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Creative fundraising makes Pelotonia possible

May 18, 2011

At the first mention, riding in Pelotonia is almost universally regarded as a great idea — an inspired, important and personally fulfilling way to become involved in the fight against cancer.

With four distances, the ride is manageable for novices yet still challenging for experts, so rider experience level is rarely a hangup.

But then there’s that fundraising minimum requirement — riders must raise anywhere from $1,200 to participate in the 23-mile trek to Groveport up to $2,200 to make the two-day, 180-mile trip to Athens and back. Cyclists must consent to a credit card charge for the difference if they fall short of the minimum.

But with two years of Pelotonia in the books, ride organizers are finding evidence for what they’ve been saying all along: There’s no need for the fundraising minimum to hold anyone back from signing up.

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Ohio Stadium goes Zero Waste

May 18, 2011

Ohio Stadium will be the site of a bold project this fall to divert 90 percent of gameday waste from the landfill

By Katy Ricchiuto

Ohio State football fans will see a big difference in their Ohio Stadium surroundings this season.

For the first time in the Horseshoe’s history, there will be no trash cans on the premises — the evidence of an ambitious green effort to make the entire stadium a Zero Waste zone.

“The idea has been floating around for a couple of years,” said Corey Hawkey, sustainability coordinator for Energy Services and Sustainability. “We first started seeing significant movement toward Zero Waste at stadiums from the University of Colorado, where they started something called Ralphie’s Green Stampede.”

Zero Waste is defined as a 90 percent diversion rate of waste material such as food, paper products and plastics away from landfills. It continues Ohio State’s effort to control the 60 tons of waste that streams out of Ohio Stadium each season and move more toward recycling or reuse. The goal of the OSU’s Zero Waste project is to achieve that 90 percent diversion rate — or higher — by the conclusion of the 2012 season. It’s supported by the Department of Athletics and by a $50,000 grant from the President’s and Provost’s Council on Sustainability

But Hawkey said there’s a whole new set of challenges that accompanies such a large sustainability effort at one of the largest football stadiums in the United States. One of them is finding recyclable or compostable alternatives to every product used in the stadium. That means the plate your pizza is on, the container your nachos are served in and that bottle of water or pop have to be considered.

“The goal really is to do an inventory of all the products the stadium uses that are given to fans, looking at a product and asking, one, can we find a compostable alternative or, two, a recyclable alternative,” Hawkey said. “On top of that, we need to find one that is as effective, as efficient and as cheap as the current product.”

Effective, cheap sustainable products may be hard to come by right now, but Ohio State is receiving help from Sodexo, the stadium’s food service provider, which is helping to find products and offset additional costs. The Zero Waste effort also is looking to find locally owned companies to support, and maybe even to help forge a sustainable future.

“It’s a great business for Ohio. We have a strong agricultural economy, and a lot of the material used to make compostable products comes from farmers in Ohio,” said Hawkey. “There’s a whole component to this in which we’re looking for partners to investigate ways that we can use this project as not only a model for other universities but also as a model for how to bring down the cost of these products and how to spur the market, all the while supporting Ohio companies and businesses.”

Compost conundrums aside, there’s still the challenge of the more than 100,000 people who flood Ohio Stadium for each home game. As far as how Buckeye fans will react to the new Zero Waste process, Hawkey says, “That’s the million-dollar question.”

Education will be in place on game days to help fans adjust to the two new waste containers, one for recycling and one for composting, around the ’Shoe.

“Fans will be asked to sort their waste, so they will have to pay a little bit more attention to what they’re doing when they throw something away,” said Hawkey. Signs and some friendly faces will also help direct fans to appropriate containers, and any outside waste will simply be filtered out of the recyclable containers.

The scope of Ohio Stadium’s Zero Waste project may just be as vast as the venue itself, and it won’t go unnoticed. “This is the most significant effort in the Big Ten. We’ve applied to the Guiness Book of World Records for world’s largest Zero Waste event or stadium or sporting event, and we very well could be a qualifier,” Hawkey said.

As for the future of the project, Hawkey hopes to move beyond just game days. “Our long-term goal is that it’s a Zero Waste stadium 365 days a year,” he said. That means weddings, office meetings and Huntington Club events will be included in the sustainability effort.

How does your garden grow?

