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Why did you choose to work at Ohio State?
For many years, through professional colleagues, I followed the progress and direction of Ohio State, and I loved the idea of putting my talents to work for a university that was making such tremendous strides. This is such a different — and more exciting — university than it was 30 years ago when I first started my career.

What do you like about your job?
Everything … except the paperwork. The challenge, the variety, the people — but mostly the opportunity to represent this great university and work with students and families who also are excited about being Buckeyes.

What would you improve at Ohio State?
Free parking, football tickets for everyone and a requirement that all faculty/staff need to wear “Jim Tressel sweater vests” on Fridays.

If you weren’t working at Ohio State, what would you be doing?
I would like to be a corporate motivational speaker for Disney, speaking about dreams, vision, joy, humor and success.

What is your favorite activity outside of work?
Physical exercise like running, fastpitch softball, racquetball, swimming, tennis — anything that gets me outside in the sun and allows me to sweat the toxins and stress out of my head and body.

What advice would you give a new employee?
Make sure you ask for help when you need it. There is a lot to know here, and a lot of things change, so it’s a job just to keep up. But there are lots of great people here who want to help you succeed.

Of what honor or recognition are you most proud?
When I was a college student, I was elected to a three-year term on the Otterbein College Board of Trustees, which allowed me to meet some wonderful community leaders and see a wide perspective of running a college and positively impacting students. It gave me good insight for when I started my career in admissions and higher education administration.

Who is your hero?
I can’t say I have any one hero, but I appreciate and respect people who selflessly put others’ needs before their own and people who stand up for what they know is right.

What are you going to do when you retire?
That’s WAY too far down the road for me to answer yet, but I’d like to volunteer in the schools and help people learn to read. I’d also spend a lot more time with my wife and son (he’s 9 years old now).

If you were the university president for a day, what would you do?
Why, I’d put on my best bowtie, meet and shake hands with a thousand people and tell everybody what a wonderful and important place Ohio State is. (I’d schedule the budget meetings and faculty meetings and tough stuff for the next day when the real president was back in his office.)

To nominate a staff member for an upcoming issue, e-mail oncampus@osu.edu.

Fall brings out the bold colors, nature’s way of giving the campus a new canvas in which to express itself. Here, the Thompson Memorial Library is the beneficiary of a golden palette among the intricately arched boughs that frame the library’s path away from the Oval.

Fall brings out the bold colors, nature’s way of giving the campus a new canvas in which to express itself. Here, the Thompson Memorial Library is the beneficiary of a golden palette among the intricately arched boughs that frame the library’s path away from the Oval.

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Michael Caligiuri, who leads The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, is now president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI).

Previously, Caligiuri served a two-year term as vice president and president-elect for the AACI, which comprises 95 leading cancer research centers in the United States. He assumed his new two-year term during the association’s annual meeting in Washington, DC, in October. For 50 years, the association has been dedicated to promoting the nation’s leading research institutions’ efforts to eradicate cancer through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary program of cancer research, treatment, patient care, prevention, education and community outreach.

“One of my main initiatives is an advocacy platform called Project Cancer Education that aims to educate legislative and opinion leaders on important matters regarding cancer care, including the need for additional funding for cancer research and access to cancer clinical trials,” said Caligiuri, who is a well-respected figure in the fields of immunology, leukemia and lymphoma research.

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