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Vol. 38, No. 18
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7-16-2008
By: Top 3 on 2, 7/17/08
 Why did you choose to work at Ohio State?
I attended school here and it’s such a great place to work and live.
What do you like about your job?
The students. They are our future and our future looks great!
If you weren’t working at Ohio State, what would you be doing?
I would be working with college students at another university in the role of a college counselor. The future of our children is the future of our nation and we need to support their goals and dreams.
Of what honor or recognition are you most proud?
The University Libraries Director Award of Outstanding Staff Performance for the years 2003 and 2007. University Libraries are going through much change. Just look at the ongoing $107 million renovation of the historical Thompson Library located in the center of the Oval for the proof, and it’s with great pride that I have been a part of that change.
Who is your hero?
Well I have three heroes: My 91-year-old father; Jim Bracken, assistant director of University Libraries; and Gordon Gee, Ohio State University president. Where do these men get the energy day-in and day-out? All have shown through their actions, not their words, integrity.
What advice would you give a new employee?
Work hard to improve the university. Set a good example of work habits for the college students to follow here at the university and on their first jobs out of college. We can achieve anything if we don’t mind who gets the credit.
What would you improve at Ohio State?
Salaries and the way we respect each other in our daily work life. We need to value and celebrate the differences and contributions that each of us brings to the university.
What is your favorite activity outside of work?
Travel. Seeing new places renews one’s spirit.
What are you going to do when you retire?
I want to see the Mideast, China and the high country of Japan and Ireland. In both Japan and Ireland there are trails that humans have walked for more than 1,000 years.
If you were the university president for a day, what would you do?
I would speak with all vice presidents, deans and chairs and ask that they take time out and speak with their staff about respecting each and every staff person, without whom we could not open our doors for business.
To nominate a staff member for an upcoming issue, e-mail oncampus@osu.edu.
Ohio State was named as a top-five employer in five of the 27 categories in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s inaugural Great Colleges to Work for 2008 survey. More than 15,000 administrators, faculty and staff at 89 colleges and universities responded.
Among large institutions with 12,500 or more employees, Ohio State ranked first in providing health insurance and life insurance benefits, and the university was second in three other categories: Compensation and Benefits (behind only Cornell), Confidence in Senior Leadership (behind Emory) and Housing Assistance Programs (behind Duke).
Only three of the other 38 public institutions to respond ranked first or second in any category.
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