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PRESIDENT
GEE, GOV. STRICKLAND TO PARTICIPATE IN 4-H SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER
Local VIPs will step up to the checkout and bag customer groceries to benefit
youth leaders during the “VIPs Bagging for Scholarships” event
held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday (10/27) at the Kroger Marketplace store in Gahanna.
Baggers will include Gov. Ted Strickland, OSU President E. Gordon Gee, and
Archie Griffin, president and CEO of the Ohio State Alumni Association. All
117 stores in Kroger’s Columbus Division will be collecting donations
all day Saturday in coin boxes located at registers. Monies raised will be
donated to the A.B. Graham Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Fund benefiting
Ohio students involved in 4-H programs, with Kroger matching total donations,
up to $25,000. Contact: Dale Hollandsworth, 898-3231. Read
more >
ADVERTISEMENT
HBO and Time Warner invite you and a guest to attend the Columbus Premiere
of Michigan vs Ohio State - The Rivalry on Tuesday (10/30)
at Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the
screening begins at 7:30 p.m. This HBO Sports documentary explores
the most intense rivalry in college football, between the Michigan
Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes. RSVP to (877) 302-7570. Reservations
required. Seating is limited.
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PULITZER
PRIZE-WINNING COLUMNIST TO DISCUSS LIFE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz will offer an insider’s
view of life on the campaign trail when she speaks at 4 p.m. Thursday (11/15)
in Weigel Hall Auditorium, as part of the annual Barbara K. Fergus Women in
Leadership Lecture Series. A nationally syndicated columnist for The
Plain Dealer, Schultz in June published ... and His
Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man, which chronicles her experiences working
on her husband Sherrod Brown’s successful race for U.S. Senate. Reservations
are required. RSVP
online by Thursday (11/8). Contact: Laura Sipe, sipe.9@osu.edu or
247-6369. Read more >
TBDBITL
TO PRESENT ANNUAL CONCERT OCT. 27
The Ohio State Marching Band will present its annual indoor concert at 3 p.m.
Saturday (10/27) in Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 300 W. Broad St. The band,
under the direction of Jon Woods, will present toe-tapping tunes, Buckeye fight
songs, and selections from football halftime shows. Presale tickets are $15
(general admission) and $20 (day of the performance). The group rate is $10
per person for groups of 15 or more. Call the Wexner Center ticket office at
292-3535.
PUBLIC
INVITED TO BIZ QUIZ NATIONAL CHALLENGE
In front of television cameras at the WOSU studios at the Center of Science
and Industry, teams of undergraduate business students from across the country
will test their knowledge of significant business news in a fast-paced quiz
show, the Nationwide Fisher Biz Quiz National Challenge at 10 a.m. Saturday
(10/27). The event is open to the public. For ticket information, contact bizquiz@fisher.osu.edu.
The event is sponsored by Nationwide’s
Financial Leadership Rotation Program, Fisher College of Business and The Wall
Street Journal. Read
more >
URBAN
PLANNER PROPOSES TRANSFORMING UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
Columbus author and city planner Kyle Ezell and a class of Ohio State students
will present “How to Immediately Begin to Transform the University District
into a National Model for Urban Redevelopment” at 7 p.m. Monday (10/29)
at King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Ave. The presentation, sponsored
by the University District Organization, will be followed by informal discussion
and refreshments. The event is free and open to the public. Read
more >
IMPORTANCE
OF BEES IN NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS NOV. 1
Karen Goodell, assistant professor of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
will deliver “The Status and Importance of Bees in Natural and Agricultural
Systems” from 7-9 p.m. Thursday (11/1) at the Reese Center Ballroom on
the OSU Newark campus. The event is part of the campus’ Faculty Lecture
Series. To RSVP, call (740) 364-9517. For details, call (740) 366-9355 or visit
www.newark.osu.edu.
EXTENSION
HOSTS EMERALD ASH BORER RESEARCH SEMINAR NOV. 7
OSU Extension is presenting an “Emerald Ash Borer Research Seminar,
What We Know, and What We Need to Learn,” from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday
(11/7) at All Occasions Catering, 6869 Waldo-Delaware Road in Waldo, near Delaware.
Join OSU’s EAB Outreach Team to find out what has been learned about
EAB through research. The registration deadline is Friday (11/2).
Register
online
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