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Calendar, 2/17/11

February 16, 2011

Conference

Feb. 24-25, Center for the Study of Religion, “Magic and Mysticism: Contested Terms, Material Objects and Charismatic Figures,” 143 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, contact Sandra van Kley at 688-8010 for more information.

Dance

Feb. 18-19, Drums Downtown VIII, 8 p.m., Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., admission, Ticketmaster: (800) 745-3000 or CAPA: 469-0939.

March 3-5, Winter Concert, 8 p.m., Sullivant Theatre, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High St., admission, 292-7977.

Events

Feb. 17, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Erin Reilly-Sanders will read from The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe and Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson plus It’s a Book by Lane Smith, 3-4 p.m., 202 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., light refreshments served, readaloud@osu.edu or 292-2594.

Celebrate National Rec Sports Day
Feb. 22

Join Ohio State Rec Sports in celebration of National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day. The fun is free to anyone with a valid university ID and guests of Rec Sports members. Highlights include: The world’s largest ZUMBA^® class, fitness orientations, chair massages, giveaways and displays. The events are at the RPAC, but giveaways will be offered at all Rec Sports facilities. Read more at go.osu.edu/B28.

Feb. 24, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Karen McCulloch and Nancy Lacher read from Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, 3-4 p.m., 202 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., light refreshments served, readaloud@osu.edu or 292-2594.

March 1, Campus Campaign Kick-Off and Fund Fair, 3:30-5 p.m., Mershon Auditorium Lobby, 1871 N. High St., refreshments served, campuscampaign.osu.edu.

March 3, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, 3-4 p.m., 202 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., light refreshments served, readaloud@osu.edu or 292-2594.

Exhibits

Through Feb. 25, “George Acock: The Mediterranean in Watercolors,” Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262.

Through March 3, “19th Annual Fergus Scholarship Award,” Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, 128 N. Oval Mall, 292-5072.

Through March 11, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery presents: “The Inside of the Outside: Portraits of the Soul,” artwork by Ruzabe Matic’, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri., Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, 131 N. High St., free, 225-0980.

Through March 26, “Crossing the BLVD: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

Through March 31, “Perpetuating the Senses: 2011 Art Scholars Juried Exhibition,” OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

March 1-31, “Domestic Matters: Distilling Geographies, Identities and Boundaries,” reception 6-8 p.m. March 3, OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861.

March 2-April 29, “Fleeting Dream: The Paintings of Chun Arthur Wang,” Faculty Club, 181 S. Oval Drive, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262.

March 3, Winter Quarter Exhibitions Reception, 6-8 p.m., OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free and open to all, light refreshments provided, 292-8861.

Films

Feb. 23, Winter 2011 Latin American Film Series: Visions from Bolivia, “Un Día Más (One More Day)” (Leonardo de la Torre, 2009), 7:30 p.m., 180 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, free and open to the public, clas.osu.edu/filmSeries.php.

Feb. 28, Middle East Studies Center, WorldView Winter 2011 film screening, guest speaker, discussion and lunch, “Afghan Star,” 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Wexner Center, 1871 N. High St., recommended for grades 9-12, oia.osu.edu.

March 1, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Tuesday Film Series, Winter 2011: Gothic Paris, “The Visitors” (Jean-Marie Poiré, 1993), 7:30 p.m., 038 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, free and open to the public, 292-7495.

March 2, Russian Film Series, “12,” 6:30 p.m., 180 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, free and open to the public, oia.osu.edu.

Lectures

Feb. 17, The Women’s Place, “African American Women and Electoral Politics: Moving From Margin to Center,” Wendy Smooth, 4-5:30 p.m., Saxbe Auditorium, Drinko Hall, 55 W. 12th Ave., free and open to campus and Columbus community, 292-1979.

Feb. 17, Conversations in the Humanities with Fred Andrle panel discussion, “Can our American Government Meet 21st Century Challenges?” Paul Beck and David Stebenne, 7 p.m., Bexley Public Library Auditorium, 2411 E. Main St., 688-0265 or lantz.38@osu.edu.

Feb. 17, Greek and Latin, “The Rediscovery of Shenoute the Great (347-564): Christianification and Social Conflict in Late Ancient Egypt,” David Brakke, University of Indiana, 3:30 p.m., 168 Dulles Hall, 230 W. 17th Ave., greekandlatin.osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2010-11 Lecture Series: Translating Piety, “De Gustibus: Translating Christian Piety for New World Cannibals,” Jamie Lara, University of Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., 090 Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18th Ave., cmrs.osu.edu or 292-7495.

Feb. 18, Humanities Institute, Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar in Literacy Studies, “Literacy and Gender in Schools Past and Present,” 11:30 a.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., hanson.94@osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Humanities Institute, LiteracyStudies@OSU, “A History of the 21st-Century American Novel,” Gordon Hunter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2:30 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., hanson.94@osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Humanities Institute, LiteracyStudies@OSU, “The Traveling Illustrations of Sixteenth-Century Travel Narratives,” Lisa Voigt, Spanish and Portuguese, 4 p.m., 255 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, burgoyne.10@osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Department of Greek and Latin, Richard Martin, Stanford University, 3:30 p.m., 448 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, hawkins.312@osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Institute for Chinese Studies Lecture Series, “Wings, Dreams, Theater: An Archaeology of the Stratified Topoi of Emotion in The Peony Pavilion and the Rise of Theatricality in Late Sixteenth-Century China,” Ling Hon Lam, Vanderbilt University, 1:30 p.m., 062 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, ics.osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Department of Greek and Latin, “The Pitfalls and Potentials of Using Visual Evidence in Studying the History of Gestures,” Timothy McNiven, 448 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, contact mcniven.1@osu.edu for more information.

Feb. 18, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, “Causal Responsibility and Voting,” Geoffrey Brennan, Australian National University, Duke University and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 3:30 p.m., Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., powers.108@osu.edu.

