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Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Managing Partner
Cindy Flank, Associate
Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, LLC
Rose Tree Corporate Center II
1400 North Providence Road, Suite 6000
Media, PA 19063
610/565-2910 ext. 205 (phone); 610/565-2939 (fax)
c.flank@storbeckpimentel.com (email)

Deborah A. Ballam
Committee Chair
Associate Provost, Office of Academic Affairs
Professor, Fisher College of Business
(614) 292-4720
ballam.1@osu.edu

Office of Student Life Description of Administrative Units

Campus Activities and Events

The Ohio Union and Student Activities

Currently headquartered in Ohio Stadium (the “Shuenion”) while a new building is under construction, the Ohio Union and Student Activities is responsible for a wide range of student involvement. The department:

• Provides advising and support to: 1) Campus Activities and Events, which coordinates lecture series, late night events, community service opportunities, and traditional programs such as Homecoming and Welcome Week; and 2) Student Organization Services, which provides leadership development to all students and to more than 700 student organizations; and 3) Greek Affairs, which advises more than 50 social fraternities and sororities.
• Provides recreational, social, educational, and cultural activities. Supported in part by the Student Activity Fee, the Ohio Union Activities Board provides varied events throughout the year, from large-scale concerts to small, special interest events. During the building transition, the Ohio Union has developed “Events on the Go” to provide student organizations and others with alternative spaces and services for meetings and events.
• Serves as a clearinghouse for those interested in volunteering for community service projects. Alternative Spring Breaks are increasingly popular, and a new Leadership and Service Center is being developed. Project Community connects students with direct service opportunities through the Community Connection Database, as well as emerging leaders program, student organization retreat package program, and leadership training program for campus-wide committee chairs.

Recreational Sports

• Provides programs, services, facilities, and equipment to enrich the university learning experience and foster an appreciation of and involvement in wellness and recreational sports and activities for students, faculty, and staff.
• Offers indoor and outdoor recreation facilities including the new state-of-the art Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC) with more than 605,000 square feet of space for exercise, recreation, competition, meetings, and community events. Facilities also include the Adventure Recreation Center (ARC) with climbing wall and indoor turf fields.
• Provides intramural sports, informal recreation, aerobic and fitness sessions, aquatics, conditioning, adapted recreational sports, sport clubs, family recreation instruction programs, and special late night events.

Campus Dining Services

• Operates a variety of restaurants and food services, including traditional cafeterias, prepared-to-order food courts (Fresh Express and Marketplace), sandwich and coffee shops, a pizza shop with on-campus delivery, a teaching restaurant (The View Point) in conjunction with hospitality management faculty, a vegetarian restaurant, and the University Catering service. Emphasis is on freshly prepared foods, convenient hours and locations, and a wide array of choices. Campus Dining Services has also implemented a Buy Ohio campaign to increase the percentage of foods from producers within the state.

The Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center

• The multipurpose venue hosts regional and national athletic, cultural, and entertainment events, ranging from commencement to concerts, tournaments to touring productions. Home of Ohio State men’s and women’s basketball and men’s ice hockey teams. Seats 17,500 for hockey, 19,500 for basketball, and up to 21,000 for concerts. Features The Official Team Store, the athletic and special event ticket office, and the interactive Buckeye Hall of Fame. Annual attendance exceeds 1 million visitors.
• In addition to OSU basketball and hockey games, annual events include Ohio State and local high schools graduation ceremonies and Ohio high school boys and girls state basketball tournaments. Highlighted events for 2007-2008 include musicians Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Van Halen, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Michael McDonald with the Columbus Symphony, comedians Will Ferrell and Dane Cook, ice shows, monster truck rallies, and children’s programming such as Sesame Street Live.

The Fawcett and Drake Centers

• The Fawcett Center offers state-of-the-art conference facilities, staffed by professional meeting planners and culinary experts. The center includes a 500-seat auditorium, four banquet rooms, meeting rooms of various sizes, and outdoor lawn and patio spaces. The upper floors have been converted to office space and the lower level is occupied by the WOSU Stations.
• The Drake Center houses two restaurants—the ViewPoint, a laboratory for hospitality management students, and the PAD pizza shop—as well as the Department of Theatre, several offices and some meeting and event space.

New Student Orientation

• Partners with Academic Affairs on new student and family orientation, including an informational presentation for new students about Student Life programs, services, and issues.

Student Success Services

Counseling and Consultation Service

• Provides counseling and mental health services, including assisting students in dealing with personal concerns, interpersonal and relationship concerns, and academic effectiveness. Services include individual counseling and psychotherapy, therapy groups and support groups, and psychiatric services. Also provides crisis intervention and services for individuals and the university.
• Offers outreach services and consultation activities on a broad spectrum of topics including racial/ethnic diversity, counseling and helping skills, stress management, wellness, and academic success. Also offers a training program for students completing required clinical training for their graduate or professional programs in mental health fields.

