COLUMBUS -- Below are brief tips about new programs and events across The Ohio State University. A contact name for each tip is provided; the area code for all telephone numbers is (614) unless otherwise noted. You also may contact Karissa Shivley in University Relations at 292-8295 for more information on these and other activities.
The College of the Arts has a full events calendar for fall quarter. Featured events include the Ohio State marching band concert at 3 p.m. Nov. 7 in St. John Arena. Tickets are $7-$10 and can be purchased through the Athletic Ticket Office at 292-2624. Also this fall, the Department of Theatre presents Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, by Tony Kushner. Tickets are $6.50-$12. Call 292-2295 for dates and times of performances.
Ground will be broken on 12th Avenue for the College of Biological Sciences' new Life Science Laboratory during the 1999-2000 school year. The date for the groundbreaking has not been determined. (Sandi Rutkowski, director of communications, 292-4759.)
John Wenzel, associate professor of entomology, is the new coordinator for the Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Road. The museum houses the College of Biological Sciences' research collections. (John Wenzel, coordinator, 292-1995.)
Nobel Laureate Sidney Altman will visit the Biochemistry Department fall quarter. The department received a Wellcome Visiting Professorship in the Basic Medical Sciences for the 1999-2000 academic year, which will fund Altman's visit of up to five days of teaching and discussions with students, staff and faculty. Altman also will deliver a Wellcome Lecture on a subject related to the basic medical services. Dates of the visit and lecture are not yet available. (George Marzluf, department chair, 292-9471.)
Beginning fall quarter, the Department of Biochemistry will offer a master's degree with an emphasis on biotechnology. In partnership with biotechnology companies, the department will train students for a career in the rapidly growing biotechnology industry. This degree is designed for students who want to do research in an industrial setting and will combine course work, laboratory research and a six-month internship. (George Marzluf, department chair, 292-9471.)
The College of Biological Sciences will hold its second annual welcome reception for incoming students interested in majoring in one of the biological sciences from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in the college office, room 105, Biological Sciences Building, 484 W. 12th Ave. (Caroline Breitenberger, associate professor of biochemistry, 292-9473.)
The Department of Plant Biology will hold its annual Plant Biology Research Symposium on Oct. 16. (Richard Sayre, associate professor of plant biology, 292-9030.)
The Faculty and Teaching Assistant Development office will offer a new program to enhance minority students' education at Ohio State. It is the only program in the country to enable academic departments to assess the experiences of historically underrepresented students. The office helps units develop strategies to improve instruction and ensure good outcomes for minority students in an era of rapidly changing demographics on college campuses. (Thea Ford, instructional specialists, 292-3644.)
The colleges of Education and Humanities are offering a new dual master's degree in African-American Studies and Global Education. (Merry Merryfield, associate professor of language, College of Education, 292-4314.)
The Ohio State University/Urban Schools Initiative will offer year-long literacy training to 100 educators from four central Ohio school districts, with the goal of raising achievement levels. The program is part of a five-year, $1.7 million Martha Holden Jennings Foundation project to improve urban education. (Oliver Jones, Urban Schools Initiative coordinator, 688-4441.)
Two College of Education staff members, Sue Dechow and Neal Kelley, will use a new $159,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop strategies to train teachers in classroom technologies. (Sue Dechow, director of International Development, 292-9611, or Neal Kelley, assistant director of International Development, 292-8083.)
The college will honor outstanding alumni from across the country with five awards. The recipients represent the best in education, school teachers and administrators, and university faculty and administrators who have achieved national or international recognition. The biennial awards ceremony will be on Oct. 22 in the Faculty Club. (Nancy Swearengin, acting alumni relations coordinator, 292-2743.)
The College of Engineering will hold the 33rd Engineering Career Expo, sponsored by Engineer's Council, on Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in French Field House. (Carol Scott, 292-2651.)
The Materials Science Day is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Royer Activity Center. This event is open to all high school juniors and seniors, as well as engineering students who are undecided. (For more information, call 292-2553.)
Through a major cooperative effort, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering is pioneering the integration of computational methods with experimental techniques. This work will speed the often lengthy maturation time involved in the production of structural materials. (Dana Stone, technical editor of Engineering Communications, 292-4064.)