Feb. 18, Japanese Narrative and Linguistics Series, “Theatricality in the Works of Osamu Tezuka,” Natsu Onoda, Georgetown University, 3:30 p.m., 060 Page Hall, 1810 College Road, oia.osu.edu.

Feb. 21, Humanities Institute, Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU Working Group, “Illegal Desires: Reflections on the Politics of Queerness and Immigration Reform,” Debanuj DasGupta, Women’s Studies, 4 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., ponce.8@osu.edu.

Feb. 22, Department of Physics, “Physics of Massive Neutrinos,” Danny Marfatia, University of Kansas, 4 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

Feb. 22, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, “New START Treaty and Beyond,” Edward Warner III, New START and USD (Policy) for Arms Control and Strategic Stability, noon, Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., contact powers.108@osu.edu by Feb. 18.

Feb. 23, Knowlton School of Architecture Baumer Lecture Series, “Autumn 2010: Information,” Toshiko Mori, Toshiko Mori Architect, 5:30 p.m., Knowlton Hall Auditorium, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., knowlton.osu.edu/ or 292-1012.

Feb. 25, Center for the Study of Religion, At-Large Lecture Series, “Rabbinization and the Making of Early Jewish Mysticism,” Ra’anan Boustan, UCLA, 4 p.m., 165 Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Ave., 688-8010.

Feb. 25, Department of Linguistics, Annual Pedagogy Lecture, Lenore Grenoble, 3:30-5 p.m., contact Brian Joseph at joseph.1@osu.edu for location.

Feb. 25, Humanities Institute, Qualitative Inquiry Working Group brownbag presentation and discussion, “Negotiating Multiple Levels of Reciprocity in Community-Based Qualitative Research,” Beverly Moss, English, 12:30 p.m., 4012 Smith Lab, 174 W. 18th Ave., moritz.42@osu.edu or stout.127@osu.edu.

Feb. 25, Humanities Institute, Public Sphere and Modern Social Imaginaries Working Group, “Imagining the Environment: Green Politics in the Public Sphere,” Rick Livingston, Comparative Studies, 3 p.m., 451 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, fischer.5@osu.edu.

Feb. 25, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, “The International Politics of the European Ordering Moment, 1989-91, and Their Legacy 20 Years Later,” Mary Sarotte, University of Southern California, noon, Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., contact powers.108@osu.edu by Feb. 23.

March 1, Department of Physics, Gianfranco Vidali, Syracuse University, 4 p.m., Physics Research Building, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., 292-5713.

March 1, Ohio State Marion Science Café, “Fractals: A Mandelbrot Recipe,” Gary Kennedy, Mathematics, 7 p.m., The Infinity Restaurant, Harding Hotel, 267 W. Center St., Marion, marion.ohio-state.edu/sciencecafe.

March 3, Humanities Institute, Big Picture Lecture Series, “Spin-Off: The City Around the Museum,” Bart Overly, Architecture, 7 p.m., Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., lantz.38@osu.edu.

March 3, Center for Folklore Studies, Ilana Gershon, noon, 311 Denney Hall, 164 W. 17th Ave., cfs.osu.edu/activities/calendar.

Meetings

Feb. 17, Succeeding Financially, “Long Term Care Insurance,” Brad Winnekins, Legacy Services Inc., noon-1 p.m., Office of Human Resources, Suite 430, Room 425, 1590 N. High St., registration required, hr.osu.edu/ohrc/ld_customizedtraining.

Feb. 18, Veterans Lunch Series, open to all Ohio State faculty, staff, alumni and students, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Rooms A-D, Faculty Club, reservation required, free, contact forrest.73@osu.edu or 292-7047.

March 3, YP4H Educational Program Classes: Nutrition, “Healthy Snacks for Kids: A Cooking Demo,” noon-1 p.m., Research Foundation, 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, osuhealthplan.com/educationalprogramming/YP4H or 292-1894.

Music

Feb. 17, Marotta Hour: A Conversation with Mike Shiflet, 7-8 p.m., OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free and open to all, donations accepted, 292-8861.

Feb. 21, Faculty: Scarlet Winds, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 22, Gospel and Spiritual Ensemble, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 23, Symphonic Band, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 24, Urban Monthly Mix Exchange, exchange mix CDs with fellow music enthusiasts, 7-8 p.m., OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free and open to all, RSVP requested, uasexhibitions@gmail.com.

Feb. 26, Men’s Glee Club and Chorale, 7:30 p.m., Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., free-will offering, 247-7036.

Feb. 27, Women’s Glee Club, University Chorus, MasterSingers and Symphonic Choir, 3 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Feb. 28, Faculty: James Hill on saxophone, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road, admission, 247-7036.

Schottenstein

Feb. 17, OSU Women’s Basketball vs. Penn State, 7 p.m., Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Feb. 18-19, OSU Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Lake Superior State University, 7 p.m., Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Feb. 22, OSU Men’s Basketball vs. Illinois, 7 p.m., Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Feb. 24-25, OSU Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Ferris State University, 7 p.m., Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Feb. 27, OSU Men’s Basketball vs. Indiana, 4 p.m., Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

March 3-5, 2011 OHSAA State Tournaments, Boys Wrestling, 3 p.m. March 3, 10 a.m. March 4 and 5, Value City Arena, admission, schottensteincenter.com or ticketmaster.com.

Theater

Feb. 17-20, 24-26, Department of Theatre, “Othello,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17-19, 24-26, 3 p.m. Feb. 20, Roy Bowen Theatre, Drake Performance Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, admission, 292-2295.

Feb. 24-27, March 3-5, Department of Theatre, “Spring’s Awakening,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-26 and March 3-5, 3 p.m. Feb. 27, Thurber Theatre, Drake Performance Center, 1849 Cannon Drive, admission, 292-2295.

Training

Feb. 17, College of Social Work Training, “Supervision Self-Care,” 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 3 CEU clock hours, open to the public, visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar for description and registration.