May 18, 2011

At Howlett Hall, the answer is “High.”

By Julia Harris

For the past two or three years, Mary Maloney has been seeing things that aren’t there. Namely, she’s been gazing across the barren, post-industrial landscape that is the roof of Howlett Hall and seeing a lush green paradise of blooming flowers, shrubs and even a tree or two.

“If you don’t have a vision, nothing happens,” said Maloney, director of Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens. She folded her arms and squinted across the peeling, tarpapered Howlett roof, from which humming HVAC units jutted like shipwrecks.

The vision Maloney has will radicaly transform that blasted terrain into a rooftop garden where visitors can stroll on curving pathways through a verdant, 10,000-square-foot ecosystem. Divided into three sections, the roof will feature covered meeting space, a garden designed for casual viewing and another intended primarily for horticultural research.

Not only will the rehabbed roof — slated for completion in late fall 2012 — provide a place of respite and research, it also will serve an important ecological role by helping reduce the amount of stormwater runoff that winds up in Ohio rivers and streams and by actively removing carbon from the atmosphere.

“We’ve created too many impervious spaces — parking lots, buildings — where rain, when it hits, can no longer go down into the groundwater. Instead, when the water falls on that roof, it goes instantly into a drain, down into the sewer and directly into the river,” Maloney said.

“If we can mitigate that, and if all buildings at Ohio State can have these green roofs — which absorb rainwater unless it’s one of those 1,000-year storms — we can get a real handle on our storm water management efforts,” she added.

Other benefits of green roofs are the insulating effects they provide for buildings — hotter in the winter, cooler in the summer — and a significant reduction in utilities costs.

“A lot of the university’s HVAC units are located on roofs, so when the temperature is 180 degrees on the roof, the HVAC system has to pull that air in, cool it down and then pump it into the rooms of the building,” said Megan Welsh, student project manager for the Howlett green roof.

“A green roof cools the air by 30 or 40 degrees, so it’s much less taxing for those HVAC systems,” she said.

In light of such clear benefits afforded by green roofs, it seems surprising more buildings don’t already have them. Of course, not all roofs have the weight-bearing capacity to support such a garden, and the installation costs for even a small one can be prohibitive — the city of Dublin shelled out more than $70,000 to turn 2,300 square feet into a green space, while the Howlett project, if fully funded, will come in at $2 million.

And the expertise to install and maintain a rooftop garden is not insignificant: Welsh, who is two quarters away from graduation, studied green roof technology for six months in order to gain certification as a Green Roof Professional — making her one of only five such professionals in the state of Ohio.

“I’ve spent the last year educating faculty, students and staff about what a green roof is,” Welsh said. “There are extensive and intensive green roofs, which just has to do with the depth of growing medium you’re using. An extensive green roof is 4-6 inches of substrate and less expensive, less maintenance, less weight. Intensive is more like 8-18 inches of growing medium and you can plant shrubs, trees, more variety.”

On the Howlett Hall roof, Maloney and her team of horticulturalists and landscape architects plan to experiment with just what kinds of plants will thrive in such an environment. In addition to the more “traditional” green roof inhabitant — sedums, a small succulent plant that flourishes in the harsh, full-sun growing conditions of a roof habitat — they hope to introduce woody shrubs, a shallow-rooted tree and vertical walls adorned with vegetation of various types.

“It’s going to be a dynamic site — we’re not just going to install it and walk away,” Maloney said. “It’s going to be a research site because it’s associated with the Department of Horticulture. We’ll be studying soil types, soilless mixes, different types of plant material.”

Her eyes roved over the expanse of the Howlett roof one more time. “You know, when Dr. Gee talks about the One Framework plan and the de-siloization, this roof is doing that,” she said. “We now have meaningful relationships with people in Facilities Operations and Development, we’re working with the university architects, the Office of Research. Every new thing requires innovation if it’s going to be successful, and we’re always looking for ways to innovate.”

Green: The new black

Green roofs are becoming more popular as the need for new green spaces grows. Here in central Ohio, a number of rooftop gardens are already in place and can be enjoyed by the public — with a little bit of advanced planning.

In Dublin, a small section of the Community Recreation Center has been turned into a roof garden complete with a walkway, a small patio and two rain barrels to collect water. See dublin.oh.us/itsgreener/green-rooftop/index.php.