The BS/MS Program, a five-year program offered by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering to MSE seniors who wish to begin their master's degree during their fourth year, provides BS/MS students with the opportunity to conduct research with a faculty member during their fourth year and receive a monthly stipend. In the fifth year the students complete coursework and a thesis. (Bridget Monagan, program assistant in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 292-8998.)
The Local Technical Assistance Program, associated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, offers a program to help towns and cities in Ohio solve various road transportation problems and maintain their roads through education and research. (Sarah Welch, 292-2871.)
The Fisher College of Business will open three new buildings this fall.
The three buildings in the business complex on the north end of campus are gearing up for their first quarter of academic activity. Plans also are under way for the formal dedication of the buildings on Oct. 21. (Anna Rzewnicki, coordinator of media relations, 292-8937.)
Two years worth of business transactions are condensed into two days of strategic planning, decision making and problem resolution, with the aid of U.S. Tycoon simulation software. Staff at IntelliSIM in Columbus developed the software and coordinate the team-building activity. About 140 MBA students will participate in 24 teams representing three industries on Sept. 23 and 24. (Anna Rzewnicki, coordinator of media relations, 292-8937.)
Fisher MBA students will work from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 1 with students and teachers at the Trevitt Elementary School, 519 Trevitt St. Their classroom activities will reinforce the theme "Peace around the world begins by understanding cultural diversity." Fisher students also will work with the students and teachers to build outdoor play equipment. This project is funded by a contribution from the Xerox Corp. (Anna Rzewnicki, coordinator of media relations, 292-8937.)
The College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences plans to build a new Food Science complex that will improve the facilities and national stature of the food science program. The facility will include laboratories, classrooms and a new food outlet. (Ken Lee, 292-6281.)
The college will sponsor a freshman convocation for all new entering freshmen and transfer students on Sept. 21. (Jill Pfister, assistant dean, 292-1734.)
The college sponsors the Farm Science Review on Sept. 21-23 at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London. (Craig Fendrick or Chuck Gamble, 292-4278.)
The third annual Lena C. Bailey Lecture on Leadership will be presented on Oct. 19 by Graham B. Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University. Spanier will speak on "Humanizing the University." (Barbara M. Newman, 292-5641.)
Starting Oct. 21, the first five nationally known leaders in family and consumer economics, including Mohamed Abdel-Ghany of the University of Alabama, will lecture without ever leaving their hometowns. (Richard Widdows, chair of the Department of Consumer & Textile Services, 292-8063.)
The college recently entered into a new partnership with COSI Columbus to open a new and improved little kidspace at the new COSI center on Nov. 6. The exhibit will help infants, toddlers and preschoolers develop their motor, intellectual, social, emotional and language skills. (Kimberlee Whaley, associate professor and associate vice president of early childhood education for COSI, 292-5733.)
"Textile Treasures: Selections from the OSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection" will be on exhibit from Oct. 8 through March 18, 2000, in the Geraldine Schottenstein Wing of Campbell Hall. (Gayle Strege, curator, 292-3090.)
The Department of Human Nutrition and Food Management recently received a $830,482 grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine whether nutritional zinc can prevent the onset of brain disease or damage, especially for premature infants, HIV patients and the elderly undergoing oxygen therapy. (Dr. Tammy Bray, chair, 292-4485.)Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:58:53 -0400
U.S./China Links is a one-of-a-kind program that enables American business people to gain firsthand knowledge of Chinese corporate culture. The program is coordinated by Ohio State's National East Asian Language Resource Center and Qingdao Ocean University and sponsored by the National Security Education Program. (Professor Galal Walker, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, 292-5816.)
The college's MultiCat team is developing foreign language tests in French, German and Spanish which can serve as placement measures for entrance to university language programs and will ultimately will be used as exit proficiency measures. (Kathryn Carl, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 292-2455, or Professor Diane Birckbichler, director of the Foreign Language Center, 292-4361.)
A grand opening of the Harvey Goldberg Program in Teaching Excellence, an instructional resource center for history faculty, graduate students and staff, is planned for fall quarter. (Shari Lorbach, coordinator of alumni and public relations, 688-4532.)
Spanish 689, "Spanish in Ohio: An Experimental Course," includes a strong service-learning component. Students work with Head Start, the Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs and other social service organizations. (Donna Long, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 292-4958.)
The college is developing the Humanities Alumni Career Network, a Web-site network, to put students in touch with alumni to learn more about the job market, career opportunities, job descriptions and requirements, and what employers look for in letters of introduction, resumes, interviews, educational background and community service. (Shari Lorbach, coordinator of alumni and public relations, 688-4532.)