Feb. 21, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Events on Teaching, “Identifying and Assisting At-Risk Students,” 3:30-5 p.m., 150 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Ave., registration required, ucat.osu.edu.

Feb. 23-24, Financial Training and Documentation, “The Reconciliation Process,” 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. both days, 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

Feb. 23-24, Human Resources Training, “Manage Job Data,” 8:30 a.m.-noon both days, 191 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.osu.edu/hrfin/hrschedule/html.

Feb. 25, College of Social Work Training, “Helping Military Couples Understand Commitment,” 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 115 Stillman Hall, 1947 College Road, earn 3 CEU clock hours, open to the public, visit csw.osu.edu/trainingforprofessionals/trainingcalendar for description and registration.

Feb. 25, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Events on Teaching, “Teaching Two Courses in One,” 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 150 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Ave., registration required, ucat.osu.edu.

March 1-2, Financial Training and Documentation, “Debits and Credits,” 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. both days, 231 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.ohio-state.edu/hrfin/trainingregistration.html.

March 2, Human Resources Training, “Manage Additional Pay,” 1-4:30 p.m., 191 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Road, registration required, oit.osu.edu/hrfin/hrschedule/html.

March 3, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Events on Teaching, “Roundtable Series on May Session: Studying Columbus in May Session,” 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 150 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Ave., registration required, ucat.osu.edu.

Wexner

Through Feb. 28, The Box, “The Flight of Tulugaq” André Guerreiro Lopes (O Voo de Tulugaq, 2010), Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Thu.-Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., The Box is located across from the Wexner Center Store, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

Feb. 17, Wex at Gateway, “Nénette” (Nicholas Philibert, 2010), visit wexarts.org for screening times, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 17, Field and Screen: Films About Our Food and Environment, “American Dream” (Barbara Kopple, 1990) and “Fast Food Nation” (Richard Linklater, 2006), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 18, Next @ Wex, Sam Amidon with Brian Harnetty, 8 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., $12 admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 18-19, Classics, “On the Bowery” (Lionel Rogosin, 1957) and “The Perfect Team” (Michael Rogosin, 2009), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 19, Rez Abbasi’s Invocation: Motherland, 8 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 22, Film History 101, “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans” (F.W. Murnau, 1927), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 22-23, 25-27, onStage, “Let Me Down Easy,” Anna Deavere Smith, 8 p.m. Feb. 22-23, 25-26, 2 p.m. Feb. 26-27, Lincoln Theater, 769 E. Long St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 24, Field and Screen: Films About Our Food and Environment, Market and CSA Preview, 5:30-7 p.m., Wexner Center Café, 1871 N. High St., 292-3535.

Feb. 24, Field and Screen: Films About Our Food and Environment, “Eating, Energy, Environment: How We Got it Wrong the First Time,” introduced by Rick Prelinger, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 25, Contemporary Screen, Nine Nation Animation, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 26, World Premiere, “Not So Fast: The Music of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant,” Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Dennis Crouch and Don Heffington, 7 and 9 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 26-27, Classics, “Nuremberg: Its Lessons for Today” (Stuart Schulberg, 1948), 7 p.m. Feb. 26, 2 p.m. Feb. 27, Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Feb. 28, Director’s Dialog, Anna Deavere Smith: Listening to America, with special guests Steven Gabbe and Patricia Williams, 7 p.m., Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

March 1, Writer’s Reading: Claudia Emerson, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

March 1-31, The Box, “tears cannot restore her: therefore, I weep” (Jennifer Reeder, 2010), Mon.-Wed. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Thu.-Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., The Box is located across from the Wexner Center Store, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

March 2, “How Do We Restore Civility?” A Conversation with OSU President E. Gordon Gee, 4:30 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., free, 292-3535.

March 2, Next @ Wex, Akron/Family with Delicate Steve, 9 p.m., Performance Space, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

March 3, 21st-Century Independents, “Night Catches Us” (Tanya Hamilton, 2010), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St., admission, 292-3535.

Workshops

Discuss research ethics course design
Feb. 21

The Office of Research is hosting a workshop from 1-4 p.m. in 105 Biomedical Research Tower to discuss ways to design research ethics courses that meet the National Institutes of Health/National Science Foundation requirements for responsible conduct of research training. Both agencies require the completion of discipline-specific courses for researchers who receive funds through NIH/NSF grants.

For more information, contact Tani Prestage at prestage.2@osu.edu or 292-0214.

Feb. 25, Humanities Institute, “Teaching Folklore Across the Institutional Spectrum,” lunch by RSVP only, 9 a.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., lloyd.123@osu.edu.

Trustees, 2/17/11

February 16, 2011

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved a variety of personnel, fiscal and construction-related matters at its Feb. 11 meeting. More details of these actions may be found at go.osu.edu/spaces.

LLC created to expand China Gateway
To expand the activities of Ohio State’s China Gateway, trustees approved the formation of a new Chinese entity known as a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise.

The new legal entity, the China Gateway LLC, is an Ohio limited liability company. Ohio State is the sole member of the LLC and has complete control over its operation.

Internal spaces named
Trustees approved naming several internal spaces to honor those whose contributions supported the construction, equipping or furnishing of the facilities.

Medical Center board appointments approved
The board ratified appointments of chairs and vice chairs on the boards of the Medical Center, the Ross Heart Hospital, University Hospital, the James Cancer Hospital, University Hospital East and Harding Hospital.

Development report
The board accepted the University Development Report as of Dec. 31. The report included the establishment of The Marion N. Rowley Chair in Human Cancer Genetics Research; the Robert J. Watkins/Proctor & Gamble Professorship, the D. Warren Brown Designated Chair in Leukemia Research and the John B. and Jane T. McCoy Chair in Cancer Research. In addition, 35 new named endowment funds were established, totaling $8.4 million in private giving to the university.

