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2-18-2009 Calendar, 2/19/09
Ohio State showcases digital innovations
Feb. 20 Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the Digital Media in a Social World Conference from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Aviation Building at 164 W. 19th Ave. Among the more than 40 sessions offered is one titled “How Obama Won with Social Media,” an exploration of how President Barack Obama transformed campaigning. Other sessions exhibit the use of digital media in research and the classroom, including digital storytelling and podcasting. David Barber, Ohio Board of Regents director of information technology programs; John Roberts, dean of the College of Humanities; and a representative from the Office of the Chief Information Officer will welcome conference participants at 8:45 a.m. in 1 Scott Laboratory. For more information, visit cstw.osu.edu or contact Doug Dangler at dangler.6@osu.edu or 688-5865. Feb. 26, ADA Coordinator’s Office, Professional Development Opportunities in 2009, “The New Disability? Determining Disability and Accommodations Under the ADA and ADAAA of 2008,” details and registration form available at ada.osu.edu/documents/2009NewADAAATraining.doc. Feb. 27, ADA Coordinator’s Office, Professional Development Opportunities in 2009, “Transition and Communication Consortium on Learning and Disabilities 2009 Conference,” Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center, keynote speaker: Laura Kaloi, National Center for Learning Disabilities, taccld.org. Events Feb. 19, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Libraries Diversity Committee presents a program in honor of Black World Month featuring Diedra Herring, 3-4 p.m., Wexner Center Café: Cam’s on Campus, distel.1@osu.edu. Feb. 24 and March 3, Biometric Health screening, 8 a.m.-noon, Jack Nicklaus Museum, 2355 Olentangy River Road, registration and appointment required, yourplanforhealth.com. Feb. 25, Biometric Health screening, 8 a.m.-noon, College of Nursing, 048 Newton Hall, registration and appointment required, yourplanforhealth.com. Feb. 26, University Libraries Read Aloud Program, Georgina Dodge of Academic Affairs and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu of History share readings in concert with Black World Month and the Day of Remembrance, 3-4 p.m., Wexner Center Café: Cam’s on Campus, distel.1@osu.edu. Feb. 27, Wooster’s Secrest Arboretum 2009 Events, “Winter Walk: Plants for the Winter Landscape,” noon-1:30 p.m., meet at Seaman Orientation Plaza on Williams Road, pre-registration encouraged, free, secrest.osu.edu. March 4, 2009 Multicultural Center StoryBox Project, Dovie Thomason, 7-9 p.m., Hale Black Cultural Center, 688-8449. March 4, Biometric Health screening, 8-11:30 a.m., University Hospital East, Wallace Auditorium, registration and appointment required, yourplanforhealth.com. Exhibits Through March 6, Knowlton School of Architecture Exhibition, “Ecomod,” a design/build/evaluate project by John Quale, University of Virginia, Banvard Gallery, free, 292-1012. Through March 13, Design for Performance: Treasures from the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, opening reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 24, OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861. Through March 27, Ohio Art League 98th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861. Through April 28, 2009 Arts Scholars Juried Exhibition, OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., free, 292-8861. Feb. 25-April 30, Works of the late John Freeman, opening reception 6-8 p.m. March 6, Faculty Club, free, ohiostatefacultyclub.com or 292-2262. March 2-20, 17th annual Fergus Scholarship Award, opening reception 5-7 p.m. March 2, Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor, free, 292-5072. Film Feb. 25, 2009 Latin American Film Series, Globalized Experiences: Argentinean Youth at a Crossroads, “Un Año Sin Amor (Year Without Love)” (Anahí Berneri, 2005), 7:30 p.m., 180 Hagerty Hall, free, clas.osu.edu/filmSeries.php. Lectures Feb. 19, Life of Tuskegee Airman Profiled Multimedia Lecture, “Howard Arthur Tibbs – Citizen, Musician, Air Corps and Tuskegee Airman: A Part of the Greatest Generation,” Phillip Tibbs, 6-7 p.m., 175 Warner Library and Student Center, reception follows in Warner