On Oct. 1, the Ohio State Alumni Association will honor three College of Humanities alumnae. Everett Laybourne (BA 1932 in English) will receive the Alumni Medalist Award; Donna Alvarado (BA 1969 in Spanish and MA 1970 in romance languages and literature) will receive the Ralph Davenport Mershon Award; and Elaine Hairston (BA 1966 in English, and MA 1967 and Ph.D. 1970 in speech) will receive the Professional Achievement Award. (Shari Lorbach, coordinator of alumni and public relations, 688-4532.)
Students can get help with landlord-tenant disputes and other housing problems at the new Student Housing Legal Clinic. Operated by the College of Law at 1601 N. High St., the clinic opened its doors July 1 and has already advised more than 50 clients and negotiated several claims. (Katherine Wise, director of the Student Housing Legal Clinic, 421-3308.)
New and returning students who remember when they loved dinosaurs and rocks are invited to participate in guided tours of the Orton Geological Museum, 155 South Oval Mall. Dale Gnidovec, collections manager and curator, will give tours of the museum Sept. 21 at 4 p.m.. and Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. (Melissa Weber, director of communications and outreach, 292-2254.)
Students are invited to visit the Math and Statistics Learning Center(MSLC) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 24 in the basement of the Math Building to learn how to take advantage of this incredible resource. The MSLC provides free tutoring assistance in more than 20 math and statistics courses. Meet tutors and personnel, ask questions, make suggestions and enjoy free pizza. Fall quarter MSLC hours of operation and locations of tutor rooms will also be available. (Richard Brown or Anthony Nance, 292-3952.)
The College of Medicine and Public Health will begin the inaugural year of the college's seven-year combined BS/MD program with 17 students who plan to enroll in the fall. These students will be welcomed with a special "kickoff" just prior to the start of classes in September. (Mark Notestine, 292-7137.)
The College of Nursing has recently added a family nurse practitioner (FNP) program to the college's graduate specialty tracks, which will be developed entirely online. Twelve FNP enrollees will begin autumn quarter. (Sharon Hatem, editorial assistant, Nursing Outlook alumni/projects coordinator, 292-0596.)
The College of Pharmacy will implement a new degree program, the Bachelor of Science in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, autumn quarter. This new undergraduate major will not allow graduates to become licensed as a pharmacist, but is designed to prepare students for graduate or graduate-professional training or employment in the pharmaceutical industry.
A new interdisciplinary clinic will be implemented as a component of the university's health plan. The clinic will involve a collaborative practice model involving pharmacists, physicians and nurses working with patients to enhance patient wellness and disease prevention. It will be housed in Parks Hall. (Aly Bradley, assistant to the dean, 292-5711.)
A new distance learning initiative is in the final planning stages for possible implementation during 1999-2000. The nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program will constitute a Web-based initiative through which baccalaureate level pharmacists could work toward enhancing their knowledge base and credentials for the provision of patient-focused pharmaceutical care in a self-paced, distance-learning format. (Aly Bradley, assistant to the dean, 292-5711.)
The college's professional students are involved in several community service initiatives, including: Katy's Kids, a program aimed at kindergarten through second grade students, which presents basic information about using medications properly; and Operation Immunization, a program aimed at raising public awareness of the importance of immunizations.
This is the inaugural season of the Jesse Owens Complex, which houses track and field, men's and women's soccer and lacrosse. It is scheduled for completion next spring. (Mike Dolan, assistant athletic director, 292-6330.)
This is the first season for women's ice hockey at Ohio State. The new team, under the direction of coach Jackie Barto, will compete at the OSU Ice Rink starting Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. (Jackie Barto, head coach, 292-7073.)
The renovation of Ohio Stadium, which began at the conclusion of last season, will have little impact on the 1999 season. Renovations will be complete for the 2001 season. (Mike Dolan, assistant athletic director, 292-6330.)
A new call center has been opened to handle the increased volume of business resulting from the opening of The Jerome Schottenstein Center. (Lori Phelps, assistant ticket director, 292-2624.)
The Athletic Ticket Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Office hours will vary on days of events. (For more information call the ticket office at 292-2624 or 1-800-GO-BUCKS.)
Tickets for all events, except football and basketball, will be available online through the Athletic Ticket Department Web site, www.ohiostatebuckeye.com (Phil Esten, assistant ticket director, 292-9748.)