Departments merged
Trustees approved the merger of the Department of Plant, Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Department of Molecular Genetics to become the Department of Molecular Genetics.

Degree established
Trustees approved the establishment of a master’s of Mathematical Sciences degree program. The program will initially offer two specializations, Mathematical Biosciences and Mathematics for Mathematics Educators, with others under consideration for possible future development.

Department established
Trustees approved the establishment of the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity within the School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine.

Personnel actions
The board approved the following personnel appointments and reappointments:

• Douglas Berman, professor and holder of the Robert J. Watkins/Procter & Gamble Professorship in the Moritz College of Law, through Jan. 31, 2016.

• John Byrd, professor and holder of the D. Warren Brown Designated Chair in Leukemia Research in the College of Medicine, through June 30, 2015.

• David Cole, Ohio Research Scholar Professor in the College of the Arts and Sciences.

• Alexander Fischer, senior advisor on economic development in the Office of the President.

• Stephen Gavazzi, dean and director of Ohio State Mansfield, through June 30, 2016

• Martha Gulati, clinical associate professor and holder of the Sarah Ross Soter Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health at OSU Heart Center in the College of Medicine, through Oct. 30, 2015.

• Guido Marcucci, professor and holder of the John B. and Jane T. McCoy Chair in Cancer Research at the Comprehensive Cancer Center/James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, through Nov. 30, 2015.

• Linda Martin, professor and holder of the the Sanford G. Price and Isabelle P. Barbee Chair in Teaching, Advising and Learning in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, through Dec. 31, 2015.

• Peter Mohler, director of the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, through Dec. 31, 2014.

• Phyllis Teater, chief information officer and senior associate vice president in the Medical Center.

• Electra Paskett, professor and holder of the Marion N. Rowley Chair in Human Cancer Genetics Research in the College of Medicine, through June 30, 2015.

• Meyer Benzakein, interim chair of the Department of Aviation, through March 31.

• John Campo, interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry, through Dec. 31.

• Jonathan Fox, interim chair of the Department of Consumer Sciences, through June 30.

• Robert Fox, chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, through June 30, 2015.

• Joseph Hogan, interim chair of the Department of Animal Sciences, through Sept. 30.

• James Kinder, chair of the Department of Human Nutrition, through June 30, 2015; and interim director of the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services.

• Robert Lee, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, through Aug. 31, 2014.

Emeritus titles granted
Karen Bell, Department of Dance; Lucy Caswell, University Libraries; Raimund Goerler, University Libraries; Barbara Groseclose, Department of History of Art; Marsha Hamilton, University Libraries; Francis Irele, Department of African American and African Studies; David Johnson, School of Environment and Natural Resources; ; Judith Mayne, Department of French and Italian; Katherine Meyer, Department of Sociology;

Charles Drummond, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Harding Ganz, Department of History (Newark); Robert Lundquist, Department of Mining Engineering; Jill Nolan, OSU Extension; Stephen Summerhill, Department of Spanish and Portuguese;

Julie Dalzell, OSU Extension; Harry Graber, Department of Internal Medicine; William Grunkmeyer, OSU Extension; Michael Miller, OSU Extension; Penelope Pearson, University Libraries; Thomas Turner, Department of Animal Sciences; Nicholas Votolato, Department of Psychiatry.

Resolutions in memoriam
The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for:

• Charles Hicks, professor emeritus in the Department of Management Sciences in The Max M. Fisher College of Business, who died Aug. 21.

• William Smith, associate professor emeritus in OSU Extension, who died Oct. 2.

• Clyde Kearns, professor emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, who died June 19.

• Richard Solove, alumnus, benefactor and dear friend of the university, who died Jan. 28.

Construction projects
The board authorized the professional services contracts for the following projects:

• Replacement of a boiler at McCracken Power Plant to meet anticipated need for increased campus steam due to the university’s Medical Center expansion, the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry building and potential expansion of student housing. Professional services contract amount is $2.6 million. Total project cost is $15 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.

• Replacement of selected campus tunnels. This project will upgrade and extend the life of deteriorated utility tunnel sections across campus. Professional services contract amount is $1.5 million. Total project cost is $10.4 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.

The board authorized construction contracts for the following:

• Construction of a new campus electric substation to meet current and future campus electrical demands and to be the primary source of power to buildings west of the Olentangy River. Construction will begin after AEP installs a new power feed to the substation. Construction amount is $50 million. Total project cost is $57.6 million to be provided by university bond proceeds.

• Renovation of University Hospitals existing patient and café food kitchen serving Rhodes Hall, the James Cancer Hospital and the Ross Heart Hospital. Construction amount is $9.3 million. Total project cost is $12.1million to be provided by auxiliary funds.

Faculty rules amended
The board approved several amendments to the Rules of the University Faculty.

Audit report accepted
Trustees accepted the report of the Deloitte & Touche 2009-10 audit of The Ohio State University, including the report on the audit of the university’s financial statements and the summary of constructive service comments to management. The university’s accounts, records, files and report were found to be in satisfactory condition, and appropriate procedures and responses are being developed as a result of constructive comments.

Faculty & Staff, 2/17/11

February 16, 2011

Books

Theodore Allen, Integrated Systems Engineering, Introduction to Discrete Event Simulation and Agent-Based Modeling: Voting Systems, Health Care, Military and Manufacturing (Springer Verlag, 2010).

Cynthia Callahan, English, Kin of Another Kind: Transracial Adoption in American Literature (Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 2011).

David Woods, Integrated Systems Engineering, Design, Anesthesiology and Speech and Hearing, Behind Human Error, 2nd Edition, (Ashgate, September 2010), with Sidney Dekker, Richard Cook, Leila Johannesen and Nadine Sarter; and co-edited Resilience Engineering in Practice: A Guidebook (Ashgate, December 2010), with Erik Hollnagel, Jean Pariès and John Wreathall.