On the rooftop of the old Lazarus Building, the OSU Urban Arts Space hosts guided monthly tours of its garden, which boasts a panoramic view of the city. To schedule a tour, see uas.osu.edu/tours.

Atop Knowlton Hall, a gravelly garden populated with shrubs and grasses provides a venue for studying or exploring. See knowlton.osu.edu/?content=9.

Extreme makeover: USAC edition

May 18, 2011

Committee changes its structure for the first time in 25 years

By Adam King

Aside from a few tweaks to how the University Staff Advisory Committee conducts business, its structure has remained pretty much the same since its inception 25 years ago.

Chair Heather Link has flipped that on its head.

Frustrated by USAC’s top-heavy model of governance and that highly motivated members were languishing on virtually inactive subcommittees, Link devised a way to bring more “group effort” into the group.

Link reduced the number of subcommittees — where the bulk of USAC’s work is done — from five to three, doing away with Membership Development and Communications. The Staff Compensation and Benefits, Outreach and Engagement and Governance committees will be all that remain starting July 1.

“We have five subcommittees, and the work is disparate,” Link said. “For example, you have the Staff Compensation and Benefits Committee, which is doing tons of work, and then you have Membership Development, which by the role that the fill are not very busy due to the fact that they plan some icebreakers and our annual breakfast. Our members expect to be busy and robust, and by the nature of some of the subcommittees, they weren’t.”

Membership development will be folded into Outreach and Engagement, and one person instead of five will now handle communications. That person will act as an advisor to the subcommittees and the executive leaders in order to better focus communications with staff and the administration.

Link originally asked the Governance Subcommittee, the group that oversees the USAC bylaws, to solicit comments from all subcommittees on how they function, things that worked and things that didn’t work. She then looked for common themes from all subcommittees and whittled the ideas down into a cohesive plan.

Members voted unanimously to accept the changes, which included revamping the executive structure as well. Now instead of a chair, vice chair, recorder and treasurer, USAC will have a chair, chair-elect, vice chair-recorder/treasurer and vice chair-communications.

The biggest change is USAC will no longer elect a new chair every year. Now the chair will serve a one-year term, followed by the chair-elect for a one-year term. Link said this will allow for a continuity of knowledge, which has been a significant component USAC was lacking historically.

“The most difficult thing is you have a very steep hill to climb the first months you are chair,” said Link, who looked at different committees around campus and saw the majority followed the chair/chair-elect structure. “You’re thrown into a lot of  meetings from the Board of Trustees to senate steering and sitting down with the vice president of Human Resources. You’re plunked down and you’re literally saying, ‘Hi … what’s going on?’

“The chair-elect will now have their finger on the pulse of what’s going on. When that individual rolls into the chair position, it will be much more seamless and no more, ‘What the heck is USAC doing?’”

Another change is member longevity. Each USAC member serves a three-year term, but if the chair-elect is a third-year member, he or she will serve a fourth year under the new structure as chair.

Link, an assistant director in the Office of Research in the College of Medicine who earned her bachelor’s and master’s at Ohio State and is currently working toward her MBA here, will be the first USAC chair to serve a second term. She said USAC members approached her about running again for election — a gesture that she said humbled her greatly. When Link’s term is complete, Krystyne Savarese, an assistant director of Residence Life in the Office of Student Life, will take over as chair in her fourth year with USAC.

“I changed the whole structure and how we do business, so I would personally feel  horrible if I just said, ‘Well, here you go, you handle the implementation phase of the new structure,” Link said. “You have to make it work. The biggest problem is transition of knowledge, so if I serve as chair one more year, it sets USAC up for a long-term path of success. It still would have worked should I not have been re-elected, but it might have taken longer.”

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Impact Grants help students, instructors engage in eLearning

May 18, 2011

By Elizabeth Ramos, Office of the CIO

When the Office of the Chief Information Officer began offering learning technology grants, it was with the idea to enable faculty and staff to make courses more innovative and engaging for students.

The OCIO already has seen promising results from the 2010 recipients,  and — with the new grants just awarded — have confidence this year’s winners will have similar outcomes.

2010 Impact Grant recipients in the chemistry department used their financial award to bring technology enhancements to Chem 161. They incorporated SMART podiums (also known as Sympodiums), simulations demonstrating chemistry in motion and a technology-enhanced classroom space that provides a computer screen for every two students in a lecture.

