Angelou visits Schottenstein Center on May 2

Maya Angelou -- author, poet, historian, actor, singer, songwriter, playwright, film director and civil rights activist -- will give a presentation at Ohio State's Jerome Schottenstein Center at 7 p.m. May 2.

The recipient of more than 30 honorary degrees as well as Tony and Emmy nominations (for Roots), Angelou has written five autobiographical volumes, several books of poetry, screenplays and music recorded by B.B. King.

Her professional life has covered an enormous range: She taught in Ghana, served as feature editor of The African Review, and was northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at the request of Martin Luther King Jr.

She was appointed to the Bicentennial Commission by President Ford and the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year by Jimmy Carter. In 1993, she wrote and delivered the presidential inaugural poem On the Pulse of Morning for President Clinton. She holds the Reynolds Professorship in American Studies at Wake Forest University.

Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti, Angelou lectures throughout the world.

Tickets for her presentation went on sale April 17 and are available at the Schottenstein Center Box Office, Kroger Ticketmaster centers or charge-by-phone at 431-3600. They are $10 for the public, $5 for OSU faculty/staff and free to Ohio State students with valid ID (students must obtain tickets at the Schottenstein Center, Wexner Center or OSU Theatre box offices).

The event is presented by the Division of Student Affairs, the Schottenstein Center and Coca-Cola.

Schools initiative grants available

The Ohio State/Urban Schools Initiative (OSU/USI) encourages faculty and staff to apply for approximately $150,000 in grants to be available for four to five projects beginning July 1. The application deadline is May 8.

OSU/USI, also known as the Martha Holden Jennings grant, is a new partnership established to draw on the teaching and research expertise of faculty and staff to improve urban school education in the Mansfield, South-Western, Springfield and Columbus school districts. In Columbus, special attention will be given to the six elementary and two middle schools in the University District.

Contact the OSU/USI staff at 688-4441 for details. The RFP, budget forms and cover sheet for signatures can be found at www.osu.edu/campuscollab or www.osu.edu/urbanschools.

Town Meeting set with President Kirwan

The University Staff Advisory Committee (USAC) is hosting a town meeting with President Kirwan on April 25 at the University Medical Center. The town meeting is designed to provide an open forum for staff to raise questions concerning OSU.

The town meeting, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in S132 Rhodes Hall Auditorium, is open to all. For more information, visit USAC on the Web at www.osu.edu/org/usac.

Health care survey to be mailed

The Office of Human Resources and OSU Managed Health Care Systems were scheduled to send out their annual Member Satisfaction Survey in mid-April. Randomly selected faculty, staff or family members who have health coverage through University Prime Care or OSU Health Plan are asked to fill out the survey and return it promptly.

The survey is designed to identify areas of needed improvement in the health plans' services and operations. For additional information, call 293-2054 or (800) 447-5836.

Grant workshop is scheduled for April 24

The Office of Health Sciences Research will sponsor a grantsmanship workshop from 8 a.m. to noon April 24 in Room 514A of the James Cancer Hospital. The workshop will feature speakers from the National Cancer Institute, Ohio State and Health Research Associates in Rockville, Md. For details, contact Karla Zadnik at 292-6603 or zadnik.4@osu.edu.

Anxiety screenings free to public May 3

The Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at Ohio State will participate in National Anxiety Disorders Screening day by offering free screenings to the public. From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 3, clinical psychologists, doctoral students in clinical psychology and students from the School of Nursing will interview and assess participants in the Townshend Hall clinic.

Participants who are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder may have the option of receiving free treatmentat the clinic. The treatments used are not drug-based, but skill-based interventions. For more information, call 292-2345.

Tutors needed for Learning Center

A two-credit internship is being offered to undergraduate students interested in tutoring children at academic risk at the Salvation Army's East Side Learning Center. The program also is seeking faculty interested in tutoring. An after-school effort giving emphasis to content areas of proficiency tests, the program runs from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday; the children arrive around 4 p.m. Faculty or students interested in tutoring should contact Sally Boysen, professor of developmental psychology, at 457-9259 or boysen.1@osu.edu.

Libraries to sponsor student fellowship

The Ohio State Libraries and Kent State University are sponsoring a one-year nonrenewable Diversity Student Fellowship for full-time study toward a master's degree (MLS) in library and information science. The fellowship, for study at the Kent State Columbus Program, provides full tuition and a 12-month stipend of $10,000. Candidates who can begin full-time graduate study in fall 2000 are sought.

Candidates must be U.S. citizens and receive a bachelor's degree no later than June. The application must be submitted by May 1. For information or an application form, contact Joseph Branin at 292-4241, or Mary Kim at 292-7746 or kim.1@osu.edu.

Applications available for Glenn internship

Application forms are now available for the 2000-2001 Washington Academic Internship Program. The program, sponsored by the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, selects outstanding undergraduates from any major to spend a quarter (autumn, winter, or spring) interning in Washington, D.C., as John Glenn Fellows.

Faculty and staff are asked to encourage strong candidates to pick up application forms at the Glenn Institute office, 100 Bricker Hall.

For further information contact Darrin Smella at 292-4486 or JGI-DC@admin.ohio-state.edu.

Arts Symposium is set for May 5-6

Leading authorities from around the world, including representatives from the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for the Arts and the United Nations, will meet at the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., May 5-6 for the 2000 Barnett Arts and Public Policy Symposium, "Going Global: Negotiating the Maze of Cultural Interactions."

