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GRANT LEADS TO ONLINE MAGAZINE: BEYOND PENGUINS AND POLAR BEARS
Kimberly Lightle, director of Digital Libraries, College of Education and
Human Ecology, has been awarded $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation
International Polar Year Program to develop an online magazine, “Beyond
Penguins and Polar Bears: Integrating Literacy and IPY in K-5 Classrooms.” The
project will take advantage of emerging Web 2.0 tools and applications in developing
the user interface and make available an IPY Learning Objects Repository that
will allow other developers to tap into a wealth of IPY resources. Project
partners include the OSU Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio Resource Center,
COSI, Cornell University, and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Contact: lightle.16@osu.edu
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LATEST
ISSUE OF ONCAMPUS NOW AVAILABLE
The Nov. 1 issue of onCampus is now available, so please check your Ohio State
mailbox. Here’s a preview from the online version of onCampus:
- Office of Enrollment Services and Undergraduate Education strives to challenge
students beyond the classroom. Read
more >
- University Hospital chaplains lend their ears and hearts to patients to help
ease the deepest wounds. Read
more >
LECTURE
TODAY: UKRAINIAN THEATRE AS A CHALLENGE
Citizen Exchange Council Artslink Fellow Sofia Ryabchuk, visiting Ohio State’s
Department of Theatre this quarter, will present “Ukrainian Theatre as
a Challenge” at 4:30 p.m. today (11/1) in 2038 Drake Performance Center.
The lecture is free and open to all. Ryabchuk is currently a project manager
at the Theatre Center of Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University, Ukraine,
and is closely involved with all new aspects of productions in both the amateur
and professional theatre venues. Contact: 292-5821
BENEFITS
CONFIRMATION STATEMENTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Human Resources is providing Benefits
Confirmation Statements online to all
benefits-eligible faculty and staff today
(11/1)-Thursday (11/15). Faculty and staff are encouraged to review the information
and verify that all benefit elections are accurate. The online statement reflects
elections made during the recent Open Enrollment period for medical, dental,
vision, flexible spending accounts, and short-term disability. A confirmation
statement will be mailed to the home address of those who submitted a paper
election. Those previously enrolled into a medical plan, who did not make an
active election for 2008, were defaulted to the Prime Care Advantage plan.
Those who did not previously have a medical plan will not be defaulted into
one. Contact: service@hr.osu.edu or
292-1050
OHIO
STATE MANSFIELD SPONSORS TALK ON PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM
Ohio State Mansfield will sponsor a talk on Plato’s Symposium at 7 p.m.
Thursday (11/8) in Founders Auditorium. The presentation will be delivered
by David Halperin, the W.H. Auden Collegiate Professor of the History and Theory
of Sexuality at the University of Michigan. He will review some of the striking
and distinctive features of the theory of love and desire presented in Plato’s
dialogue. The event is free. Contact: (419) 755-4215
VANPOOL
REFERRAL FORM
AVAILABLE ONLINE
Refer your friends and co-workers to an OSU
vanpool and you will receive $100
when they join. Contact Patty Olmsted of Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
RideSolutions with your referral at 233-4133 or polmsted@morpc.org.
Participants ride in a comfortable van that is driven by a volunteer from the
group, and a parking space is reserved for the vehicle in a location near the
driver's job site. Download a
Vanpool referral form.
‘LET
IT BE’ PART OF WINDOW ON TAIWAN FILM SERIES
"Let it Be" is featured as part of the Window on Taiwan: New Documentary
Filmmaking in Taiwan Film Series at 5:30
p.m. (11/2) in 180 Hagerty Hall. One of the brightest gems of Taiwan's vibrant
documentary scene, this inspiring film records the everyday life and labor
of three elderly rice farmers in the heart of Taiwan's rice-producing country.
Free refreshments will be served. The ongoing film
series is hosted by the
Institute for Chinese Studies, part of the Office
of International Affairs.
FACULTY & TA
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULED
Faculty & TA Development is offering “Writing Across Borders: Helping
International Students,” from 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday (11/7) in 300 Younkin
Success Center. Additional workshops include “The Academic Job Search:
Developing Teaching and Research Statements for the Academic Job Search” from
3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday (11/6). Register
online or contact
ftad@osu.edu.
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