“What we put on that screen can also change,” said Rosemary Bartoszek-Loza, senior lecturer in chemistry. “I come in with slides that are already prepared, yet using that Sympodium, I’m able to add color, I’m able to add comments and the students can add those comments to what they already have.”

Effective conceptualization proved an even more important benefit of the redesigned course.

In the technology-enhanced course there was a significant improvement in reducing students’ chemistry misconceptions, compared to the traditional course. Students in the technology-enhanced course also exhibited significantly higher post-test scores at the end of the quarter. What’s more, the average attendance rate for the course was 90 percent.

“It made everything easier for me to remember, and Dr. Loza explained things better when she could reference multiple colors on the slides she put up rather than just relying on the black and white chalk board,” said Steve Chiu, a first-year biochemistry major.

The mathematics department used its 2010 Impact Grant to enhance the Math 151, 152 calculus series with the Sympodium-equipped lecture hall and other interactive tools.

Elizabeth Miller, math lecturer and project lead, recorded what she wrote and discussed in class with Camtasia, a lecture capture software. Recorded lectures posted online allowed students to virtually attend the lectures again for review.

Recording and posting lectures online did not cause attendance to drop. In fact, more students attended her lectures than the number enrolled in her sections.

“They came because I made an effort to make it interactive,” Miller said.

The students in the technology-enhanced sections exhibited a significantly lower drop rate and a higher GPA than students in the traditional sections. The technology improved lecture clarity for 89 percent of the students, and 83 percent said they have a more favorable opinion of the math department.

“There is nothing the chalkboard can do better than the Sympodium, especially in terms of understanding” said an anonymous student survey response.

The statistics department is using learning technology to increase student engagement despite classtime changes that will come from the semester transition.

The stats department is currently looking into broadcasting lectures and promoting real-time “backchannel” participation for those attending at a distance and in person.

Jackie Miller, associate Professor and statistics project lead, is testing an interactive tool called “Poll Everywhere,” which enables students to participate in the lecture, whether they are physically or virtually attending, by responding online or via text message.

“In one poll, I found that 80 percent of respondents have had a question in lecture and have not asked because they thought everyone else knew what was going on,” she said. Miller said this poll increased consideration for students who do ask questions, and encouraged her to be more persistent while asking her class for questions.

For more info…

For more information about OCIO grants, contact Robert Griffiths at ltgrants@osu.edu or visit
lt.osu.edu/grants.

Joe Heimlich, School of Environment and Natural Resources

May 18, 2011

What is composting and how does it work?

Composting is the biological decomposition of organic material; people taking a natural process and manipulating it. In the woods, a leaf will decompose in about five years. We want to shorten that time to a few weeks or a few months. Composting can be anaerobic (without air) or aerobic (with air). When composting food waste, aerobic is preferable as to avoid order, insect and vermin problems. For yard composting, three ingredients are needed: 1) organic materials, carbon (brown) and nitrogen (green) products; 2) oxygen; and 3) moisture.

Aerobic (hot) composting needs to be over 128° for 4-5 days to kill most weed seeds. To achieve this temperature, the compost pile needs the correct mix of ingredients. Volume for a backyard system should be about 3’ x 3’ x 3’ (a cubic yard). Commercial systems use windrows of material that can exceed 12’ high and 15’ across. Anything much larger than 4 cubic feet makes the pile extremely difficult to turn (that is the very sad voice of experience). The mixture needs around 50 percent air by volume — which is why it’s turned or fluffed — and about 20 percent water. Two simple tests: For air, you should be able to slide your fist/arm into the pile and the temperature should be just slightly uncomfortable; for water, grab a fistful of material from the inside. When squeezed you should get water drops forming between your fingers (but not dripping). If too dry, add water. If too wet, turn. Turning also ensures air and redistribution of material. Two turns is usually sufficient to obtain usable humus product. This is why many home systems are three-bin systems. Material starts in one bin, and is turned into subsequent bins.

Anaerobic (cold) composting lets nature do all the work. A large pile of material that sits and sits and sits does gradually decompose. When done correctly, anaerobic composting does not smell — anytime a pile begins to smell there is something wrong with the system.

What can and can’t be composted?