Career Connection

• Provides a full range of career services with the exception of job placement. All OSU students are eligible, regardless of college of enrollment. Services include individual career counseling, career assessment, workshops and group counseling, and job search assistance. A library of career resources and computer-assisted career planning programs are provided.
• Offers targeted services to diverse, underserved, and “special” populations, such as services for the Bridge Program, career support groups for GLBTI students and Latino students, and workshops for international students.

Younkin Success Center

• A partnership with Academic Affairs and Athletics, the Younkin Success Center houses academic services designed to help students succeed at the University, including the Academic Learning Laboratory, Student Athlete Support Services, Faculty and T.A. Development, Career Connection, and Counseling and Consultation Service. Services include tutoring, career planning, counseling, an 80-station computer lab, and time management and test-taking skills development.

Disability Services

• Provides and coordinates support services and programs that enable students with disabilities to receive equal access to an education and all aspects of university life.
• Coordinates exam accommodations, facilitates auxiliary aids such as audio-taped textbooks and sign language interpreters, makes referrals for adapted transportation and disability parking, houses an “Adapted Technology Training Center,” and provides fee-based diagnostic testing for learning disabilities. Provides services to students with hearing, visual, or mobility impairments; learning and psychiatric disabilities; attention deficit disorder; medical disorders, and temporary disabilities.
• Provides disability education to the campus community through print materials, workshops, and awareness events.

Student Health Services

• Includes the Wilce Student Health Center, an accredited outpatient facility geared toward the college student population that provides primary care, gynecology, sports medicine, allergy, optometry and dental services. Support services include radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, nutrition counseling, health education, and a full-service pharmacy.
• Assists in designing the Student Health Insurance Program to meet the needs of Ohio State students and provide excellent benefits and flexibility at an economical cost.

Student Wellness Center

• Encourages healthy lifestyle choices for students while addressing health issues such as nutrition, weight management, stress management, alcohol and other drug education, and sexual health concerns including HIV/AIDS and other STDs. Promotes awareness, education, and behavioral change.
• Provides such services as financial counseling and education, Late Night Programming, Party Smart kits, safer sex kits and the condom club, HIV counseling and testing, outreach and educational programs on a variety of topics, including over 100 presentations during the First Year Success Series.

Student Advocacy Center

• Helps students navigate Ohio State’s structure and resolve issues that they encounter at the university by familiarizing students with University policies, procedures, and guidelines; assists students in finding information, answering difficult questions and finding solutions to complicated situations.
• Coordinates university response to crises such as student death, serious illness, and loss of home due to fire, while offering assistance to affected students and family members.

Student Life Assessment

• Provides information about our students and their experiences at Ohio State and the campus environment that is based on sound research practices. Projects are directed toward providing data to inform practice and understanding the impact of policies, programs, services, and facilities on student satisfaction, learning and development, and retention and graduation. Projects include the Campus Climate for Diversity Survey, the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, Spending Habits, Late Night Programming, the Experiences of African American Men project, and others.
• Provides consultative services and access to resource materials that assist Student Life staff with unit-level assessment activities, and assists with strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives for Student Life.

Student Judicial Affairs

• Promotes university community standards through the administration of the Code of Student Conduct. Educates students about rights and responsibilities. Provides information concerning conduct issues, judicial policies, and nonacademic discipline procedures. Addresses behaviors that are inconsistent with community standards and expectations including conducting hearings regarding alleged Code violations and, when appropriate, administering proactive and educational sanctions.
• Coordinates with University Police, Counseling and Consultation, Student Advocacy, and other relevant parties in dealing with potentially dangerous students.

Diversity and Community Development

Multicultural Center

• Provides intellectual and cultural enrichment programs, services, and facilities. Strives to create a community environment that recognizes cultural differences and respects cultural uniqueness and to facilitate cross-cultural interaction, learning, and appreciation.
• Provides leadership for programs and services related to African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Hispanic students as well as services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students, and women. Programming includes the African American Heritage Festival, the Pow Wow, and various awareness weeks and months.
• Collaborates with the Office of Minority Affairs on the Bias Assessment and Response Team (BART), which works to create and maintain a culture of openness and a welcoming environment for all.
• Provides leadership of Ohio State’s campus affiliate of the National Coalition Building Institute.

