04-13-94 Trustees, VPs to Shadow Students

TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS TO SHADOW STUDENTS FOR A DAY
     COLUMBUS -- Twenty of the people who make the decisions at
The Ohio State University will get a chance to view university
life from a student's point of view for a day this spring.  Seven
university trustees, President E. Gordon Gee and his vice
presidents, and two other administrators will each "shadow" a
currently enrolled student during the "Student for a Day"
program.
     The 20 students -- eight undergraduates, seven graduate
students and six professional students -- met their shadows
during a reception on April 7.  It is up to each pair to arrange
a date for the shadowing during spring quarter.
     The Student for a Day plan was originally the idea of
trustee Ted Celeste, who brought it to Hiawatha Francisco, a
student member of the Board of Trustees and chair of the board's
Student Affairs Committee.
     "Most of the trustees haven't been in the classroom in
years, and they're all very interested in seeing first-hand what
goes on in the trenches," Francisco said.  "All of the trustees
liked the idea when it was presented and are looking forward to
the experience.  When Vice Presidents Janet Pichette and David
Williams heard about it, they asked to be included and suggested
we ask the other vice presidents, too."
     Francisco got the enthusiastic support of board chairperson
Deborah Casto and the leaders of Ohio State's student government
groups.  The student governments -- Undergraduate Student
Government, Council of Graduate Students, and the
Interprofessional Council -- selected the students to be paired
with trustees and administrators.

                "Student for a Day" Participants

Trustees

Michael Colley             Gregory Hudson, graduate

George Skestos             Mary Mynatt, graduate

Deborah Casto              Nancy Lazar, graduate

Alex Shumate               Aaron Granger, law,

David Brennan              Bonita McGee, undergraduate

Ted Celeste                David Daunch, undergraduate

John Kessler               Tonya Cheek

Administrators

E. Gordon Gee              Rita Smith, law
  President

Janet Pichette             Jennifer McClellan, graduate
  VP, Business
  and Administration

Ed Hayes                   Chen-Jen R. Hsu, graduate
  VP, Research

Herb Asher                 Amy Bashforth, graduate
  Special Assistant,
  State Relations

Linda Tom                  D'lisa Patterson, optometry
  VP, Human Resources

Rich Hollingsworth         Rajalla Prewitt, medicine
  Dean, Student Life

Robert Duncan              Wes Bishop, law
  VP, Legal Affairs

Jerry May                  Michelle Roth, undergraduate
  VP, Development

Bill Shkurti               Paul Stevens, undergraduate
  VP, Finance

Dick Sisson                Catherine Strauss, undergraduate
  Senior VP, Academic
  Affairs, & Provost

David Williams             Kathleen Trhlin-Russ,
  VP, Student Affairs        undergraduate

Manuel Tzagournis          Chip Bradford
  VP, Health Services

Bob Moser                  Elizabeth Muska, undergraduate
  VP, Agricultural
  Administration

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Note to News Reporters:  For student telephone numbers or dates
of shadowing, contact Tom Spring, managing editor, News Services,
292-8309.


[Submitted by: GERSTNER  (gerstner@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
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