The Schottenstein Center is set to promote events held elsewhere in Columbus, including events at the Palace, Veterans Memorial, Mershon Auditorium and Ohio Stadium. (Sharon Rone, director of booking, 688-3939, or Xen Riggs, director of the Jerome Schottenstein Center, 688-3939.)
This fall, two DVD Pro 50 Progressive Video Cameras will be used for replay for college football. Ohio State Buckeyes will get to see footage that is superior to quality found in any other college program. (Mark Smith, manager of video services, 688-3939.)
This fall or winter, students, faculty, staff and others will be able to go to the Schottenstein Center's Web site (www.schottensteincenter.com) and enter information to automatically receive concert updates and bargains. (Justin Doyle, marketing manager, 688-3939.)
The Office for Disability Services will sponsor a performance by Afi-Tiombe Kambon at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 in Drinko Hall, room 130. Kambon is an oral historian of African America and an actor. She is an amputee who includes disabled characters in all of her performances. The performance is free and open to the public and will be interpreted in American Sign Language. (Ann Yurcisin, director of Disability Services, 292-3307.)
The Adaptive Technology Training Center (ATTC) is available for students with disabilities who are registered with the office. The equipment is available from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 5 p.m. Friday. (Ann Yurcisin, director of Disability Services, 292-3307.)
There will be five adaptive computer workstations in room 590 Baker Systems this fall. The stations will have the regular computing software that University Technology Services offers as well as the following: screen reading, text scanning, enlargement, word prediction, large monitors, scanners and electric adjustable height tables. (Sean O'Briant, adaptive technology specialist, 292-3307.)
Office Of Ethnic Student Services"Lending a Hand, Giving Back to Your Community" is a new program available this year to students through the Office of Ethnic Student Services. Students will have the opportunity to give back to the Columbus community by participating in programs offered through the office. (Janice Hoffman, director, 688-4988.)
The Office of Minority Affairs will hold the 28th Annual Minority Graduate & Professional Student Orientation and Reception on Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on The Lane. The function is free. James A. Hefner, president of Tennessee State University in Nashville, will be the keynote speaker. (Rose Wilson-Hill, acting special assistant to the vice provost for minority affairs, 292-0964.)
The Office of Residence Life is expecting 8,450-8,500 residents in its facilities this fall. This is an increase of about 600 over last year's numbers. To accommodate the increase in students who want to live on campus, Morrison Tower has been converted from a graduate residence to an undergraduate facility. Also, property on 209/211 W. 10th Ave. was converted to residence halls. More beds in the north area were added where permitted, and space was gained from the Baker Hall renovation.
Baker Hall will continue the renovation work that began last year, and Mack Hall also is being renovated to accommodate the students who were formerly housed in Ohio Stadium. (Toni Greenslade, 292-8266.)
Jones Tower will undergo heating, ventilation and air conditioning room unit replacement and minor improvements. New units would reduce maintenance calls and allow easier temperature control adjustments by room occupants. The $1 million project is slated for completion in fall of 2001. (Jose Cueto, 292-3410.)
The office will implement a card access system into the buildings by the start of fall quarter. The access reader was installed on a couple of the residence halls last year on a trial basis.
The Office of Residence Life is working on strengthening current Living Learning Centers and developing new L.L.C.s for the students in the halls.
There are almost 20 different types of these experiences in the residence halls. Many also provide a faculty component, out-of-the-classroom tutoring and intentionally designed academic programs to support the classroom experience. New this year are the Mount Leadership Society and Explore, a living-learning community in Smith Hall. (Ron Kochendoerfer, assistant director of Living Learning and Academic Initiatives, 292-3930.)
The Office of Residence Life also will open Oxley's by the Numbers Cafe at the Tuttle Park Place Garage (anticipated opening is Sept. 20). The cafe will be open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Diane Whitbeck, 292-1342.)
Ohio State will join Les Wexner and The Limited this fall in participating in a new reading-tutoring program in the Columbus Public Schools. Called ColumbusReads, the program is an outgrowth of Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's OhioReads initiative, which is attempting to recruit 20,000 volunteer reading tutors throughout the state to improve the skills of kindergarten through fourth-grade students. (Tina Love, director of special projects for the Office of Student Affairs, 292-9334.)
