97-12-05 Trustees: Administrative Restructuring, AcademicChanges

TRUSTEES APPROVE OFFICE RESTRUCTURING AND ACADEMIC CHANGES, HEAR
REPORT ON STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on
Friday (12/5) approved an administrative restructuring in
enrollment services, the naming of a school, and degree program
changes in the College of Pharmacy.  The board also heard a
report on a Student Leadership Initiative and conducted other
business.

Offices merged to form new enrollment office

     To better serve students, Ohio State will form the Office of
Enrollment Services, which merges the Office of the Registrar
with the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid.  Trustees
approved the change, retroactive to Nov. 5.

     “Having these units operate as one cohesive unit just makes
good sense -- especially to students,” said Martha M. Garland,
vice provost for undergraduate studies.  “The consolidation will
provide a more nearly seamless and effective delivery of services
to our students.”

     The plan is part of an ongoing universitywide effort to
improve services for students as recommended by the report from
the Committee on the Undergraduate Experience, which Garland co-
chaired.

     James J. Mager, assistant vice president for enrollment
management, will oversee the newly formed Office of Enrollment
Services.  Mager has provided outstanding leadership as head of
admissions and financial aid, Garland said.

     Gene Schuster will continue as the university registrar.
The change will leverage Schuster’s strength in information
management more effectively to enhance the overall enrollment
system, including services for transfer students, Garland said.

     Tally Hart, director of financial aid, and Scott Healy,
director of admissions, also will continue their duties.

School named

     Trustees approved the naming of the unit combining the
School of Journalism and the Department of Communication as the
new School of Journalism and Communication.

     The July 1996 merger in the College of Social and Behavioral
Sciences was part of university restructuring efforts.

Board approves degree program changes in College of Pharmacy
    
     The board also approved the formation of a new four-year
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program and a new bachelor of
science in the pharmaceutical sciences degree program.

     The B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences will not qualify
students as pharmacists.  However, it will prepare them for
graduate study or jobs in government and industry.  Eventually,
the current bachelor of science in pharmacy will be discontinued.

     The four-year Pharm.D. course will be open to students with
appropriate bachelor of science degrees.  The existing two-year
Pharm.D. program will be retooled to become a nontraditional
program for practicing pharmacists who want to upgrade their
training.

     The changes respond to a shift in the pharmacy profession
that is creating different expectations for pharmacy training
programs.

Board hears report on a new student leadership initiative

     The board heard a report by Kathy Cleveland Bull, director
of training and organizational development, on the planned
development of a Comprehensive Student Leadership Development
Initiative.  The initiative is designed to create opportunities
for all students to develop leadership skills outside of the
classroom. 

     Cleveland Bull said enhancing student leadership skills will
help in the promotion of life-long learning, life management
skills, citizenship through service and service-learning in
students.  She said the initiative will:

     -- offer a documentation of student leadership development
on the official university transcript,

     -- and maintain a specialized and constituency-based
leadership development effort already offered by constituency
offices in the Office of Student Life, as well create new
initiatives to include all students.

     Cleveland Bull said the next stage for the leadership
development initiative is to develop a funding plan and further
prepare a proposal to be presented before the Board of Trustees
in Spring 1998.

Miscellaneous

     In other business, the board:

     -- Heard a proposal for an affiliation agreement between
Harding Hospital Inc. and The Ohio State University.  The
proposed organization would be a licensed psychiatric hospital
and would combine, integrate, oversee and/or control strategic,
financial, administrative, marketing and operational matters in
behavioral health formerly conducted by Ohio State and Harding.
Trustees are expected to vote on the agreement at a later
meeting.

     -- Presented a student recognition award to Rosemary Hage of
DETROIT.  A junior with a double major in human nutrition and
food science and technology, Hage was honored for her research
into the role of iron in coronary heart disease.  A professional
chef who has trained under two certified Master Chefs, Hage
volunteers with Meals on Wheels, delivering food to the
homebound.  She also delivers food to the hungry through the
national chef’s organization, Show Our Strength.  Hage volunteers
at the Short Stop, a teen drop-in center, and organized a Trick-
or-Treat canned-food drive through the Ohio Stater’s Inc.

     -- Approved 208 contracts totaling $17.8 million for
research projects funded in October.

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Contact:  Martha Garland, Academic Affairs, (614) 292-5881
          James Mager, Enrollment Services, (614) 688-5791
          Kathy Cleveland Bull, Training & Organizational
           Development, (614) 292-5927


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:45:14 -0500 (EST)]
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