Gammage named managing editor of onCampus newspaper

Randy Gammage, former projects editor for the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, has joined the staff as managing editor of onCampus, Ohio State's biweekly, 20,700-circulation faculty-staff newspaper.

As managing editor, Gammage replaces David Bhaerman, who joined the Office of the President as an editor on March 8.

Gammage will serve as lead copy editor and page designer and will cover beats yet to be determined. He has worked as the special sections editor and court and crime reporter for the Newark Advocate, a daily newspaper in Newark, Ohio, where he won several writing awards.

He went to work as a sports assistant for the Columbus Dispatch after graduating with a bachelor's degree in communications from Franklin University.

Gammage is a lifetime resident of the Columbus area and currently lives in Bexley with his wife, Rhonda, and daughter, Maranda.

Gammage can be reached at 292-8422 or gammage.1@osu.edu.

Bill Estep, editor of onCampus since August, continues as editor and advertising manager of the newspaper, and covers the Office of Academic Affairs, fiscal and legislative affairs, and business and administration. He can be reached at 292-8421 or estep.47@osu.edu.

Reporter Susan Wittstock continues to cover human resources, including USAC and compensation and benefits, the regional campuses, the arts, and development. Wittstock can be reached at 292-8419 or wittstock.3@osu.edu.

Reporter Tracy Turner coordinates Web page editorial transfer for onCampus and covers the beats of outreach and engagement, the Offices of Minority Affairs and technology. She can be reached at 688-3682 or turner.44@osu.edu.

onCampus is published 23 times a year.

onCampus Guide now accepting listings

onCampus is now accepting submissions for the 1999-2000 Guide, available Sept. 15. The Guide is a special edition of onCampus that provides space for departments to communicate news and services they would like the faculty and staff to remember throughout the year.

The Guide includes brief listings organized into several categories, including training and development, dining and shopping, health and wellness, travel and accommodations, arts and entertainment, financial services, University organizations and University services.

Units may submit information to be listed at no charge. To receive a submission form, e-mail wittstock.3@osu.edu by July 15 with your name, fax number and department name. In addition, units may purchase advertising space. Contact Bill Estep, advertising manager, at 292-8421 for more information.

3 donors establish chairs in Vet Medicine

The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine has announced the establishment of the first three endowed faculty chair positions in its 115-year history. Each is supported by current and deferred gifts of $1.5 million from three donors. The donors include:

• Barbara Trueman, of Amlin, owner/president of TrueSports Inc., who is endowing a chair in equine clinical medicine and surgery.

• Robert Rainier, of East Lyme, Conn., retired veterinarian/director of Animal Health Research, Pfizer, Inc., who is endowing a chair in industrial veterinary research.

• Marilyn Jenne, of Amherst, who is endowing a chair in equine research and medicine.

Distinguished scholars will be chosen for each of the chairs, which will provide them with additional funds in support of their teaching, research and other academic activities.

The three donors will allow the College of Veterinary Medicine to "recruit the best faculty, conduct cutting edge research, and offer students the finest education in the field of veterinary medicine," said Dean Glen F. Hoffsis.

Gifts to establish the Trueman, Rainier and Jenne Chairs in the College of Veterinary Medicine are part of Ohio State's five-year, $1 billion Affirm Thy Friendship fund-raising campaign.

Jennifer Puckett named Mellon fellow

Jennifer Puckett, a recent Ohio State graduate who majored in French, medieval and renaissance studies, Russian and Chinese, has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies. She is one of 98 national recipients.

Fellowships, initiated in 1982 and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are geared toward helping exceptionally promising students prepare for careers of teaching and scholarship in humanistic studies. The one-year award provides a $14,500 stipend plus tuition and fees. Nearly 800 students competed for this year's fellowships.

She will attend Johns Hopkins University and major in French literature. Puckett, a 1989 graduate of Hilliard High School and daughter of Milton A. and Michel A. Puckett of Hilliard, plans to become a professor of medieval French literature.

Participants needed for sunlight study

Men and women in good health who are 40 years and older are needed for a study on stress and skin responses to sunlight.

Participants can earn up to $400. Contact Jerry Young at 292-0309 for more information.

Award to honor women in science

The Association for Women in Science of Central Ohio invites nominations for the 1999 Outstanding Women of Science Award. Since 1986, this award has been conferred to a distinguished cadre of women in science careers in the central Ohio area.

The award honors a woman who, in the opinion of her peers, has demonstrated outstanding dedication to her discipline and are mentoring and supporting other women.

The association is also accepting nominations for the Outstanding Service Award, which recognizes current or former AWISCO members who have made substantial and sustained contributions to promote the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in science, technology and medicine.

To nominate for either award, please send a nomination letter, full curriculum vitae and three letters of support by Sept. 10 to Jennifer Hines, chair AWISCO Awards, College of Pharmacy, 500 W. 12th Ave.

Males needed for cholesterol study

Researchers in the Department of Psychology need five healthy, nonsmoking male volunteers between the ages of 40 and 55 for a study on whether proteins from soybeans can reduce cholesterol levels in adult men.

This study requires two visits within a five-week period; drinking a soy or milk protein drink every day; brief, challenging tasks; and blood samples. Benefits include up to $100, two light meals, parking and nutritional supplements. For more information, call Karen Cook at 688-3895 or visit the Web site at http://svl.psy.ohio-state.edu/stoney.

Females sought for cholesterol study

Healthy women ages 54 to 61 are sought to participate in a National Institutes of Health research project at Ohio State. The project will examine the impact of mild stress on cholesterol, heart rate and blood pressure or cholesterol.

Volunteers must be available for three visits in a single week and will be willing to fast for 12 hours prior to each visit. Participants will receive up to $200, a light meal after each session and information on cholesterol, heart rates and blood pressure. For more information, call Karen Cook at 688-3895 or visit the Web site http://svl.psy.ohio-state.edu/stoney.

Summer solstice fuels solar car race

The Ohio State University Solar Car team hopes for plenty of sunlight to fuel the Red Shift III in Sunrayce 99, a nine-day solar vehicle race which began June 20.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and EDS, teams from 40 North American colleges and universities participate in the 1,300-mile contest from Washington, D.C., to Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. Cars travel highways and country roads during daylight hours until they cross the finish line on June 29.The student-built cars don't speed. In 1997 the average winning speed was a record 43.29 mph. Ohio State is participating in its third Sunrayce since it began the program in late 1993. The 1995 team's car, The Red Shift, placed 33rd out of 40, and the 1997 Red Shift II finished 18th out of 40 teams.

Information on Sunrayce 99, as well as photos and standings, can be tracked on the Sunrayce Web page at: www.sunrayce.com/sunrayce.