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2-4-2005 Memos 2/3/05BuckeyeThon seeks volunteers, dancers BuckeyeThon, a 14-hour dance marathon to benefit Columbus Children’s Hospital, needs volunteers for three-hour shifts beginning at 8:30 p.m. Feb. 4. The event will take place from 10 p.m.-noon Feb. 4-5. One hour of BuckeyeThon 2005, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Feb. 5, will be dedicated to fundraising for cancer research in honor of Vice President for Student Affairs Bill Hall, who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer. During that time, anyone may join the BuckeyeThon dancers for a minimum donation of $10 per person or $20 per family, to be given to the James Cancer Hospital in support of pancreatic and liver cancer research. For details, call 292-7924, e-mail baioni.2@osu.edu or visit the Web at www.ohiounion.com/buckeyethon.
The senate serves as the legislative authority of the university faculty in education and academic policy, and conducts much of its substantive business through 19 committees. Faculty Council and the senate each meet once a month from 3:30-5:30 p.m., on the first and second Thursday, respectively. To be eligible for senate service, faculty must be regular tenure track faculty with a 50 percent appointment or greater at any of Ohio State’s campuses, including ATI and OARDC, and be willing to serve during autumn, winter and spring quarters of the three-year term of membership. For more information about service requirements or to request a nomination form, contact the senate office at 292-2423 or e-mail gordon.18@osu.edu.
Members have the opportunity to serve on a number of universitywide and special-purpose committees, task forces and groups. The average time commitment is 15-20 hours per month. For more information or an application, contact hartzell.2@osu.edu, greenhalge.2@osu.edu or visit the Web at http://usac.osu.edu.
The deadline is March 14. To nominate an individual or organization for this year’s awards, visit the Web at http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu. For more information, contact Carlos Aranibar at aranibar.1@osu.edu.
RefWorks, a Web-based product that allows users to create their own personal database online to manage research citations, is now available on the Ohio State Libraries’ Web site. To access RefWorks, visit http://library.osu.edu and click on Research Databases. Links to RefWorks and RefWorks Help can be found on the left of the screen.
The event is sponsored by the OSU Burn Unit, Columbus Division of Fire, Student Affairs and University Security and Fire Prevention Services. For details, contact Patrick Maughan at 292-7677 or maughan.1@osu.edu.
The deadline for nominations is March 31, and forms can be found in the current issue of Ohio State Alumni Magazine, on the Web at www.ohiostatealumni.org/awards or by contacting Jennifer Nash Humphrey at 292-6881 or humphrey@ohiostatealumni.org.
Sculpture and Drapery: The Art of Fashion, on display through June 25 in Campbell Hall, is the current exhibition in the College of Human Ecology’s Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. Works by couture designers Charles James and Charles Kleibacker, designer-in-residence emeritus of the collection, are on display. The free exhibition is open to the public from 11:30 am.-4:30 p.m. Wed., Fri. and Sat., and from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Thurs. For details, visit the Web at http://costume.osu.edu/exhibitions.htm, or call 292-3090.
Design for the American Stage: Treasures from The Ohio State University’s Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute will be on display Feb. 10-April 17 at the Riffe Gallery, 77 S. High St. The exhibit will feature 63 works by more than 40 artists, spanning the late 1800s into the 21st century, and includes professional American theatre design for drama and comedy, musical theater, opera, dance and outdoor spectacle. Nena Couch, professor of theatre at Ohio State and the exhibition’s curator, will lead a free tour of Design for the American Stage from noon-1 p.m. Feb. 11.
Hernan Diaz Alonso, principal and founder of Xefirotarch, an architectural design firm, and professor of design studio and visual studies at the Southern California Institute of Architecture will speak at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 as part of the Knowlton School of Architecture (KSA) Lecture Series. Lectures take place in the Knowlton Hall Auditorium and are free and open to the public. The series continues at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16 with Tom Daniels, professor of city and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania. The Winter 2005 KSA Lecture Series schedule can be found at http://knowlton.osu.edu.
A collection of 41 pieces of classic furniture, designed by famous architects and designers, including Isamu Noguchi, Frank Gehry, Le Corbusier and Ludwig van der Rohe, are now on display throughout Knowlton Hall. The collection can be viewed from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 8 a.m.-6 p.m Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sat. and noon-10 p.m Sun. The KSA Digital Library features images of the collection at ksa.wmc.ohio-state.edu, which can be viewed by searching for “Knowlton furniture.”
OSU Marion welcomes the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band on Feb. 17 as part of the campus’ Black History Month celebration and 10th annual Five Nights on Campus series. An authentic Caribbean dinner will be served in the Alber Student Center Lobby beginning at 6 p.m. Following the dinner, the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Morrill Hall Auditorium. To purchase tickets, contact the OSU Marion Office of Community Relations at (740) 389-6786, ext. 6340.
Class Act, a theater troupe working to enhance OSU’s inclusive learning climate by creating and performing interactive theatre vignettes, will debut from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Younkin Success Center, as part of the program “Inclusive Teaching for Our GLBT Students.” The group will depict situations in which issues of sexual orientation or gender identity can impact the teaching and learning process. Program participants will discuss the scenarios and plan proactive behaviors that create a safe learning environment and bring marginalized perspectives to the center of the classroom. For details, visit http://ftad.osu.edu or e-mail ftad@osu.edu.
Rosanna Warren, the Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Professor of the Humanities at Boston University and a contributing editor of Seneca Review and the poetry editor of Daedalus, will present a free public reading at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at 311 Denney Hall, sponsored by the OSU Creative Writing Program. For details, call 292-2242.
The President and Provost’s Diversity Lecture and Cultural Arts Series presents “An Evening at the Opera,” featuring Janice Chandler-Eteme at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Weigel Auditorium. Chandler-Eteme has performed with major symphonies across the country, and has traveled and performed internationally. For details, visit www.osu.edu/diversity.
The College of Education will host one of only seven meetings nationwide to hear opinions from parents, educators and advocates about the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. The public meeting will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in 384 Arps Hall. On-site registration will be available for anyone who wishes to participate in the meeting. Written comments of any length may be submitted but oral comments will be limited to about five minutes. For further information, contact Bill Heward at 292-3348 or heward.1@osu.edu.
WOSU will present the Slavery and the Making of America Series, featuring “The Downward Spiral” and “Liberty in the Air” beginning at 9 p.m. Feb. 9, and “Seeds of Destruction” and “Challenge of Freedom” beginning at 9 p.m. Feb. 16. The series covers the origins of slavery in America in the 1600s through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond. For series details, visit www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery. For details about BHM programming on WOSU, visit wosu.org.
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