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DaVonti’ Haynes, Creator of “A Day in the Life of a Buckeye,” Receives Ohio State Award

DaVonti’ Haynes, Creator of “A Day in the Life of a Buckeye,” Receives Ohio State Award

March 27, 2017

DaVonti’ Haynes

Nearly 400 Ohio high school students attended A Day in the Life of a Buckeye, created by a social work student five years ago. Organized and created by MSW student DaVonti’ Haynes, A Day in the Life of a Buckeye gives sophomores and juniors from inner-city and Appalachian area high schools a chance to see what college is really like.

Stacy Song

 

Haynes was inspired to host the event as an Ohio State undergraduate student when he recognized a need to attract more low-income and rural high schools. He partnered with LeRoy Ricksy Jr., an undergraduate criminology and criminal justice student.

 

Both have received Ohio State’s 2017 Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award, which recognizes up to five recipients for extraordinary efforts.

The college’s Stacy Song, BSSW Academic Counselor and Staff Assistant, participated in the event by speaking to students about the many facets of a social work career and the program at Ohio State. This year’s event was held on March 22, 2017.

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