Technically, any organic matter can be composted. For most home systems, what works best is yard waste — leaves and grass clippings and twigs and brush, though they will not decompose at the same speed unless chipped. Food waste can be added to these systems. Ideally, the scraps are buried into the pile. Dairy products and any meat products should be avoided as they attract vermin. Pet waste should be avoided as the temperature is not high enough to sterilize the waste. I avoid the seeds of many plants, such as squash, as I don’t maintain a high enough temperature in my pile to adequately denature the proteins so they won’t grow.

What is the importance of composting (environmental, economic), and is it possible in urban areas such as Columbus?

If you have a yard, you can compost. If you have a patio, it depends on your aesthetics. The primary reasons communities support composting are to reduce waste being transported, which is economically and environmentally a big cost, or landfilled. Though yard waste is banned from landfills in Ohio, some gets in because people mix yard waste, especially leaves and grass clippings, with their other garbage. Composting recaptures nutrients close to their source, which is environmentally a closed system. Some other benefits are to the soil itself. With our clay soils, the humus product adds good structure. And, in the autumn, you can use partially composted material for topdressing the plant beds — in the spring, the material is then incorporated into the topsoil.

Construction to shut down Woodruff, 17th

May 18, 2011

By Adam King

The first phase of the Academic Core North construction project now has a starting date: May 23.

Which leads to the question Project Manager Tom Ekegren has already heard: “Why is Ohio State starting this massive undertaking before spring quarter is finished?”

It’s a simple answer, Ekegren said: Time.

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Top 3 on 2, 5/19/11

May 18, 2011

Why did you choose to work at Ohio State? I love working in an academic environment with students. I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.

What do you like about your job? I love all the cool students (staff and faculty too!) that I’ve gotten to meet over the years. I enjoy talking with them about their research as well as more ordinary conversation. The culture in our college is relaxed, family friendly and allows for some flexibility — that makes life so much easier.

What is the greatest life challenge you’ve overcome? The reality check that good health is not a given and aging is inevitable. I had a couple of health events a few years ago. I was already beginning to exercise and improve my eating habits, but the experience reinforced the importance of consciously focusing on my health.

How do you apply the ‘One University’ concept? “One University” is a matter of understanding and valuing our interconnectedness as well as working to adapt our business processes with the demands of changing technology in fair and appropriate ways. Most of us must work with others at OSU who work outside our hiring unit. Building and caring about those relationships as well as creating and participating in OSU activities outside our hiring unit is a start.

If you weren’t working at Ohio State, what would you rather be doing?
I would like to try my hand at being a writer, perhaps creative non-fiction or fiction. I’m most inspired by Frank McCourt’s memoir trilogy — Angela’s Ashes, T’is, and Teacher Man. He wrote the way he felt and experienced life. Getting into someone’s thoughts and feelings is what I think the art of writing can do better than any other.

What are you going to do when you retire? What I would love to do more than anything is travel. I’m particularly interested in Asia, perhaps Korea, Vietnam and Thailand. I have connections to Japan and have been there many times, but I would like to visit Hokkaido and Okinawa as I haven’t been to those islands.

Who is your hero? If I think of “hero” as a public inspirational figure, it would be Martin Luther King Jr. His message and his means were in harmony. As I see him, he worked to bring moral harmony to American society by uplifting our spirits and sense of self worth and helping us to appreciate the worth and dignity of everyone.

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

Sometimes, it’s better not to know everything

May 18, 2011

More knowledge not always helpful for women dealing with heart disease

By Emily Caldwell, Research Communications

Women with congestive heart failure who repress their emotions, especially anger, are more likely than emotionally expressive women to experience symptoms of depression associated with knowledge about their disease, according to new research.

Coping styles of women in the study influenced how depressed or anxious they felt. The less they talked about or expressed their emotions, the more likely they were to have symptoms of depression and anxiety.

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Newsbriefs, 5/19/11

May 18, 2011

Graduate student teacher winners announced

The Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA), in its 39th year, is Ohio State’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students. Approximately 3,000 graduate students teach as graduate teaching associates at Ohio State each year, and 10 are honored as GATA winners by the university community. Each winner receives a $1,500 award.