Center’s Constance Corkwell Baldwin Fireside Lounge, Ohio State Newark and COTC, free and open to the public, marketing@newark.osu.edu. Feb. 19, Statistics, CL and MD Rustagi Lecture Series, Matthias Schonlau, RAND, Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m., 170 18th Ave., 292-5194. Feb. 19, Association of Staff and Faculty Women, Connecting Women to Women, “Influencing Through Research: Creating Equity in the Workplace,” Joan Herbers, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Faculty Club Grand Lounge, registration required, asfw.osu.edu, 247-6411. Feb. 20, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “Changing Course: A New Direction for US Relations with the Muslim World,” Thomas Dine and Dalia Mogahed, US-Muslim Engagement Project, 3:30 p.m., Saxbe Auditorium, Moritz College of Law, lecture is free, seating is limited, please respond to powers.108@osu.edu. Feb. 20, Humanities Institute, “Mirrors and Compasses: An 85th Birthday Symposium for Erika Bourguignon,” 9 a.m., Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., noyes.10@osu.edu. Feb. 20, Institute for Chinese Studies Future of the Past Lecture Series, “From Print to Cyberspace: Transformation in Chinese Women’s Poetic Communities, 1898-2008,” Jennifer Feeley, University of Iowa, 2:30 p.m., 136 Jennings Hall, 247-6893. Feb. 20, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies The Culture of War 2008-09 Lecture Series, Francis Lee Utley Lecture, “Trophies and Tropes: Arming and Disarming the Pictorial Arts in the Dutch Republic,” Celeste Brusati, University of Michigan, 2:30 p.m., 090 Science and Engineering Library, cmrs.osu.edu or 292-7495. Feb. 20, Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Cultures Colloquium, Rebecca Haidt, 3:30 p.m., 255 Hagerty Hall, 292-4958. Feb. 21, Humanities Institute Religious Studies Roundtable, 9 a.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., trimble.38@osu.edu. Feb. 23, Humanities Institute Migration, Transnationalism and Border Politics Working Group, 4 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., cohen.319@osu.edu. Feb. 24, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “Political and Cultural Citizenship: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation in Iran,” Minoo Moallem, University of California-Berkeley, 4:30 p.m., Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., lecture is free, seating is limited, please respond to powers.108@osu.edu. Feb. 24, Physics Department Lecture, Scott Gaudi, Astronomy Department, 4 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 292-5713. Feb. 24, Physics Department Lecture, Loren Hoffman, Northwestern University, 12:30 p.m., 4138 Physics Research Building, 292-5713. Feb. 24, Spanish and Portuguese Brown Bag Talk, “An Online Catalog of Speech Samples from Across the Hispanic World,” Terrell Morgan, 12-1:15 p.m., call 292-4958 for location. Feb. 25, OSU Black MBA Association Black History Month Speaker Series, Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University, 5:45-7:30 p.m., Fawcett Center, johnson.3343@osu.edu. Feb. 25, Food Science and Technology, Harris Award Reception, “A Career with Unexpected World Impact,” Philip Nelson, Purdue University, 4:30 p.m., 103 Kottman Hall, 292-6487. Feb. 25, Physics Department Lecture, Erich Grotewold, Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2:30 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 292-5713. Feb. 26, Statistics, CL and MD Rustagi Lecture Series, “Hybrid Samplers for Ill-posed Inverse Problems,” Radu Herbei, Statistics, 3:30 p.m., 170 18th Ave., 292-5194. Feb. 26, Humanities Institute, “Digital Storytelling: Giving Purpose to Pixels,” Joe Lambert, Center for Digital Storytelling, Berkeley, 4 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., phelan.1@osu.edu. Feb. 26, Humanities Institute Religious Studies Roundtable, 6 p.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., trimble.38@osu.edu. Feb. 26, College of Humanities 2008-09 Inaugural Lecture Series, Bruce Heiden, Greek and Latin, 4:30 p.m., Faculty Club Grand Lounge, 292-1882. Feb. 26, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “The Global Crisis: War, Climate and Catastrophe in the 17th Century World,” Geoffrey Parker, 5:30 p.m., Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., lecture is free, seating is limited, please respond to powers.108@osu.edu. Feb. 27, Humanities Institute Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Seminar on Literacy Studies, Expanding Literacy Studies Conference prequel, 11:30 a.