96-05-30 Trustees to Hold Video Conference

                         NEWS ADVISORY:
TRUSTEES OF FIVE OHIO STATE CAMPUSES TO HOLD VIDEOCONFERENCE

     The Ohio State University Board of Trustees will hold a 
joint video conference Wednesday, June 5, with the boards of 
trustees of the university's campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion 
and Newark.  Several university trustees and President E. Gordon 
Gee will meet from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 3136 Derby Hall, 154 N. 
Oval Mall, on the Columbus campus.  At the same time, trustees of 
the extended campuses will gather at each campus.

     The five groups will communicate via the Ohio State 
University Video Conferencing Network, with all groups being 
visible and audible to each other.

     Wednesday's videoconference is primarily a demonstration of 
the video conferencing network and a chance for the trustees to 
see firsthand how it works.  The trustees will not be conducting 
any official business.

     Although, Ohio State has used similar technology for 
distance learning between Columbus and a single extended campus 
at a time, this meeting will be the first use by all campuses 
simultaneously.  The technology is expected to enhance the 
relationships among the campuses and to extend the course 
offerings available to students at each location.

     The videoconference is open to reporters and other 
interested persons at each site.  Space is limited in Derby Hall, 
and some visitors may have to watch from a monitor in an 
adjoining room.

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Contact: Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Thu, 30 May 1996 16:31:06 -0400]
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