http://oncampus.osu.edu onCampus News and Information Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:08:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By E. Gordon Gee Two years since my return to Ohio State, I have become convinced that this is — without question — the university’s unmatched moment of potential. Our time to push forward strategically, aggressively and creatively. Our time to fulfill our great promise. Because this university is exceptionally strong, wonderfully ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/from-excellence-to-eminence/ By Jeff McCallister Just days after he returned for his second term as president of Ohio State two years ago, Gordon Gee set down his vision of the path that would take the university, in his words, “from excellence to eminence.” From their first utterance to a gathering of faculty leaders, Gee’s ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/how-well-get-there/ Today's issue of onCampus takes a close look at the university's transformation from Excellence to Eminence. Because "We have limitless capacity to do good in the world," President Gordon Gee makes a personal case for making the change: From Excellence to Eminence Nearly everyone on campus knows about President Gee's six Strategic ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/the-case-for-change/ By Jeff McCallister In the mid 1960s during the height of the space race, President Lyndon Johnson visited a rocket test center where he met a man and asked him what he did there. The man, a janitor, told Johnson, “I’m helping put a man on the moon.” Having that clear, elevating goal ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/real-transformation-takes-dedication-hard-work/ What are the basics of the recent energy policy proposals in Congress? There are two energy bills moving through Congress right now: The American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of Representatives (cosponsored by Waxman-Markey) and the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act in the Senate (sponsored by ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/tim-haab-agricultural-environmental-and-development-economics/ The Ohio State University is investing $3.75 million over the next five years in a new food center that will address global issues in food supply, food policy and nutrition and health. The Food Innovation Center: Foods for Global Security, Safety, and Health Promotion will focus efforts around four themes: Designing ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/new-center%e2%80%99s-challenge-feed-world%e2%80%99s-growing-population/ Books Andrea Goldblum, Student Judicial Affairs, was invited to write a chapter on “Restorative Justice Theory to Practice” in Reframing Campus Conflict: Student Conduct Practice Through a Social Justice Lens, Jennifer Schrage and Nancy Geist Giacomini, eds. (Sterling, Va.: Stylus, 2009). Graham Walden, University Libraries, Focus Groups, Volume II. A Selective Annotated ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/faculty-staff-110509/ [caption id="attachment_4941" align="alignleft" width="476" caption="Get ready for a raucous time — a rare 1960s-style soul show featuring five groups (and one backing band) — when Numero’s Eccentric Soul Revue comes to the historic Lincoln Theatre at 8 p.m. Nov. 9. Presented by the Wexner Center, the show features national headliners, ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/calendar-110509/ Doug Dangler administers the OSU CSTW Writing Center and Digital Media and Writing programs, as well as hosting and producing Writers Talk, a tv, radio and Internet show about writing. What are your five favorite books and why? 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Hypnotic and seductive. You accept without question ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/doug-dangler-center-for-the-study-and-teaching-of-writing/ By Emily Caldwell, Research Communications Pregnant women with significant symptoms of depression tend to have a stronger biological reaction to the seasonal flu vaccine than do women with lower depression levels, according to a new study. The finding provides an argument in favor of flu vaccination during pregnancy, researchers say, because it ... http://oncampus.osu.edu/2009/11/depressed-pregnant-women-at-higher-risk-for-severe-flu/