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., casey.169@osu.edu. Feb. 27, Center for the Study of Religion At Large Lecture Series, Jodi Magness and Bart Ehrman, University of North Carolina, 4 p.m., 090 Science and Engineering Library, 688-8010. Feb. 27, Institute for Chinese Studies Future of the Past Lecture Series, “Future’s Other Pasts: Primitivism in Contemporary Sinophone Texts,” Andrea Bachner, Comparative Studies, 2:30 p.m., 136 Jennings Hall, 247-6893. Feb. 27, Spanish and Portuguese Literatures and Cultures Colloquium, “The Virgin of Cayma: Christian Ideas of the Pachamama,” Alondra Pacheco, 3:30 p.m., 255 Hagerty Hall, 292-4958. March 3, Ohio State Marion Science Café, “The Large Hadron Collider,” Gordon Aubrecht, Physics Department, 7 p.m., Infinity Restaurant, Harding Hotel, 267 W. Center St., free and open to public, marion.ohio-state.edu/sciencecafe. March 3, Physics Department Lecture, Ratnasingham Sooryakumar, Physics Department, 4 p.m., 1080 Physics Research Building, 292-5713. March 4, Department of Comparative Studies, 2008-09 Davis Lecture, “Holy Sex: The Sexual Revolution in Christian America from Alfred Kinsey to True Love Waits,” Marie Griffith, Princeton University, 4:30 p.m., 10 Page Hall, 292-2559. March 4, Department of African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, “Understanding and Preventing Urban Youth Violence: How Every Voice Matters,” Deanna Wilkinson, Human Development and Family Science, 6-7:30 p.m., Community Extension Center, 905 Mount Vernon Ave., 292-3922 or aaascec@osu.edu. March 4, Mershon Center for International Security Studies Lecture Series, “A Peaceful Europe? European Exceptionalism in the 20th Century,” Holger Nehring, Mershon Center Visiting Scholar, noon, 120 Mershon Center, lecture is free, seating is limited, please respond to powers.108@osu.edu. March 4, Knowlton School of Architecture Baumer Lecture Series: Confluence, Jason Kentner, 5:30 p.m., Knowlton Hall Auditorium, knowlton.osu.edu or 292-1012. Meetings Feb. 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, Lunch and Learn, Get Fit with Maria, “Iron Yoga: Series Two,” 5:30-6:25 p.m., Agricultural Administration Building Auditorium, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Feb. 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, Lunch and Learn, Get in Shape with Shelly, “Fun Shaping Up Class – Feel Great in ‘09: Series Two,” 5:15-6:15 p.m., McCampbell Hall, Second floor gymnasium, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Feb. 19, Lunch and Learn, “Suicide – Questions and Answers,” noon-1 p.m., 106 Journalism Building, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Feb. 20, 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, contact forrest.73@osu.edu or 292-7047. Feb. 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, Lunch and Learn, Get Fit with Maria, “Technique for Using Dumbbells: Series Two,” 5:30-6:25 p.m., Agricultural Administration Building Auditorium, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Feb. 25, Lunch and Learn, “Twelve Oils of Ancient Scripture,” 6:30-8:30 p.m., Suite 580, 700 Ackerman Road, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Feb. 26, Lunch and Learn, “Coping with Depression, Anxiety or Bipolar Illness,” noon-1 p.m., 134 Biomedical Research Tower, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Feb. 26, OPERS Retirement Choices Forum for New Staff, noon-1 p.m., Suite 430, 1590 N. High St., hr.osu.edu/benefits/forums.htm or 292-1050. Feb. 28-March 1, Humanities Institute Modern Greek Executive Board Meeting, 9 a.m., Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave., jusdanis.1@osu.edu. March 4, Lunch and Learn, “Wellness for 20-Somethings,” noon-1 p.m., 117 Research Foundation, 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. March 4, Lunch and Learn, “National Nutrition Month – Dietitian Panel,” noon- 1 p.m., 1167 Graves Hall, registration required, osumhcs.com/wellness/program.asp or 292-1894. Music Feb. 20-21, 7th Annual High School Percussion Ensemble Festival, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Feb. 21, Weigel Auditorium, admission, 