Students migrate back to campus -- March 27. Spring break is almost over, and thousands of students make the long journey back to Columbus. Classes begin March 27 and spring commencement, on the Oval again this year, is June 9.
International students: ItÕs tax time. Who you gonna call? -- April 8. International students and visiting scholars can get some help filing their taxes this year from students in the College of Law. Students taking international taxation this quarter will help international students prepare their tax returns from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in rooms 348 and 352 of Drinko Hall, 55 W. 12th Ave.
CONTACT: David Williams II, professor of law and vice president for student and urban/community affairs, 292-9334.
Spanish goes country -- A pilot program designed to introduce Spanish to elementary students is extending Ohio StateÕs outreach and diversity efforts into rural Pickaway County. The program, ÒTaking Spanish Speaking Countries Into The Country,Ó is funded by a $10,000 OSU CARES grant and takes place at Washington Elementary School near Circleville. It entails teaching Spanish as a second language to kindergarten through third-grade classes and, in turn, increasing literacy development and improving scores on portions of state proficiency tests. The project is spearheaded by Debbie Wilburn Robinson, assistant professor of foreign and second language education in the School of Teaching and Learning; Gwen Wolford, leader of legislative and county relations and diversity for the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and OSU Extension; Judy Conrad, OSU Extension agent in Pickaway County; and Scott Scheer, assistant professor of human and community resource development.
CONTACT: Debbie Wilburn Robinson, School of Teaching and Learning, 292-0167.
What does the future hold for the ADA? -- April 7. Facing the Challenges of the ADA: The First Ten Years and Beyond is a one-day symposium that will bring together prominent law professors, attorneys and social scientists to discuss crucial questions surrounding the Americans with Disabilities Act yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Ohio State Law Journal will publish all symposium papers in the Fall 2000 issue (Volume 62). The symposium is co-sponsored by the Ohio State University College of Law, The Center for Law, Policy, and Social Science at the College of Law, the Ohio State Law Journal, Anderson Publishing Co., The USX Foundation, the Nisonger Center at Ohio State, and the Office of Faculty Teaching Assistant Development at Ohio State.
CONTACT: Leslie Kerns, Symposium Editor, 292-5589 or by e-mail at kerns.40@osu.edu or visit
the symposium Web site at
Study shows computers brought more women into the workplace. Bruce Weinberg, an Ohio State researcher, said that increased computer use in the workplace explains about 55 percent of the increase in the demand for women workers since the mid-1970s. Weinberg analyzed the data from the federal Current Population Surveys conducted between 1970 and 1994 and looked at the changes in the number of employees -- both men and women -- who used computers in various industries and occupations.
CONTACT: Bruce Weinberg, 292-5642.
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*Compiled by Karissa L. Shivley, University Relations, (shivley.2@osu.edu).