Welcome Week, Sept. 19-26, provides new and returning students the opportunity to meet new people and discover what Ohio State has to offer. Activities include Community Commitment, beginning at 9 a.m. on Sept. 20 at Mirror Lake Hollow, and Scarlet Fever at 8 p.m. on Sept. 24 in St. John Arena. (Matt Couch, acting coordinator of student involvement in the Office of Student Activities, 292-8763.)
Make a Difference Week, Oct. 16-23, includes several activities designed to get students involved in community service activities and service learning. Activities include a trip to Penn State University on Oct. 15-16 where 60 students will participate in substance-free programming and join Penn State students in a service-learning project. (Tracy Stuck, director of the Office of Student Activities, 292-8763.)
Ohio State Family Weekend, Oct. 22-24, is a weekend during which students and their families can experience the university together. Families are invited to attend class with their student; tour the campus, wetland research park and dairy farms; and eat breakfast with President and Mrs. Kirwan. (Gabrielle Reinicke, 292-4421.)
Homecoming, Oct. 27-30, brings the Buckeye spirit to a whole new level on the Ohio State campus. Activities include the Diversity Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 29 at Mirror Lake Hollow; Project OpenHand, OpenHeart from 4-7 p.m. on Oct. 28; and the Homecoming parade before the game on 17th Avenue, North High Street and West 12th Avenue. (Rob Siston or Gilda Mossadegh, student co-chairs, 292-8763.)
Michigan Week activities, Nov. 17-20, will kick off with good luck banners on the Oval. Other activities will include Operation Warm Up, a clothing drive; Nike Reuse A Shoe which takes old tennis shoes and grinds them up for use on inner city playgrounds; Vice President David Williams II Volleyball Challenge; a Survival Bingo Tournament between the residence halls; Blood Battle 1999 between Ohio State and the University of Michigan; the Stefanie Spielman Awareness Walk for breast cancer at the Lane Avenue Park on Friday; and the finale, Wing the Wolverine. (Sandi Parks, 292-8763.)
Effective winter quarter 2000, all students will schedule directly into courses when they contact BRUTUS (telephone or Web) and will receive immediate feedback on the availability of schedule requests. Live registration was first used this summer with incoming orientation students. (Connie Goodman, assistant to the registrar, 292-8500.)
Students can now use the World Wide Web to register, as well as run advising reports and degree audits.
The Registrar's Office has recently completed construction of a computer-based testing center and is now able to administer several tests electronically, including TOEFL, GRE and GMAT. (For additional information, call 292-2241.)
The Ohio Union's new Web site -- www.ohiounion.com -- is up and running.
The Ohio Union has taken steps toward the upcoming $26 million renovation. Maddox NBD Inc. has been chosen as the associate architect for the project and a redesign team has been formed, consisting of key Ohio Union staff members, along with a cross section of other people, including students, other university staff members and alumni. (Rebecca Parker, director of the Ohio Union, 292-2135.)
The Ohio Union is hosting the Fourth Annual All-Campus/On-Campus Student
Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the Ohio Union Ballroom. The event will bring together Ohio State employers and student employees. (Rachel Conners, 292-3729.)
WZAZ 105.7 FM Channel Z will host a freeloaders lunch on the West Lawn of the Ohio Union from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 1. Students and staff will receive free lunch from local restaurateurs.
The Midwest Antique and Collectible Bead Show will be in the Stecker Lounge of the Ohio Union from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 24. The show, open to the public, will feature Ancient Egyptian, Venetian, European, African trade and Pre-Columbian beads as well as finelycrafted works of art by modern-day masters.
The Conference Theatre at the Ohio Union has been remodeled with new seats, carpeting, curtains and lights. (Samantha Cothern, 292-1499.)
Ohio State was named as one of six campuses in the United States to take part in a study designed to promote "social norms" of healthy sexual decision making among its students. Social Norming Theory basically implies that people would rather be "normal" than "healthy" and that for many, their decisions and behaviors will be based on what they perceive most of their peers are doing. In addition to the sexual health campaign, the Student Wellness Center will be conducting a social norming campaign for alcohol use. The alcohol norming campaign reveals that the majority of Ohio State students make low-risk choices regarding alcohol use; they have zero to four drinks when they party. These campaigns will kick off this fall and continue throughout the next few years. (Constance Boehm, assistant director of Student Wellness, 688-4458.)