292-0789. Feb. 21, Ohio Choral Directors Association Annual Collegiate Choral Festival, 10 a.m., Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., 292-0789. Feb. 21, Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, 7 p.m., Worthington United Methodist Church, 600 High St., 292-0789. Feb. 22, Chorale and Symphonic Choir, 3 p.m. Weigel Auditorium, admission, 292-0789. Feb. 23, Faculty Recital Series: OSU Faculty Woodwind Sextet, 8 p.m. Weigel Auditorium, admission, 247-7036. Feb. 25, Symphonic Band, 8 p.m. Weigel Auditorium, admission, 292-0789. Feb. 26, Composer’s Workshop, 8 p.m. Hughes Auditorium, free, 292-0789. Feb. 27-28, Drums Downtown VI, 8 p.m. both days, Riffe Center’s Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St., admission, 292-0789. Feb. 28, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, “Songs of the Lord in Strange Lands: Sacred Music and the Faces of Contemporary Jewish Spirituality,” father-daughter duo Yossi and Levana Chajes, 7:30 p.m., Wexner Heritage Village, 1151 College Road, free and open to public, 292-0967. March 2, Faculty and Guest Recital Series: Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday Celebration Concert II, 8 p.m. Weigel Auditorium, admission, 247-7036. March 3, University Band, 8 p.m. Weigel Auditorium, admission, 292-0789. March 4, The OSU Jazz Faculty Combo, 8-10 p.m. Weigel Auditorium, admission, 247-7036. Nominations, Grants and Awards Feb. 20, Service-Learning Awards Call for Nominations, 2009 Awards for Excellence in Community Service and Scholarship, Feb. 20 deadline, criteria and application forms available at service-learning.osu.edu/awards.php. Freshman Seminars call for proposals
Deadline March 1 The Freshman Seminars program has instituted a new rolling deadline for Freshman Seminar proposals. Proposals will be due one year before the seminar will be taught. Tenure-track faculty are invited to propose a one- or two-credit Freshman Seminar for the upcoming academic year (2009-10). Seminars to be taught winter quarter 2010 are due March 1. Contact mercerhill.1@osu.edu or 292-6248 for more information. Summer Research Scholarships available
Deadline March 13 Know a student involved in undergraduate research? Interested in working with an undergraduate researcher over the summer quarter? Let undergraduate students know that information and applications for Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarships for the URO Summer Research Fellowships, University Honors & Scholars Summer Research Scholarships and Mayers Summer Research Scholarships in the Biological Sciences are available now at ugresearch.adm.ohio-state.edu. Of Note ... Feeling blue? UFSAP can help
All faculty and staff, as well as their immediate family members, may take advantage of the University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, a free, confidential counseling service. Licensed, experienced professionals will lend an ear and advise on personal or work-related issues, including depression, anxiety, stress, conflict management and grief and loss. Call UFSAP at 292-4472 or (800) 678-6265 to speak with a counselor. You will receive a response within 24 hours. Visit osumhcs.com/UFSAP for more information. Seminars Feb. 20, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Winter 2009 Seminar Series, “Biobutanol as an Energy Alternative,” Thaddeus Ezeji, noon-1 p.m., 219 Ag Engineering Building in Columbus and 212 Ag Engineering Building in Wooster, (330) 263-3859. Feb. 27, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Winter 2009 Seminar Series, “Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Biogas Energy in Ohio,” Clemens Halene, noon-1 p.m., 219 Ag Engineering Building in Columbus and 212 Ag Engineering Building in Wooster, (330) 263-3859. Theater Feb. 19, OSU Marion and Marion Technical College Five Nights on Campus presentation, “Walk On: The Rosa Parks Story,” 7:30 p.m., Morrill Hall Auditorium, admission, (740) 725-6341 or babich.5@osu.edu. Feb. 19-March 1, M.F.A. Outreach and Engagement Project, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21 and 25-28, 3 p.m. Feb. 22 and March 1, Roy Bowen Theatre, Drake Event Center, admission, 292-2295. ‘The Laramie Project’ on stage in Lima
