one of eighty-two sport clubs at Ohio State. This comes with both benefits and disadvantages. I believe that I will gain so much more than a varsity athlete would after graduation. I work with people from all different levels in order to improve the club; from our forty members, to coaches and presidents at universities throughout the Midwest, as well as high level individuals in the sport of racquetball.

From not only my academics but my involvement at The Ohio State University I am truly confident that I am shaping up for a life of success. Throughout my high level of campus involvement I have maintained a high standard of academic achievement. I graduated high school in the top twenty percent of my class. I have also maintained a job, working as an Office Assistant at the front desk of my residence hall. I am experienced with dealing with diversity from being a two-year resident in The International House Learning Community. From academics to racquetball and more I want to live my life now and fully enjoy it, but I just cannot simply wait to see what my future will entail.