Grants

Jonathan Fox, Consumer Sciences, is co-investigator on the $463,064 National Institutes of Health grant “Effectiveness of Financial Counseling for Smoking Cessation in Medicaid/Uninsured Smokers.” The principal investigator is Mohammad Siahpush from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Helen Malone, Physical Activities and Educational Services, received $49,000 for “Buckeye Behavior Analysis Service,” from the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Columbus, 2010.

Natasha Slesnick, Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Michael Glassman and Amy Bonomi, Human Development and Family Science, received $633,000 for the second year of “Adolescent Involvement in Parental Substance Abuse Treatment: Evaluation of EBFT (Ecologically Based Family Therapy),” from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health. The project continues until April 2014.

Dennis Sykes, Education and Human Ecology, received a $63,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Education for “Review and Analysis of Preschool Internal Monitoring Reports.”

Presentations

Susan Bandy, Physical Activity and Educational Services, presented “Reconsidering Gender Differences: Literary Treatments of Vulnerability and Sport,” at Sport and Literature: An International Conference, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Jan. 13-15.

Steve Fink, English, presented “Representations of the Jewish Past, Real and Imagined, in the Jewish Graphic Novel,” at the 42nd annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Mass., Dec. 21.

Steve Hawkins, director of the Outdoor Adventure Center, presented “Leave No Trace,” at the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education conference, Keystone, Colo. At that conference, Hawkins was elected to AORE’s board of directors for a three-year term; and “Leave No Trace for Camp Programs,” to the American Camp Association, January 2011.

Danielle Marx-Scouras, French and Italian, presented “Marseille, the City with a ‘Bad Rap,’” for the OSU School of Music Lectures in Musicology, Columbus, Feb. 22.

Joseph Maiorano, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, and Kathy Lechman, OSU Extension Administration, presented “An Unusual Diversity Conversation to Think and Work Differently,” for A Symposium on Working Differently, at the National Extension virtual conference, Oct. 18-20.

Merry Merryfield, Teaching and Learning, presented “Beyond Dichotomies: Rethinking the World through New Technologies,” at the Global Learning Conference, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Penang, Malaysia, May 18; and “Internationalizing Teacher Education,” with Ken Zeichner, University of Washington, and Jim Greenburg, University of Maryland, at the NAFSA: International Educators annual meeting, Kansas City, Mo., June 2010.

Zhongtang Yu, Animal Sciences, presented “Impact of Monensin on Rumen Microbiota and its Stochastic Succession,” with Kongmun and Wanapat, and “Manipulation of Rumen Fermentation and Ecology of Swamp Buffalo by Coconut Oil and Garlic Powder Supplementation,” with Kongmun and Wanapat, at the 2010 Joint Annual Meeting of the American and Canadian animal sciences associations, including the ASAS, Denver, Colo.,
July 11-15.

Publications

Tim Berra, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, “Clarification of Field Characters for Three Freshwater Sharks and a Photographic Atlas of Glyphis glyphis and G. garricki from the Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia,” The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Vol. 26 (February 2011), pp. 109-14.

Frank Donoghue, English, “An Open Letter from a Director of Graduate Admissions,” Chronicle of Higher Education (April 4).

Jared Gardner, English, “Graphic Novel,” The Encyclopedia of the Novel, ed. Peter Melville Logan, (London: Blackwell, 2011).

William Marras, Integrated Systems Engineering, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Orthopaedic Surgery, “Instrumentation for Measuring Dynamic Spinal Load Moment Exposures in the Workplace,” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2010),
pp. 1-9, with Steven Lavender, Sue Ferguson, Pete Schabo and R.E. Splittstoesser, Integrated Systems Engineering, and G. Yang.

Dorothy Noyes, English, “Traditional Culture: How Does It Work?” CP 101: Concepts and Institutions in Cultural Property, Vol. 1 (2010), a working paper of the Göttingen Interdisciplinary Research Group on Cultural Property.

James Phelan, English, “Voice; or, Authors, Narrators and Audiences,” Teaching Narrative Theory, eds. David Herman, Brian McHale and James Phelan, English, (New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2010), pp. 252-65.

Walter Rucker, African American and African Studies, “‘Only Draw in Your Countrymen:’ Akan Culture and Community in Colonial New York City,” Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 34 (July 2010), pp. 76-118.

Antony Shuttleworth, English, “Le Poète Britannique W.H. Auden et la Guerre D’Espange: Une Reception Complexe,” translated by Jean Guiloineau, Aden: Paul Nizan et les Années Trente, Vol. 9 (October 2010), pp. 111-32.

Recognition

Daniel Amsterdam, History, received the 2010 Journal of Urban Affairs Best Article Award for “Immigration and the New Metropolitan Geography,” with Michael Katz, et al.

Stuart Cooper, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to polymer chemistry, biomedical polyurethanes, blood compatibility and academic administration. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

Glenn Daehn, Material Science and Engineering, has been appointed Executive Director of the Honda-OSU Partnership effective April 1.

Y.M. Saif, Food Animal Health Research Program, OARDC, is the recipient of the  2011 Distinguished Microbiologist Award presented by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists.

Kevin Sweet, Clay Marsh, Amy Sturm, Kandamurugu Manickam, Philip Binkley, Wolfgang Sadee, Marialice Bennett, Linda Strout, Amanda Toland, Meagan Kane and Henry Zheng, Internal Medicine, along with researchers from the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, are enrolling 1,800 patients at the Ohio State Medical Center into the Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative (CPMC). The researchers are conducting the largest randomized research project of the CPMC to investigate how genetic counseling impacts patient response to personal risk information for diseases, such as melanoma and age-related macular degeneration. Ohio State is the first institution to involve physicians and their patients with heart disease or hypertension in the process.

John Vaughn, Student Health Services, was appointed executive editor of the Journal of American College Health.

