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Headline newsJohn Glenn to speak at Ohio State's spring commencement
Headline newsMay 12: Knight Kiplinger to talk about his economic forecastKnight Kiplinger, editor in chief of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Kiplinger.com and the Kiplinger Letter, America's leading business-forecasting publication, will talk about his economic forecast from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday (5/12) at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs in the Lounge Library. He is the author of several books, most recently World Boom Ahead, and is a frequent guest on major television and radio programs. RSVP to Patti Confar, mailto:confar.4@osu.edu or 247-8798. New Orleans documentary and Q&A May 12The documentary Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, about the rich history of “arguably the oldest black neighborhood in America and the birthplace of jazz,” will be screened at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (5/12) in 014 University Hall. The screening is free and open to the public, and will include a Q&A session with the writer of the documentary. For more information about the film, visit http://www.tremedoc.com. Contact: mailto:filmstudies@osu.edu or 292-6044 May 12: Lecture and Terrorism and Italian FilmProfessor Alan O’Leary (University of Leeds) will deliver a campus wide lecture, "Tragedy Italian Style: Italian Cinema and Italian Terrorisms" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (5/12) in 162 Hopkins Hall. Sponsored by the Department of French and Italian, the Humanities Institute and the Department of Comparative Studies. Contact: mailto:renga.1@osu.edu. Read more: http://frit.osu.edu/news_events/yr2009/images/ItalianTragedyFlyerImage.jpg Germanic Languages & Literatures: Spring 2009 Film SeriesThe second part of the second film in the series, Dresden – the Inferno (2006), will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (5/12) in 180 Hagerty. Directed by Roland Suso Richter, this sweeping World War II drama, the costliest ever German TV-production, plays out against the backdrop of the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. There will be a discussion of the film following the screening. Contact: mailto:Spencer.4@osu.edu. Read more: http://germanic.osu.edu/news/SP-09-Film-Series.doc MCC features Olga Loya, final guest storyteller of the seriesThe Multicultural Center invites you to share your story as a part of the OSU StoryBox project with Olga Loya, a Latina storyteller who tells bilingual Latin-American folktales and colorful and sometimes magical stories, as a way of examining themes like healing, racism and multiculturalism. Students are invited to a special Student Leadership Workshop at 7 p.m. Tuesday (5/12) in 300 Younkin Success Center, and the public performance at 7 p.m. Wednesday (5/13) at Hale Cultural Center. Contact: 688-8449. Read more: http://mcc.osu.edu 2nd Annual International Careers Week at OSU May 12-16Faculty are asked to encourage their students to participate in the 2nd Annual International Careers Week at OSU, Tuesday (5/12)-Saturday (5/16). Students will learn how they can apply their foreign language skills and study abroad experience to an exciting international career. Students from all backgrounds and levels of overseas experience are welcome. All world regions will be covered. View a list of events at http://oia.osu.edu or http://slaviccenter.osu.edu. Registration recommended at http://www.ria4edu.com/clients/oiaevents/node/151. May 14: Ira Shor, “Can Critical Literacy Change the World?”Ira Shor, author of Empowering Education, When Students Have Power, and Critical Teaching and Everyday Life, is the invited speaker for the LiteracyStudies@OSU Spring Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday (5/14) at the George Wells Knight House, 104 E. 15th Ave. (midway between High and Indianola). A reception will follow. Contact: mailto:literacystudies@osu.edu Careers in Academia: Faculty Roles and Responsibilities – Kenyon CollegeThe Graduate School invites graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty from all disciplines to an informal panel discussion and reception with Kenyon College faculty, from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday (5/14) in the RPAC, Meeting Rooms 2 and 3. Professors from representative fields in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities will discuss life as a faculty member at a liberal arts college vs. a large public research university, types of resources and support available for conducting research in a small college environment, and other topics. Meet the panelists, ask questions and join in the discussion. Register online: http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/EventRegistration/Register.aspx?EventID=103 OSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic offering free fluency screeningsIn recognition of National Stuttering Awareness Week, today (5/11)-Saturday (5/16), the OSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is offering free fluency screenings. Call 292-6251 to schedule an appointment. To learn more about the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, visit: http://www.speechhearingclinic.osu.edu. Walkscape OSU encourages campus to think on your feetJoin the campus-wide experiment in creative bipedalism by going for a walk. Visit new places, take new routes, look with a fresh eye: walk by yourself, in pairs, in small groups, en masse. Document your experience somehow and contribute to the Walkscape Scroll on the Oval from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday (5/20). Sponsored by One Creative University: A project of Arts Initiative and the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities. Contact: mailto:Livingston.28@osu.edu. Read more: http://walkscapeosu.blogspot.com Annual Foreign Language Center Career Night May 14All students are invited to the Fourth Annual Foreign Language Center Career Night, Putting Your Languages to Work! from 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday (5/14) in Hagerty Hall (first floor). Business, government, military and social agency recruiters will be on hand to answer questions and provide many opportunities for careers where students in any major can use their foreign language skills. View a list of recruiters at http://flc.osu.edu/newsEvents/events/default.cfm CCTS Community Engagement Seminar May 28Douglas Brugge, associate professor of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, will present “Rigorous Science and Full Community Participation in Research” from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in 518 James Cancer Hospital. Brugge will share examples and lessons learned about integrating community-based, participatory research with more “traditional” clinical and translational research. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to Nancy Hood, mailto:nhood@cph.osu.edu or 688-3478. Read more: http://ccts.osu.edu/drupal/ Post or view items for sale on the onCampus Bulletin BoardGot a boat that's no longer being used? Need a new ride to work? Check out the onCampus Bulletin Board, http://oncampus.osu.edu/poll/ where faculty and staff can post or view a variety of items for sale -- from bicycles and electronics to houses and RVs. The bulletin board is available to all OSU faculty and staff. All you need to do is authenticate using your OSU Internet ID (name.#) and password, then register with a user name and password of your choosing.
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John H. Glenn, former U.S. Senator, astronaut, and living legacy of public service, will be the speaker for Ohio State's spring commencement, set for Sunday (6/14) at Ohio Stadium. About 7,500 graduates will receive degrees at the ceremony, which begins at 1 p.m. Graduates and guests can find complete information on the ceremony at 