The University Career Services Committee at Ohio State will sponsor the Graduate and Professional School Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Ohio Union Ballrooms. Representatives from more than 100 graduate and professional schools from across the country and Ohio State are expected to attend. (Stephanie Ford, 688-3898.)
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Suskind will be the featured author of the Honors and Scholars fall quarter John Rudolph Book Program. Suskind will visit Ohio State on Oct. 5 to meet privately with the students who have read his book, A Hope in the Unseen, and to give a public presentation at 7 p.m. that evening in Weigel Hall Auditorium, 1866 College Road. (Mabel Freeman, director, University Honors & Scholars Center, 292-3135.)
Ohio State honors students will be involved with two of the Columbus Public Schools during the 1999-2000 academic year. For the sixth straight year, the Ohio State Honors Program has adopted Indianola Middle School, and more than 150 current students will participate weekly as tutors, mentors and role models within the school. (Mabel Freeman, director, University Honors & Scholars Center, 292-3135.)
The University Honors & Scholars Center, in collaboration with the Department of African-American Studies Community Extension Center, will be involved in a college mentoring program with the South High School Urban Academy. (Mabel Freeman, director, University Honors & Scholars Center, 292-3135.)
Ohio State faculty will go "Dorm Storming" on Sept. 28. Dozens of members of the faculty will be knocking on the doors of the residence halls, asking students how life is going in their classes and in general. (Mabel Freeman, director, University Honors & Scholars Center, 292-3135.)
In honor of the approaching millennium, the Honors & Scholars quarterly Fireside Chats series with the faculty will have as its theme "The Best of the Century." The speaker for the Homecoming Week Fireside Chat, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m., is President William E. Kirwan. (Mabel Freeman, director, University Honors & Scholars Center, 292-3135.)
University Libraries and the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy will jointly present the exhibit "A Tribute to Public Service: The Many Missions of John Glenn" in the Philip Sills Exhibit Hall in the Main Library beginning Sept. 20.
The University Libraries and University College will offer a new online, one-credit distance learning course called UVC 194D, Internet Tools and Research Techniques, during the 1999-2000 academic year. The course is a cooperative effort of Ohio State Libraries, University College and the Technology Enhanced Learning and Research program in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. (For more information, please visit http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/course/)
The Business Library will move from its current location in Page Hall to the Resource Center in the Max M. Fisher College of Business, effective Sept. 20. The new address for the library is 250 Woodruff Ave. (Patricia McCandless, assistant director of Public Services, 292-7089.)
Readiness for the Year 2000 is a high priority for Ohio State this year. The university is now in the third phase of several years of preparation. Winter quarter 2000 classes will start on Jan. 5, instead of Jan. 3 as previously scheduled. Units that can provide critical service like heat, water and electricity have been working with vendors to ensure a safe and healthy environment. Ohio State has set a goal of Oct. 1 to be Y2K ready. (For additional information, visit the OSU Y2K Web site at www.osu.edu/year2000)
The Wexner Center celebrates a decade as Columbus' foremost showcase and laboratory for contemporary art in all disciplines and from throughout the world.
The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a party to kick off the new school year Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. at the top of the Oval and inside the Wexner Center. There will be free food, live entertainment, a T-shirt giveaway and the new exhibit Playing With Fire, a multimedia exhibition of masks, puppets, costumes, full-size stage sets and more by Julie Taymor, designer and director of Disney's "The Lion King" on Broadway. (Liz Alcalde, marketing manager, 292-9840.)
Launching the 1999-2000 season, the Wexner Center presents Countdown, a fall festival featuring 10 performing arts events to mark the 10th anniversary. September will feature the U.S. premiere and pre-Broadway run of Shockhead Peter, a musical theater piece that was a hit in England. Other shows include the return of the Belgian dance troupe Rosas in October; classical artist Joshua Bell meets bluegrass greats in September; Anne Bogart and SITI with their latest piece Cabin Pressure in December. (Karen Simonian, 292-9923.)
Homecoming at the Wexner Center, a celebration of the arts with lots of surprises, is Oct. 27 from 1-4 p.m. (Liz Alcalde, marketing manager, 292-9840.)
Ohio State students and staff are working with the Columbus Division of Police to install seven emergency telephones in the predominantly student neighborhood surrounding the Columbus campus. All should be in place by the start of fall quarter. The phones, located on a clearly marked stanchion illuminated by a blue light, will connect directly to "911" and will be responded to by Columbus Police. (Steve Sterrett, community relations director of Campus Partners, 294-7300.)
