ROADS SCHOLARS TO VISIT NORTHEAST OHIO SEPT. 14-15

   COLUMBUS -- Ohio State University faculty will hit the roads of northeast Ohio this September to get a glimpse of the university's relationships with educators, scientists and business owners in that part of the state.

   The 90 faculty will participate in the third annual Roads Scholars tour -- a two-day bus trip designed to give those new to the university a firsthand look at the range of ways Ohio State Extension agents, faculty, staff and students exchange expertise and resources with the state's citizens.

   The trips are sponsored by The Ohio State University President's Council for Outreach and Engagement, a group that encourages the university's outreach with Ohioans. William E. Kirwan, now a year into his tenure as Ohio State's president, will participate in a portion of the tour.

   Previous tours have covered Ohio locations ranging from historic sites and high schools to farms, factories and food companies (see this year's itinerary, below).

   The program goals are: (1) to introduce newer faculty members to the diversity, beauty and resources of Ohio so they can have a greater understanding of their students' backgrounds as well as an appreciation for all the state has to offer; (2) to allow them to sample the ways Ohio State faculty research, teaching and service extend beyond the campus; and (3) to cultivate relationships among participating faculty that may lead to multidisciplinary work or development of supportive networks of colleagues.

Sept. 14 (Tuesday)

9-10 a.m. -- Ohio State-Newark campus
11 a.m.-2 p.m. -- Coshocton: Smurfit Stone Container Co., Coshocton County Memorial Hospital
3-4 p.m. -- Newcomerstown: Welch Brothers Dairy Farm
6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Akron: Dinner with Young Scholars, Ohio State student panel discussion at Hilton Akron/Fairlawn

Sept. 15 (Wednesday)

8:30-9:45 a.m. -- Akron: Firestone and Buchtel high schools
10:45-11:30 a.m. -- Chesterland: Tour of Patterson Fruit Farm
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. -- Chesterland: Lunch at Pattersons'
1:15-2 p.m. -- Cleveland: Greater Cleveland Growth Association
2:15-3:30 p.m. -- Cleveland: Cleveland State University
4:30-6:30 p.m. -- Wooster: Dinner and tour of Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center/Agricultural Technical Institute

NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS: Although the tours are not open to the public, members of the news media are invited to join the Roads Scholars at any of the stops. It's very helpful to us and to you if we know whom to expect at each stop, so we request that if you plan to cover one or more stops on the tour, please notify Emily Caldwell, public relations coordinator on the Columbus campus, at (614) 292-8309 by Sept. 10.