97-08-08 Three Directors Appointed in Office of Student Life

THREE DIRECTORS NAMED IN THE RESTRUCTURED OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE
AT OHIO STATE

     COLUMBUS -- Three directors have been appointed to head the
newly formed administrative units in the restructured Office of
Student Life, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Mary
Daniels has announced.

     The units, or clusters, replace the nine student services
and programming units that formerly constituted Student Life.
The appointments are the result of a nationwide search, Daniels
said.

     Willa Young of COLUMBUS (43202), coordinator of Women
Student Services, will head the Student Gender and Sexuality
cluster, which includes the Rape Education and Prevention Program
(REPP); gay, lesbian, and bisexual student services; and women
student services.  A men’s issues component is to be added in the
future.

     Young has been on staff at Ohio State since 1982 and has
served in a number of positions, including program coordinator
for REPP and as a lecturer in the Department of Women’s Studies
and the College of Medicine’s Medical Humanities Program.  She
earned her bachelor’s degree from Capital University and her
master’s degree from Ohio State.

     Tracy Stuck of COLUMBUS (43235), coordinator of Greek
Affairs, will head the Student Activities cluster,
which includes student organization services, greek affairs,
student events and a leadership development component.

     Before coming to Ohio State in 1994, Stuck was the director
of student activities and assistant director of the Student Union
at Ohio Northern University. She earned her bachelor’s degree
from Westminster College and her master’s degree from Slippery
Rock University.

     Janice Hoffman, assistant director of residence life at the
University of Illinois at Chicago, will head the Ethnic Student
Services cluster, which includes African American, Asian
American, American Indian and Hispanic student services.

     Hoffman served as an assistant hall director and coordinator
of African American Student Services at Ohio State before she
left to become resident director of the Department of Housing and
Food Services at the University of Washington in 1990.  She was
named assistant director of residence life at Framingham State
College in 1992, and was named to her current position at the
University of Illinois at Chicago in 1994.  Hoffman earned her
bachelor’s degree from Winthrop University and her master’s
degree from Ohio State.

     “We are very excited about the quality of the candidates
that were chosen for the positions.  Each is a proven
professional, through whose leadership we can achieve the goals
we set forth in restructuring Student Life,” Daniels said.  “With
the addition of the directors, we are able to serve all students
better, eliminate duplication and draw upon strengths to create a
collaborative and interactive effort.”

     Daniels said the restructuring creates levels that interact
more directly with students, and will support programming for a
broader base of students by programming for issues that cut
across different constituencies within the cluster.

     “The advantage of the clusters is to stress the importance
of creating a team to move forward with the new structure, and to
emphasize collaboration between the units,” Daniels said.

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Contact: Mary Daniels, assistant vice president for student
affairs, (614) 292-9334.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 8 Aug 1997 14:33:32 -0400 (EDT)]
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