Feb. 26-March 1 The OSU Lima Department of Theatre will present “The Laramie Project” at 8 p.m. Feb. 26-28 and at 2 p.m. March 1 in the Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts. The play is based on interviews from people connected to the 1998 murder of Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard. Tickets for the play are $6 for adults, $5 for students and $4 for seniors and children. For tickets or information, call the Box Office at (419) 995-8382. Feb. 26-March 6, “Machinal,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-28 and March 4-6, 3 p.m. March 1, Thurber Theatre, Drake Event Center, admission, 292-2295. Feb. 27-March 1, Ohio State Mansfield Theatre Department, “Inherit the Wind,” 7 p.m. Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Feb. 28, 2:30 p.m. March 1, Founders Auditorium, admission, (419) 522-2726 or mansfieldtickets.com. Training Feb. 24, OIT Computing Short Course, “Web Design 1,” 8:30 a.m.-noon, 112B Mount Hall, no charge, registration required, oit.osu.edu/shortcourse/compcourses.html. Feb. 25, Research Foundation, “Cayuse424 Practice Lab,” 1:30-3:30 p.m., 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec. Feb. 25-26, Financial Training and Documentation, “Stewardship of Endowment and Gift Funds,” 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. both days, 231 Mount Hall, registration required, ctlr.ohio-state.edu/financial/finance.shtm. Feb. 27, Faculty and TA Development Events on Teaching, “Out in the Academy,” Heather Mitchell and Allison Plunkett, 1-2:30 p.m., 150 Younkin Success Center, registration required, ftad.osu.edu/eventregistration.html or 292-3644. March 2-3, Human Resources Training, “Manage Job Data,” 1-5 p.m. both days, 191 Mount Hall, registration required, oit.osu.edu/hrfin/hrschedule/html. March 3, Financial Training and Documentation, “Introduction to Your Business Responsibilities at OSU,” 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 231 Mount Hall, registration required, ctlr.ohio-state.edu/financial/finance.shtm. March 3, Financial Training and Documentation, “University Business Expenditure Policies,” 2-4 p.m., 231 Mount Hall, registration required, ctlr.ohio-state.edu/financial/finance.shtm. March 3, Faculty and TA Development Events on Teaching, “Gender and Authority in Your Teaching,” InterACT Diversity Players, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 150 Younkin Success Center, registration required, ftad.osu.edu/eventregistration.html or 292-3644. March 3, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Innovative Solutions,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Fawcett Center, admission for non-members, registration required, glennschool.osu.edu or 292-3242. March 4, Research Foundation, “Research Funding Opportunities for Faculty,” 10-11:30 a.m., 1960 Kenny Road, registration required, research.osu.edu/ortec. March 4, Management Advancement for the Public Service, “Effectively Working with Difficult People and Difficult Situations,” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Fawcett Center, admission for non-members, registration required, glennschool.osu.edu or 292-3242. March 4, Organization and Human Resource Consulting, “New Employee Orientation,” 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Suite 430, 1590 N. High St., registration required, hr.osu.edu/ohrc. Wexner Feb. 19, Secret Cinema, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, $3 admission, 292-3535. Feb. 19-21, “Japan Dance Now,” 8 p.m., Performance Space, admission, 292-3535. Feb. 20-21, Classics, 35 MM Prints, “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” (Chantal Akerman, 1975), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535. Feb. 24, Artist’s Talk, Dan Graham, 4 p.m., Film/Video Theater, free, 292-3535. Feb. 26, Contemporary Screen, “Mock Up on Mu” (Craig Baldwin, 2008), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535. Feb. 26-28, Ray Lee, “Siren,” 8 p.m., Black Box on Mershon Stage, admission, 292-3535. Feb. 27-28, Visiting Filmmakers, “Sita Sings the Blues” (Nina Paley, 2008) introduced by the director Feb. 27, 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535. March 1-31, The Box, “Gone” (Cecilia Dougherty, 2001), 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, 292-3535. March 4, Visiting Filmmakers, “Recent Anthropologies” (Ben Russell), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.
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