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SERVICE CENTER PLAN AIDS MOVE TOWARD ‘ONE UNIVERSITY’

A new consolidated service center currently in the development stages will combine the most common customer service aspects of the offices of Student Financial Aid, the University Bursar, the University Registrar and Minority Affairs into one center, which eventually will be housed at the Student Academic Services building currently under construction at Lane Avenue and Tuttle Park Place. Read the full onCampus article.

SENIOR POSITIONS SUBJECT TO NEW BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY

Human Resources has developed a background check policy that will take effect Monday (9/1) to ensure candidates for Ohio State’s senior leadership positions add to the talent pool. The new policy requires appointees and final candidates for president, provost, vice president, vice provost, dean, senior fiscal officer, senior human resource professional and all President’s Council members to undergo a background check by HireRight, an international company currently used by other Big Ten schools. The new policy will promote fair and consistent methods for how background checks are conducted and used. Read the full onCampus article.

LATEST ISSUE OF ONCAMPUS NOW AVAILABLE

The Aug. 14 issue of onCampus is now available, so please check your Ohio State mailbox. Here’s a preview from the online version of onCampus:

• New Chief Investment Officer Jonathan Hook is bullish on Ohio State's portfolio. Read more >
• Blueprint: College untangles the twists and turns of college admissions for low-income families. Read more >
  

OSU HOSTS INTERNATIONAL SHROUD OF TURIN CONFERENCE AUG. 14-17

Scientists, scholars and researchers from around the world will gather at Ohio State for a conference today (8/14)-Sunday (8/17) to discuss the controversial Shroud of Turin, the reputed burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth and one of the most intensely-studied artifacts in human history. The conference takes place at The Blackwell and commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Shroud of Turin Research Project group’s investigation and the 20th anniversary of the Carbon-14 (C-14) dating of the shroud. The conference is open to the public and is sponsored by the Shroud Science Internet Group. Contact: rockhold.14@osu.edu or 688-3310. Read more >

GEE TO SPEAK AT RESEARCH ON RESEARCH EVENT AUG. 21

TELR and the Digital Union invite you to the fifth Annual Research on Research (R2) Showcase from 1-3 p.m. Thursday (8/21) at the Digital Union (third floor SEL). President E. Gordon Gee will speak at 1 p.m., and electronic poster sessions will be held until 3 p.m. with closing ceremonies at 2:45 p.m. See how students and their faculty research partners have used digital media to display conventional research in unconventional ways. TELRport Island in Second Life, featuring five interactive learning projects from OSU faculty and staff, will also be displayed. The event is open to the public, no registration is required. Read more >

CENTRAL E-MAIL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE THIS WEEKEND

On Sunday (8/17), between 12:01 and 3 a.m., OIT Operations will be servicing the central e-mail system for approximately 60 minutes to install a patch to upgrade the system. During the upgrade, if you access your e-mail through OSU's central system, which includes webmail, OSU POP, and IMAP, those services will not be available for 25 percent of mailbox users (75 percent will not be affected). E-mail received during the maintenance window will be delivered after the system is restored. There will be no service interruption for those who forward their lastname.#@osu.edu e-mail to another service provider for reading prior to the outage. Go to acctmgt.service.ohio-state.edu to change delivery. Maintenance outages are also planned for Sunday (8/24) and Wednesday (8/27). Contact: 8HELP@osu.edu or 688-HELP (4357). Read more >

APPLY ONLINE FOR 2008-09 PARKING PERMIT

Submit your application to purchase your 2008-09 parking permit by Wednesday (8/20) to have it mailed to your home. All applications submitted after this date will be held in the Transportation and Parking Services office, 160 Bevis Hall. A photo ID will be needed to pick up your permit. Starting on Monday (9/1), 2008-09 parking permits and keycards will be required to access all parking areas. Contact: tpinfo@osu.edu or 292-9341. Read more >

OSU EXTENSION PART OF COSI'S FARM DAYS THROUGH AUG. 17

OSU Extension will play a role in educating kids and their parents about how agriculture impacts their lifestyle during COSI's Farm Days: Little Seeds, Big Tractors, being held now through Sunday (8/17) in Columbus. COSI will display more than 25 pieces of farming equipment. Visitors can try managing their own farm and kids can test their driving skills on a pedal tractor obstacle course, milk a (fake) cow, and make a seed necklace. Farm Days is open during normal COSI hours. Admission to the exhibit is included with regular COSI admission. Contact: knowinsky@mail.cosi.org or 629-3114. Read more >

OSC HOSTS ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WORKSHOP

The Ohio Supercomputer Center is hosting a new workshop, Advanced Topics in Computational Fluid Dynamics, from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday (8/27) and Thursday (8/28) at OSC. The two-day short course will introduce model equations of the type which frequently arise in fluid dynamics research and applications, and present a selection of methods for their numerical solution. Members of the Ohio academic community are invited to attend at no charge. To register, contact trn-contact@osc.edu or call 292-0890.

COLLEGE OF LAW SEEKING MOCK TRIAL JURORS

Frank A. Ray, adjunct professor, Moritz College of Law is seeking faculty and staff who would be interested in being volunteer jurors for his trial class. Volunteers are needed for the simulated voir dire exercises that have been scheduled for Ray's course for Monday (8/25), Wednesday (8/27) and Wednesday (9/3). The exercises will be held from 5-7 p.m. in the Moot Court Room, 249 Drinko Hall. If interested, contact Lynda Seelie at seelie.2@osu.edu or 292-6821.

MOVEMMORE FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH

Join the fight against Multiple Myeloma and participate in the moveMMORE 5K Race and 2K Fun Run/Walk at 8 a.m. Sunday (9/14) at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. All proceeds from the race will go to the Multiple Myeloma Research Fund at Ohio State’s James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. When registering, make sure you sign up for the OSU Team. Register online. Contact: carlson.207@osu.edu or 293-0346

DISCOUNT OFFERED ON MANDATED PAID SICK LEAVE DISCUSSION

Join the Westerville Area Chamber for a panel discussion on what you should know about the impact of the Healthy Families Act from 7:45-10 a.m. Tuesday (8/19) at the Medallion Country Club, 5000 Club Drive, Westerville. OSU students will receive a discount price of $15 and faculty will receive the member price of $20 (regular price $30 for non-members). Those attending will receive a continental breakfast and informational packet reviewing the major talking points of the discussion. The panel includes Kyle Stroh, Metz, Bailey & McLoughlin; Larry Jenkins, Human Resources Services; and Jim Sterling, Sterling Consulting LLC. Read more >