Off Campus Student Services

• Provides resources, such as housing information (including apartment listings, roommate listings, lease checklists, and referrals for various housing issues) to assist students, faculty, and staff in finding suitable off-campus housing.
• Connects commuter students to the University by providing “home-base” resources, programs, and advocacy to enhance their persistence. Offers a lounge for commuter students, with computers, television, and lockers.
• Coordinates the Community Ambassador program to promote a sense of community among students living in the core University District, and is a key partner in safety and crime prevention education.

Student Housing Legal Clinic

• Promotes the general welfare of the University’s student body by improving local housing conditions.
• Educates students regarding their legal rights and responsibilities as tenants, neighbors, and community members.
• Provides practical legal experience for students in the Moritz College of Law.

Parent Association

• Provides opportunities for parents and guardians to become partners with the university in the educational experiences of their students. Maintains weekly email contact with members.
• Coordinates Family Weekend and Sibs Weekend

University Housing

• Provides on-campus housing for over 10,000 Columbus students in support of the University’s academic mission. Housing operations are directed by professional staff with advanced degrees in student personnel, higher education, or related fields. Full time professional staff, graduate staff, and resident advisors are in the facilities to provide direct services to students. Social, recreational, cultural, and other programs are offered. A multitude of student leadership and employment opportunities are made available.
• Operates 37 residence halls on the Columbus campus with accommodations for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
• Manages Buckeye Village family housing complex serving over 400 students with families
• Manages housing at regional campuses, currently serving approximately 500 students at ATI, 200 students at Newark, and 190 at Mansfield.
• In partnership with Academic Affairs and a number of academic departments, manages 30 learning communities that integrate academic, lifestyle, and cultural interests. Programs include the Mount Leadership Society, honors, engineering, agriculture, African-American, first year student, and many others.

Resource and Facilities Management

Facilities Management and Logistics

• Provides maintenance, housekeeping, and renewal for nearly 6 million square feet of buildings, furnishings, and utility systems. Responsible for most Student life facilities, including regional campus facilities at Stone Lab and ATI and a growing number of off-campus properties. The staff team of over 200 FTE includes housekeepers, maintenance staff, administrative staff, and design staff.
• With Facilities Operations and Development (Office of Business and Finance) operates a 24-hour service center to respond to maintenance requests and emergencies.
• Responsible for Emergency and Risk Management in the areas of fire safety, key and lock control, security systems, safety programming, elevator operation, and safety surveys for Student Life’ facilities. Coordinates with campus and community safety forces.

Information Technology

• Manages and supports a wide array of technologies and computer applications used by Student Life administrative staff and students. Includes Student Life email system, web-site design and maintenance, installation of hardware and software, and support of computer labs.
• Supports ResNet, the residential computing network for university housing. Includes installations, training, troubleshooting, and network upgrades.
• Manages the BuckID system used to access buildings, services, privileges, and goods throughout campus. Buck ID is the primary university ID and can be used as a debit card in many university and area restaurants and businesses as well as for official university business. The Buck ID program processes 10 million card transactions each year.

Fiscal Support Services

• Provides central business services to the Office of Student Life, including consulting, analysis, accounting, and management reporting. Processes accounts receivable and accounts payable. Administers a wide variety of contracts, leases, and internal agreements with regard to the rental of space and the delivery of services. Develops annual budgets of Student Life and sets rates for services.

Human Resources and Payroll

• Provides central human resources and payroll functions for Student Life. Processes timekeeping and payroll data for over 5,000 regular and student staff. Maintains personnel files. Provides employee recognition, labor relations, performance management, new employee processing, summer internship program, and human resources consulting services. Maintains positions descriptions and coordinates job postings and staff recruitment.

The Blackwell Inn

• A 151-room upscale hotel featuring large, well-appointed guest rooms with high-speed Internet connections and large work areas. Adjoins the Pfahl Executive Conference Center, which has state-of-the art technology and over 22,000 square feet of meeting space, a ballroom, restaurant, and lounge. The Blackwell is part of the Fisher College of Business complex, and is operated as a partnership between the Fisher College of Business and Student Life.

Administrative Services

• Directs divisionwide planning and goal-setting initiatives and supports individual unit initiatives. Monitors development of Student Life policies related to the quality of the student experience and reviews related Universitywide policies. Monitors attainment of Student Life annual goals and prepares reports.
• Coordinates program reviews of units.
• Coordinates special projects.

Administrative Support

Communications

• Provides support for Student Life media relations, print and electronic publications, and special projects. Writes, edits, supervises production, creates communication plans, and coordinates with University Relations.

Development

• Develops and implements strategies to obtain funds for target projects. Identifies, cultivates, and provides stewardship of past, current, and potential donors. The major focus at this time is funding for the Ohio Union project.

Marketing Communications

• Leads the overall direction of marketing efforts for the Office of Student Life and assists with the development of marketing plans for all departments.

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