This year’s winners are: Monali Chowdhury, Psychology; Melissa Doran, Spanish and Portuguese; Leigh Fine, Sociology; Matt Foulds, History; Courtney Harris, Dance; DJ Hovermale, Linguistics; Katherine Parker, English; Elizabeth Riter, Civil Engineering; Spencer Robinson, Slavic Languages; and Pamela Vincent, Human Development and Family Science.

Ohio Staters Inc. to honor Buckeye veterans

Did you know that Woody Hayes served in the United States Navy during WWII? Or that Ohio State is the birthplace of ROTC? Learn other interesting and little known military history facts about Ohio State, as well as support your fellow Buckeye veterans, with the Ohio Staters Inc. project Colors for Courage.

Ohio Staters Inc., a service organization catering to Ohio State through unique service projects, invites you to celebrate and honor the service of our OSU veterans and rich military history on May 23. From sunrise to sunset, flags will be displayed in the Browning Amphitheater between Mirror Lake and the Ohio Union; each flag will represent one of the 2,225 known faculty, staff and student veterans currently serving our Buckeye community. There also will be an opportunity to write a personal thank-you note to our veterans on campus in collaboration with Vets 4 Vets.

All are welcome to experience the tradition of military service at Ohio State. In the event of rain, please refer to staters.osu.edu for more information.

OCIO survey shows positive improvement in service delivery

Each year the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) asks the university community for its opinion on key information and learning technology services. The 2011 annual OCIO Technology Poll concluded in March and shows that customer satisfaction with key OCIO services is improving. The poll, administered to a random sample of university faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students, asked potential respondents to rate their satisfaction with 12 key OCIO services.

For 2011, 68 percent of respondents indicated they were satisfied with OCIO services overall, an improvement over 2010. The following services received the highest positive satisfaction: Carmen (76 percent), IT Service Desk (73 percent) and OSUNet (71 percent). Overall, every category the OCIO measured saw satisfaction improvement but one, and more faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students said they were satisfied with the OCIO over last year. Staff satisfaction remained unchanged.

The one area the OCIO noted a need for improvement was in Security of Electronic Data, in which satisfaction fell to 56 percent from 68 percent.

“While not surprising given the current environment where data security concerns are common, both locally and nationally, this slip shows we still have much of work ahead of us to alleviate our customer’s concerns over protecting their data,” said Bob Corbin, OCIO senior director for customer experience.

College of Dentistry names new dean

Patrick Lloyd has been appointed dean of the College of Dentistry. Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, his appointment is effective on Aug. 1.

Lloyd comes to Ohio State from the University of Minnesota, where he currently serves as dean of the School of Dentistry and professor in the Department of Restorative Sciences. He replaces Carole Anderson, who has served as dean of the college since 2006 and is retiring after 25 years at Ohio State. She will continue as dean until Lloyd’s arrival.

“Dr. Lloyd is simply an outstanding leader in his field,” said Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. “I now look forward to the great things he will do here to make the College of Dentistry the very best in this country.

“Once again, I am indebted to Dr. Anderson for her service to Ohio State. That we were in a position to attract such sterling talent is surely a tribute to her fine work,” said Gee.

As dean of Ohio State’s College of Dentistry, Lloyd will lead the third-largest public dental school in the United States, with eight academic units representing all major dental specialties. The college offers both patient care services and academic programs, allowing dentists to train as specialists. First established in 1890, the Ohio State University College of Dentistry continues to graduate a large majority of the practicing dentists and dental hygienists in the Great Lakes region.

Prior to his tenure at the University of Minnesota, Lloyd served as a department executive officer in the College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa from 1996 to 2004. Prior to that, he led the division of Special Patient Care at the Marquette University School of Dentistry from 1992 to 1996. Lloyd earned his DDS and an MS in prosthodontics from Marquette University.

SLIYS ‘11: Summer Linguistic Institute for Youth Scholars

The OSU Department of Linguistics will be holding a Summer Linguistics Institute for Youth Scholars for high school students. This is a week-long summer event designed for students interested in the study of language. There will be two sessions held on OSU’s main campus during July.

SLIYS ‘11 is open to high school students from entering sophomores to seniors who are interested in foreign languages. An exciting program has been developed filled with activities aimed at helping participants become better students of language. The deadline for applications is May 31. For more information, visit the SLIYS website at linguistics.osu.edu/SLIYS or contact Julia McGory at mcgory.1@osu.edu.

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