Ronald Xu, Biomedical Engineering, and Umit Ozkan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, were honored by TechColumbus for their innovations in technology. Xu was named 2010 Inventor of the Year; Ozkan was named 2010 Outstanding Woman in Technology. TechColumbus, a technology business incubator, holds its Innovation Awards annually to recognize outstanding achievements in technology leadership and innovation.

Service

Katrina Cornish, Bioemergent Materials, Horticulture and Crop Science and Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, represented Ohio State at the Industrial Standards ASTM international conference, D11 Committee on Rubber, and served as chair of the Terminology Subcommittee.

Sheri Gallup, Monadine Mattey, Susan Zies and Kate Shumaker, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, created the “Choose It! Use It!” nutrition and physical education sessions for third- through fifth-graders presented across Ohio in September and October 2010.

Rongxing (Ron) Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, was a member of the program committee for the Workshop on Computer Vision in Vehicle Technology, ACCV 2010, Queens Town, New Zealand, Nov. 8-12.

Bob Mahlman, Education and Human Ecology, was a visiting researcher for the Institute Technique and Building, University of Bremen, Germany, August and September 2010.

Ross Nehm, Teaching and Learning, chaired the National Science Foundation’s Transforming Undergraduate Education in the Sciences research and assessment panel in Washington, DC, July 29-30.

Newsbriefs, 2/17/11

February 16, 2011

Ohio State, Columbus State to partner in Delaware
Ohio State is expanding its partnership with Columbus State Community College. Ohio State Marion is working with Columbus State to provide selected OSU courses on Columbus State’s new Delaware campus. Beginning in autumn 2011, these courses, many of them intermediate- and upper-level, will include offerings in business, psychology, communication, sociology and English. Ohio State Marion currently operates a center in Delaware, now in close proximity to Columbus State’s Delaware location.

The Delaware Center will close in September when its lease expires. Initially, two-thirds of the courses offered at the Delaware Center will migrate to Columbus State in Delaware. For more information, visit oaa.osu.edu/781.html.

Donna James to deliver winter commencement address
Donna James, national business advisor and corporate executive, will deliver Ohio State’s winter quarter commencement address during a ceremony set to begin at 2 p.m. March 20 at the Schottenstein Center. Graduates and guests can find complete information on the ceremony at osu.edu/commence. In 2006, James established Lardon & Associates LLC, a business and executive advisory services firm, where she is managing director. She also is corporate director for several public companies, including three Fortune 500 companies.

All faculty members planning to march in the academic processional at the ceremony should notify their college dean’s office by March 11.

Researching quarter-to-semester course conversion might need IRB clearance
Does your research involve evaluating curriculum, implementing new curriculum, surveys, testing or accessing identifiable data on students? Are you planning to disseminate results in academic journals or at professional conferences? If so, federal regulations may require Institutional Review Board or exempt review and approval before any research activities begin. For more information, please refer to the policy on Research Involving Human Subjects or consult Cheri Pettey at pettey.6@osu.edu in the Office of Responsible Research Practices for additional guidance.

Share your memories from OSU Lima’s 50 years
Ohio State Lima is celebrating its 50th anniversary and invites alumni, family and friends to share their memories, view old photographs and identify people and events in those photos. A photo gallery containing more than 1,700 photos and a message board to share campus memories can be found at lima.osu.edu/anniversary. For more information, contact Lesley Fry at (419) 995-8671 or Pam Joseph at (419) 995-8284.

Athletic Director Gene Smith among Black History Month speakers
In celebration of Black History Month, the Medical Center is featuring two inspiring programs with two captivating speakers to be held at both University Hospital East and the Columbus campus on Feb. 24. Speakers include OSU Athletic Director Gene Smith (8-10 a.m. at UHE Wallace Auditorium) and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown (11-1 a.m. Ross Heart Hospital Auditorium). They will deliver important messages on their accomplishments as African Americans and how their commitment to the community has affected their lives. Musical performances, along with essay readings from Columbus City Schools students, are planned. Light refreshments will be served after the program.

For a complete list of university activities, visit mcc.osu.edu/inter-intra-cultural-programming/heritage-and-awareness-months/united-black-world-month1.

Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Prize rewards students and instructors for research
Undergraduate students enrolled in upper-division (300 level and above) courses and their instructors are eligible to compete for the $1,000 OSU Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Prize for 2011. Students must have an assigned project for the course which requires library resources, must consult with a librarian throughout the process and then submit documentation of their research experience along with the graded project by April 18. Projects begun fall, winter or spring quarters are eligible. For more information visit liblearn.osu.edu/award.

Top 3 on 2, 2/17/11

February 16, 2011

Why did you choose to work at Ohio State? I started as a student looking to find a job close to where I lived in Lincoln Tower and was hired by the Residence & Dining Halls Service Desk (present-day Service 2 Facilities). While answering calls at the service desk, I was given many opportunities to take on additional responsibilities that led to meeting a lot of new people and learning more about how the university works. When I graduated, a full-time position was available and, since I knew I would find the job interesting as well as enjoy working with the staff, I applied.

What do you like about your job? Whether I’m meeting with staff to discuss their space needs, walking through a building to survey its physical condition or hunting down equipment that has moved, everyone and everything has some form of a story to tell. At the end of each day, I feel like I’ve either acquired a new skill or learned a little more about how another department/campus operates.

How do you apply the ‘One University’ concept? In answering calls to 2-HELP, managing thousands of keys/locks and working in my current position, I’ve always needed to rely upon folks from other offices and departments to be able to complete the tasks assigned to me. This has opened the door for me to make contact with a lot of people who I respect and feel I can ask for their advice or help even when I’m not required to do so. The contacts I’ve made have enabled me to provide more robust solutions to my departmental customers as well as, through re-use of equipment, reduce costs for both my department and other colleges/offices outside Student Life.

If you weren’t working at Ohio State, what would you rather be doing? Since I have a CIS degree, I probably would be working in the computer software support field. If money were no object, then I would probably be doing the things I currently don’t make the time for, like getting another degree, volunteering with assistance animals, fishing/camping/racquetball and learning to play both the piano and drums.