University Police, Columbus Police and Community Crime Patrol will cooperate in December 1999 and early January 2000 to stop burglaries. (Steve Sterrett, community relations director for Campus Partners, 294-7300.)
The Lima Campus will offer a new theatre minor. With the addition of Maria Ignatieva, assistant professor, the campus now has two Eastern European theatre experts.
The Many Hats of Agriculture Mystery Theater, an in-school program designed to teach third- and fourth-graders about the different facets of agribusiness, will be expanding to the second grade. Through creative dramatics and art, students engage in learning about agribusiness and more than 30 related careers. The program is available to all schools in Ohio State Lima's 10-county region, which includes Allen, Auglaize, Putnam, Hardin, Hancock, Van Wert, Logan, Paulding, Mercer and Shelby counties. (Pam Joseph, (419) 995-8284.)
Starting this autumn quarter, Ohio State Lima will begin offering a variety of courses at the Hi Point Career Center in Bellefountaine, including Psychology 101 and a workshop for choir directors. (Pam Joseph, (419) 995-8284.)
The Mansfield Campus will offer a Japanese language course in cooperation with the Ohio State Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. The course will use CD ROM and video link. (Rodger C. Smith, assistant director of the Mansfield campus, (419) 755-4011.)
The Marion Campus will welcome the first group of Alber Scholarship recipients this fall. George H. Alber, who died in 1997, left about one-third of his $32 million estate to be used primarily for scholarships at Ohio State Marion. This year's Alber Scholarship funds, about $250,000, will help support some 104 freshmen and 96 previously enrolled students. (F. Dominic Dottavio, dean (740) 389-6786 extension 6223, or William Lush, financial aid coordinator, (740) 389-6786 extension 6273.)
Ohio State Marion students will return to campus to find some ongoing renovation projects. Work has begun on the expansion of the Wayne and Geraldine Kuhn Fine Art Gallery in Morrill Hall. The renovations will include 60 percent more exhibit space, installation of a heat and temperature control environment, a hardwood floor, and modern security and lighting systems. (Todd DeVriese, (740) 389-6786.)
Along with the gallery renovations, students will see a redecorated Morrill Hall lobby, and a facelift to the Alber Student Center. All the projects are expected to be completed by mid-October. (Don Lair, (740) 389-6786.)
The Newark Campus was to be the first stop on the 1999 Roads Scholars tour, where 90 new faculty spend two days touring the state by bus to visit regional campuses, public schools, historic sites, farms, factories and businesses that have developed relationships with the university. The Roads Scholars were to be on the Newark Campus to hear about the Reese Center for Emerging Technologies that will be started next year and completed in 2002. The campus recently completed a fund-raising campaign for the new technology center, which will house state-of-the-art technology resources for students and faculty as well as local business and industry. (Marianne Weber, marketing director, (740) 366-9355.)
The 6-year-old Newark Campus Amphitheater was remodeled into a multipurpose amphitheater over the summer thanks to a gift from Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert Reese and the Gilbert Reese Family Foundation. On Sept. 18, the new amphitheater will be dedicated as the Martha Grace Reese Amphitheater (Mr. Reese's mother) at 6 p.m. The amphitheater grounds will be open at 5 p.m. for a picnic, followed by the dedication and free concert featuring the local Land of Legend Philharmonic from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (Marianne Weber, marketing director, (740) 366-9355.)
Anne Cairns Federlein, the first president of the Newark campus, will be inaugurated during a 3 p.m. ceremony Nov. 19. A schedule of inaugural activities can be found at the Newark Campus Web site, www.cotc.tec.oh.us, and will include an inaugural ball at Cherry Lake Lodge, open houses and tours of the campus, an art exhibition and a symposium on technology. (Marianne Weber, marketing director, (740) 366-9355.)
The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster recently launched its first-ever comprehensive look at organic farming in search of the answers to the questions: Why and how does organic farming work? and What are the best ways to do it in Ohio? The program, Organic Food and Farming Education and Research, or OFFER, is a $250,000, five-year effort led by a team of OARDC scientists, Ohio State Extension Agents and Ohio organic farmers. The study will focus on the biological processes that drive organic systems. (Debbie Stinner, Department of Entomology, (330) 263-3645.)
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Contact: Karissa L. Shivley, University Relations, (614) 292-8295