97-04-04 Trustees: Personnel, Reports & Misc.

ACTIONS OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on 
Friday (4/4) appointed a professor in public policy, a director 
of the Schottenstein Center, and reappointed two deans at the 
regional campuses.  The board also heard updates on the Office of 
Student Life review process and the vision of the College of 
Medicine, and conducted other business.

Schiavo named to Enarson Professorship

     The board named Mary F. Schiavo to the Harold L. and Audrey 
P. Enarson Professorship in Public Policy, retroactive to Jan. 1 
and continuing through December.  She began her teaching 
assignments spring quarter.

     A former inspector general of the U.S. Department of 
Transportation with oversight authority over the FAA, Schiavo 
gained national attention for blowing the whistle on lax FAA 
enforcement and inspections and for revealing safety problems at 
ValuJet and other airlines.

     A native of northwest Ohio, Schiavo attended Ohio State 
University twice -- obtaining her pilot's license and completing 
her freshman and sophomore classes in 1973-74.  She completed her 
bachelor's degree at Harvard and returned to Ohio State to earn a 
master's degree in public administration in 1977.  She received 
her law degree from New York University in 1980.  Schiavo has 
been named a White House Fellow and an OSU University Fellow.

     The Enarson Executive-in-Residence is an endowment initiated 
by former Ohio State President Harold Enarson -- who was a 
Professor of Public Policy and Management -- and his wife, 
Audrey.  The Enarson Professorship is a position offered to a 
recognized professional with extensive government experience. 
Schiavo is the third Enarson Professor, succeeding former state 
budget directors Bill Shkurti and Lee Walker.

Riggs appointed director of Schottenstein Center

     Trustees named Xen Michael Riggs as director of the 
Schottenstein Center, effective April 14.  Riggs has been 
director of Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois since May 
1995 and was the associate director from 1990 to 1995.  He held 
previous positions as general manager of the Kellogg Arena in 
Battle Creek, Mich., and as an auditorium manager at Illinois 
State University and Anderson University.

     Riggs will report to David Williams, vice president for 
student affairs, and work closely with the Department of 
Athletics to manage the center.  An advisory board will set 
policy.  Primary tenants of the Schottenstein Center will be 
men’s and women’s basketball and men’s ice hockey.

     Among his initial duties will be reviewing final 
architectural plans, creating a staffing plan and gradually 
assembling staff, fine-tuning the operating budget and creating 
event calendars for the first months after opening.  The 
Schottenstein Center is currently under construction, with 
opening anticipated in Autumn 1998.

     Riggs is a 1982 graduate of Anderson University and is a 
member of numerous professional organizations.

Reappointments

     Trustees reappointed: 

     -- Violet I. Meek of LIMA as dean and director of The Ohio 
State University Lima Campus, effective July 1 and continuing 
through June 2002.  Meek has served as dean and director of the 
Lima campus since 1992.

     -- John O. Riedl of MANSFIELD as dean and director of The 
Ohio State University Mansfield Campus, effective July 1 and 
continuing through June 2000. Riedl, also the coordinating dean 
of the four regional campuses, has served as dean and director of 
the Mansfield campus since 1987.

Miller wins student recognition award

     -- Trustees awarded a student recognition award to Brenda 
Miller of MILFORD.  A third-year student in the College of 
Veterinary Medicine, Miller was honored for her work in 
organizing the first student chapter of the American Association 
of Human Animal Bond Veterinarians.  She also helped establish 
the college's Pet Loss Support Hot Line, a service that offers 
pet owners counseling for grief and guilt experienced through the 
loss of a pet.

Board hears report on Student Life review

     The board heard a report by William Hall, assistant vice 
president for student affairs, and Kathy Cleveland Bull, acting 
director of Student Life, on a year-long review of the services 
and structure of the Office of Student Life.  Cleveland Bull 
reported the review process involved four steps: an internal 
Student Life committee, external review, student assessment and 
community forums.  The review outlined several goals for the unit 
including increasing visibility, impact and collaboration among 
units; improving customer service, retaining programming, 
consultation and advocacy, and developing an organization 
consistent with cutting-edge features with utility in the long 
term.

     To obtain these goals, the review process recommended 
restructuring the unit by eliminating the director’s position and 
the Office of Student Life, and replacing it with three clusters 
to include student activities, culture and ethnicity, and gender 
and sexual orientation.  The Office of Student Judicial Affairs 
was recommended to become a separate office not directly 
connected to any one cluster.  Cleveland Bull said the 
recommendations will not eliminate any constituency office but 
will enable the unit to better serve students with more efficient 
methods that will continue to meet all student needs.

College of Medicine shares its vision for the future

     Bernadine Healy, dean of the College of Medicine, shared 
with trustees her vision for the future of the college. Healy 
detailed a five-level approach for improvement: creating more 
urgency about opportunities, making shifts in the culture of the 
college, creating a strategy for centers of excellence, pushing 
for quality and quantity, and raising additional money.

     She also enumerated five goals for the college: enhancing 
academics, integrating the clinical enterprise, continuing focus 
on the School of Public Health, adding meaningful affiliations 
and alliances, and improving organization and administration.

Board accepts 13 named endowed funds

     Trustees heard a report from Jerry May, vice president for 
development, who reported a 10 percent increase in gift giving in 
fiscal year 1996 through February, compared with the same period 
last year, with a total of $63,544,392 received.  May reported 
the establishment of 13 new named endowed funds with gifts 
totaling $1,331,927:

     -- The Mary K. Moyer Memorial Fund in Business,      $587,331.

     -- Humanities Alumni Scholarship Fund, $26,225.

     -- The Pike County 4-H Endowment Fund, $25,000, for Pike 
County students in the College of Food, Agricultural and 
Environmental Sciences.

     -- The Robert C. Banasik Scholarship for Graduate Students 
in Business, $15,015.

     -- The Rodney J. Harrison Scholarship Fund, $15,000, for 
Western Golf Association Evans Scholars.

     -- The Grant Stuart Morrison Scholarship Fund, $15,040, in 
the Fisher College of Business.

     -- The Arthur E. Shepard Scholarship Fund, $200,000, for 
Cambridge High School graduates who attended Garfield Elementary 
School.

     -- The Moritz Family MBA Scholarship Fund, $145,189.

     -- The Grey Oaks Scholarship Fund, $100,688, for the Women’s 
Varsity Golf Team.

     -- The Marcia Shepard Mock and Lynne Shepard Jones 
Scholarship Fund, $100,000, for graduates of Grandview Heights 
High School.

     -- The Sadie Schwebel Rifkin Endowed Memorial Scholarship 
Fund, $50,000, for students whose families have worked for the 
Schwebel Baking Company.

     -- The Madison H. Scott Memorial Fund in Political Science, 
$27,440, for minority students in political science.

     -- The Pathology Faculty Support Fund, $25,000.

Emeritus titles granted

     Trustees granted emeritus titles to Lore Segal of COLUMBUS 
(43202), professor emeritus of English, and Shirley A. Olsen, of 
COLUMBUS (43202), associate professor emeritus of industrial, 
interior and visual communications, both retroactive to April 1.

Resolutions in memoriam

     The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for James E. 
Jones, assistant professor emeritus of veterinary preventive 
medicine, who died Feb. 1, and Norma Kern, assistant professor 
emeritus in the Ohio State University Extension, who died Nov. 9.

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Contact:  Tracy Turner, University Communications, (614) 
688-3682.


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