Of what honor or recognition are you most proud? One year, the residence hall staff who manage the front desks joined together and created a Facebook group “Rob Lyons is My Hero.” It meant a lot to me because it told me they felt like I was helping them instead of just being an administrator who only contacted them when something went wrong.

If you were the university president for a day, what would you do? Walking through buildings around campus, I’ve noticed another thing we all share in addition to a power plant is graveyards of files/furniture. I would promote creation of a single day when departments would be required set aside time to go through at least some of their files, equipment, etc., and render unto Archives, Surplus, recycling and trash what is theirs.

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

Peter Mohler, a prominent medical researcher, has been named director of the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. The appointment was approved Feb. 11 by the OSU Board of Trustees.

Mohler comes to Ohio State from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, where he is distinguished associate professor of cardiovascular medicine and associate professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics.

Mohler will be an asset to Ohio State’s medical research program, according to Thomas Ryan, director of Ohio State’s Heart and Vascular Center.

“Peter is an emerging leader with strong skills as a researcher and team builder,” said Ryan. “He will be an inspiration to young scientists who come to Ohio State, and his own laboratory experience is stellar, earning him a place among the top cardiovascular scientists in the country.”

Prior to joining the University of Iowa faculty in 2006, Mohler was an assistant professor in pathology at Vanderbilt University. He was named a Pew Scholar by the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2007 and a Kavli Scholar of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2009. His research program focuses on solving the pathways underlying potentially fatal human diseases including cardiac arrhythmia, diabetes and neurological dysfunction.

He earned a doctorate in molecular physiology in 2000 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in 2004 at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Duke University. Mohler is the recipient of numerous honors and awards for his work and he has been an invited speaker at research conferences around the world. He also is the principal investigator for numerous research grants.

New internal spaces named

February 14, 2011

Details from the Feb. 11, 2011 meeting of the Ohio State University Board of Trustees. See the regular coverage here.

Ohio State University Trustees approved naming the several internal university spaces during their meeting Feb. 11, 2011, to honor those whose contributions supported the construction, equipping or furnishing of the facilities.

The named spaces and the donors are:

Page Hall: Annie Glenn Conference Room, Room 350B.

Parks Hall: Robert and Stephany Ruffolo Lecture Hall, Room 103.

Knowlton Hall: Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity Classroom, Room 177

William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library: Thomas C. Minnich Family Education Librarian’s Office, Room 222C; Mortar Board Centennial Suite, Rooms 202 and 204; Floradelle Atwater Pfahl Study Room, Room 105A.

Ohio Union: Potter Plaza, South Courtyard Plaza; the Davis Foundation Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Room was named on February 5, 2010. The purpose of this room has changed and the naming has been removed. The University will provide The John R. & Margarite Davis Foundation with a naming opportunity in the future.

Postle Hall: Midmark Emergency Care Clinic, formally known as the Dentistry Emergency Clinic.

Drinko Hall: Robert E.. Boyd, Jr. and Janet P. Boyd Conference Suite, Room 220A.

Riedl Hall, Mansfield: The Boyd and Anne Epperson Grand Atrium.

WOSU Digital Media Center (COSI): American Electric Power Foundation Suite, Mezzanine Level Conference Room; Grange Insurance Edit Suite.

JamesCare Comprehensive Breast Center: Jean Clare and Friedrich Bohm CT Suite, CT Scan Suite.

E.F. Wildermuth Optometric Research Clinic, Fry Hall: Optometric Educators, Inc., Room 649; Haag-Streit Rooms, Rooms 444, 446, 450, 452; Leo G. Raney Carney Lane, Room 550; Bausch & Lomb Room, Room 547; Jason J. Nichols Room, Room 543; Sandra W. Anderson, O.D. and Paul R. Anderson Room, Room 544;

Les Wexner Football Complex at Woody Hayes Athletic Center: the Esser Family Football Equipment Room, Room 175B; Team Meeting Room 1, Room 163; Theatre Room, Internal Operations/Compliance Office, Room 184; The Howard Solomon Strength and Conditioning Coach’s Office, Room 185A; The Michael J. and Laura S. Telich McDonald’s Break Room, Room 190; The Watson-Tressel Coaches Locker Room; The Linda and Jim Wiggins Receivers Coach’s Office, Room 152; The Robert F. Wolfe and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Medical/Athletic Training Center, Room 181; The Ohio State Media Bay, The Bucknuts Media Conference Room, Room 176.

Peter and Clara Scott Laboratory: Kinzel Reception Area, N250; The Robert C. Rodek 1950 Conference Room, Room N350.

Board of Trustees Committee Appointments approved

The board approved the appointment of members to the following committees for 2010-2011:

Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee: Algenon L. Marbley, Chair; Douglas G. Borror, Vice Chair; Brian K. Hicks; Linda S. Kass; Janet B. Reid; Clark C. Kellogg; Brandon N. Mitchell; G. Gilbert Cloyd (Charter Trustee); Robert M. Duncan; David G. Horn (Faculty Member); Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

Advancement Committee: G. Gilbert Cloyd, Chair (Charter Trustee); Linda S. Kass, Vice Chair; Douglas G. Borror; Brian K. Hicks; Clark C. Kellogg; Alexis L. Swain; John W. Kessler; Phil Duncan; Michael Clark (Alumni Assn Member); Donald H. Schriver (Alumni Assn Member); John B. Gerlach (Foundation Brd Member); David T. Kollat (Foundation Brd Member); Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio);

Agricultural Affairs Committee:; John C. Fisher, Chair; Robert Boggs, Vice Chair (ex officio); William G. Jurgensen, Vice Chair; Brandon N. Mitchell; James J. Zehringer (ex officio); Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

Audit and Compliance Committee: Robert H. Schottenstein, Chair; John C. Fisher, Vice Chair; Ronald A. Ratner; Algenon L. Marbley; William G. Jurgensen; James Bachmann; James Gilmour; Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

