Zero Waste achieved at Ohio Stadium The Oct. 20 Ohio State vs. Purdue football game recycling numbers are in, and Ohio State has achieved zero waste by diverting 94.4 percent of game-day materials from the landfill. Only 1,600 pounds of materials were sent to the landfill -— the lowest ever for a game since the …
Service projects sought for President’s Community Service Honor Roll The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is a nationally-recognized commendation for service and engagement. Participation in the President’s Honor Roll is a chance to celebrate the service programming that makes Ohio State a great land-grant institution and recognize the people that make it happen. …
Employee Self Service: ePay launches Oct. 18 ePay, the latest enhancement to Employee Self Service, launches Oct. 18. ePay allows users to update tax information (form W-4), manage direct deposit information and view and print paystubs online. ESS makes it easier for employees to manage their personal information; ESS uses the lastname.#/Medical Center ID, eliminating …
Frankel tapped for presidential appointment Gerald Frankel, professor of Materials Science and Engineering, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to join the US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. The board advises the Department of Energy, the president and Congress regarding the selection of a permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste. Frankel is one of …
Wexner Center supersizes Leibovitz promotion A wallscape produced by Orange Barrel Media and promoting the Wexner Center’s Sept. 22 Annie Leibovitz exhibition was draped on Lincoln Tower this week. The vinyl adhesive graphic depicts Leibovitz’s 1978 portrait of famed boxer Muhammad Ali and her 2010 photograph of the view of the Cerro Pedernal from Georgia …
OSU health plans’ key date: Sept. 30 Sept. 30 is an important date for everyone enrolled in an Ohio State health plan or who utilizes the Your Plan for Health website. It is the final day faculty and staff can complete their Personal Health Assessment and receive a $360 medical plan premium credit for 2013. …
Health Plan hires new CEO A senior vice president at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has been selected chief executive officer of The Ohio State University Health Plan Inc. Daniel Vukmer will be responsible for leading Ohio State’s affiliated health plan corporation, which provides health plan and wellness services to the university’s 58,000 faculty …
Garage construction shuffles faculty, staff, visitor access The 12th Avenue Parking Garage has closed for restoration and maintenance work that will continue through late 2012/early 2013. During this time, the Ninth Avenue West Garage will be converted into patient and visitor parking only Monday-Friday until 4 p.m. to accommodate displaced patients and visitors. The Ninth …
OSU’s 400th commencement first one to attempt Zero Waste initiative Ohio State’s spring 2012 graduation ceremony, with the largest number of graduates in its history, also was distinctive by attempting to be the university’s first Zero Waste Commencement. The 400th commencement was held on June 10, and like the Zero Waste at Ohio Stadium endeavor, …
June 1 marks final bell for OSU’s quarter system This week marks the final week of classes on the quarter system at Ohio State. As part of the semester conversion, the university will be permanently disabling the bells that ring in between classes. The final bell will ring at 4:18 p.m. June 1. Ohio State …