Committee on Trusteeship: Alex Shumate, Chair; Janet B. Reid, Vice Chair; John C. Fisher; Linda S. Kass; Alexis L. Swain; G. Gilbert Cloyd (Charter Trustee); Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

Finance Committee: Robert H. Schottenstein, Chair; Alan W. Brass, Vice Chair; Alex Shumate; Walden W. O’Dell; John C. Fisher; Ronald A. Ratner; Willam G. Jurgensen; Jeffrey Wadsworth; Alexis L. Swain; Jo Ann Davidson; Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

Medical Affairs Committee: Alan W. Brass, Chair; Jeffrey Wadsworth, Vice Chair ; Brian K. Hicks; Robert H. Schottenstein; Algenon L. Marbley; Janet B. Reid; Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

Physical Environment Committee: Ronald A. Ratner, Chair; Douglas G. Borror, Vice Chair; Walden W. O’Dell; William G. Jurgensen; Clark C. Kellogg; Brandon N. Mitchell; Leslie H. Wexner (ex officio)

New separation incentives and phased retirement

February 7, 2011

by Larry Lewellen, VP for Human Resources

The evolving nature of higher education, an aging population and a tough economic climate means that we need ongoing flexibility in structuring our workforce to meet the challenge of a changing world. At Ohio State, we are focused on adapting to those outside forces in a way that takes care of people and also allows us to be good stewards of our resources.

One way we will do so is through the anticipated adoption of a separation incentive and phased retirement program by Ohio State’s Board of Trustees at its February meeting. If approved, the program will offer flexibility for colleges and vice president units to proactively adjust their workforce to achieve positive economic and programmatic outcomes. I’m writing you now to describe the incentives in a fully transparent manner.

Separation incentives provide an opportunity for those who may be thinking about separating from Ohio State – to relocate for personal reasons or to jump-start a career change, for example – and they can receive a cash incentive to provide an economic bridge. The department can then use the vacated positions for new programs or to make budget adjustments.

Phased retirement provides similar opportunities, but also allows for knowledge transfer to occur, replacement recruiting, or appropriate time to make changes in program offerings. This may be especially attractive to those who will not qualify for retirement for a couple of years, and/or would enjoy the ability to phase into retirement versus making a sudden change.

The program has two components, separation incentives and phased retirement. Separation incentives ease the transition out of the university through inducements, such as monetary support to cover gaps in salary and benefits. Phased retirement helps assist the timing of retirement for eligible faculty and staff, ensuring a smooth transition of highly knowledgeable and skilled individuals.

To understand the separation incentives program, it’s important to clarify:

• The decision to initiate separation incentives for specific units and colleges will rest with Vice Presidents and Deans.
• This is a voluntary program. Faculty and staff do not have to accept an offering that may be made available.
• It proactively manages an area’s workforce, and will not be allowed to focus on individuals. The program looks to gain efficiencies on a larger scale by concentrating on groups.
• Only those offered a separation incentive are eligible.
• The program is not intended to address poor performance. Rationale for offering incentives is based on planning for a robust talent mix that meets strategic needs.
• It does not offer an early retirement incentive by purchasing service credit such as those offered in the past.

Because workforce factors affect colleges and units differently, this program is designed to create flexibility, while a common and detailed approach ensures it is effective and fair. When a need is identified, the vice president or dean, the Office of Human Resources, and the Office of Legal Affairs will work together to:

• Develop a solid rationale for the change, identifying efficiencies to be gained and clarifying how the new structure will help achieve the unit’s goals.
• Develop specific criteria that identify the group(s) of faculty and staff who will be eligible for a separation incentive, such as retirement-eligible individuals, or specific departments or occupations.
• Communicate the separation incentives to eligible faculty and staff, ensuring adequate time to make a decision.

It is important to note that anyone accepting an incentive to retire will be ineligible to be rehired for any other university positions. Those who choose the separation incentive must wait two years before reapplying for any university position. This in no way reflects negatively on individuals, but  is simply a way to ensure we are acting as strong fiscal stewards, and using the dollars that fund the incentives wisely.

I am pleased that we’ve developed a set of guidelines that allow us to recognize the contributions of our faculty and staff as we proactively respond to the changing economic environment and an aging workforce. As always, I will continue to share information with you as we move forward. In the meantime, we have established a web site to provide additional answers, and I urge you to review it often.

A little Shakespeare is good for the soul

February 2, 2011

By Julia Harris

It doesn’t take more than a quick scan of Kevin McClatchy’s resumé to see that he’s got some pretty serious acting chops. From roles in big-budget Hollywood movies like 2010’s Unstoppable to appearances on television shows like The X-Files and The Practice — not to mention a wide range of theater performances — McClatchy, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Theatre, seems to have done it all.

With one major exception: “I have no experience with Shakespeare,” he said, smiling sheepishly. “I mean, I’ve read it and been a fan for years, but I’ve never done a production.” Continue reading ‘A little Shakespeare is good for the soul’

Caring community

February 2, 2011

After house fire, the College of Nursing steps up to help one of its own

Those who go into the nursing profession generally do so because they have a genuine desire to help other people.

But when a fire in the early morning hours of Jan. 17 gutted a duplex just north of campus, the faculty, staff and students in Ohio State’s College of Nursing leapt into action to help one of their own.
Continue reading ‘Caring community’

New initiative takes aim at recycling awareness

February 2, 2011

By Julia Harris

Shoppers at the campus bookstore on Jan. 24 saw something they probably weren’t expecting to see: A cluster of people wearing surgical gloves and picking intensely through bags of trash, making careful notes on a clipboard.

Peggy Barylak, senior Human Resources consultant with Ohio State’s Facilities Operations and Development, even went so far as to pluck a rancid sandwich from one half-full bag and drop it daintily into a nearby trash can. Continue reading ‘New initiative takes aim at recycling awareness’

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