The symposium will explore the impact of the global marketplace on arts policy, economic development and international arts programming, and how policies determine arts organizations' chances for success in the global arts marketplace.

The symposium is presented by the Ohio State College of the Arts, the Department of Art Education and the Arts Policy and Administration Program, in partnership with the Ohio Arts Council.

For registration or other information, call 292-8571 or 466-2613.

HR has discounted tickets for circus

The Office of Human Resources is offering discount tickets to faculty and staff for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus May 18 and 20 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. To order tickets, see the fliers with order forms at college or vice presidents' offices, Human Resources customer service center, University Hospitals Human Resources office, and the Ohio Union and Drake Union business offices.

The deadline to order tickets is May 8. For information, contact Brooks Jordan at (800) 783-0444.

Fisher College, AT&T team for broadcast

As part of the new AT&T e-ducation Alliance, the Fisher College of Business is hosting one of five down-link sites for the first of the new "AT&T Leaders in Networking"series. It will be broadcast from 4-5 p.m. April 26.

Rick Roscitt, president of AT&T Business Services, will speak on "Networking in the New e-conomy"and lead a question-and-answer session. Business and other students will view the live broadcast in Pfahl Hall. Others interested in new opportunities in electronic networking may log on to a live Webcast of the event at www.att.com/e-alliance.

For details, call Anna Rzewnicki at 292-8937.

OSU hosts weather symposium April 28

The fourth annual Ohio Severe Weather Symposium, "Weather Issues at the Millennium: Where We Are, Where We Are Going,"takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 28 in the Ohio Union Conference Theatre.

Sponsors are the Ohio State Meteorology Club, the Department of Geography and the Atmospheric Sciences Program. For details about speakers and the schedule, visit the Web site at twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/metclub/symposium_2000/. To RSVP, contact Robin Belton at belton.6@osu.edu or Nicole Kempf at kempf.14@osu.edu.

WOSU's Auction 34! begins April 26

From Ohio State Marching Band CDs to a trip to the Galapagos Islands, a variety of items will be available during this year's Auction 34!, airing April 26-29 and May 3-6 on WOSU-TV 34.

More than 800 central Ohio merchants have donated more than 4,000 items to be offered to the highest bidders during this live television event. A preview program will air at 7 p.m. April 25 and May 2, giving a sneak peek of some donated items.

For more information, call 292-4510 or visit WOSU's Web site at www.wosu.org.

Medical Center hosts author/historian

Michael Bliss, award-winning medical historian of Canada, will discuss his recently published book William Osler: A Life in Medicine at 4:30 p.m. April 27 at the Ohio State Medical Center.

Bliss will present "Oslerolatry: The Making and Remaking of a Medical Cult"in the Medical Heritage Center. The event is free and open to the public. Osler was revered as an authority of early 20th century medicine. For details, call 292-4891.

Operation Feed activities planned

The faculty, staff and students of the Department of Animal Sciences invite others to participate in Operation Feed events, including:

• April 24-28, 3 p.m. Ñ Scavenger Hunt Contest, lobby of the Animal Sciences Building. Winners will be announced April 28 at 3 p.m.

• May 5, noon Ñ Cinco de Mayo Celebration, on the lawn north of Plumb Hall (rain site is inside Plumb Hall Arena).

For details, pick up a flier in the Animal Sciences Building or visit the Web at www.ag.ohio-state.edu/-ansci/opfeed.

Newark campus plans film festival

Ohio State-Newark will host its first international film festival, featuring French, Spanish and Latin-American productions. All films will be shown on Friday evenings from March 31 to June 2. Films will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 68 Hopewell Hall.

The films are subtitled in English.

For a free brochure, call (740) 366-9295 or (740) 366-9260.

ACCAD hosts open house April 28

The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) will host its annual Spring Open House from 4 to 7 p.m. April 28 at 1224 Kinnear Road. ACCAD will showcase a video review of computer animation and conduct demonstrations of research and educational projects developed at the center. Faculty and staff also will answer questions and offer tours.

For details, contact Elaine Smith at 292-1053, smith.3560@osu.edu or visit the center's Web site at www.cgrg.ohio-state.edu/accad.

Reforming Fashion exhibit now open

Reforming Fashion, 1850-1914: Politics, Health and Art is the newest exhibition from the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. Curated by Patricia A. Cunningham, associate professor of consumer and textile sciences, the display examines the efforts of feminists, health advocates and artists to make fashion rational. The gallery, in the Geraldine Schottenstein Wing of Campbell Hall, is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For information, call 292-6761.

Nobel laureate is 2000 Smith lecturer

Gerard 't Hooft, a professor at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize for physics, will deliver the 38th annual Alpheus Smith Lecture at 8 p.m. May 1 in 131 Hitchcock Hall. His lecture is titled "A Confrontation with Infinity."The lecture is given yearly by a physicist renowned for his or her scientific achievements and for the ability to communicate scientific breakthroughs to the general public. For more information, visit the Web site: www.physics.ohio-state.edu/SmithLecture/.

Plant sale planned at Marion nature center

The OSU-Marion Prairie and Nature Center will hold a native plant and seed sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 6 at the Marion campus. Visitors can tour the prairie and watch Native American interpreters re-enact events and skills of the past. For more information, call Robert Klips or Gale Martin at (740) 389-6786, ext. 6269.

International Week at OSU is May 1-6

International Week 2000, "Celebrating Global Diversity,"takes place May 1-6. Events include a brown-bag presentation by Peace Corps Deputy Director Charles Baquet III at noon May 3 in 122 Oxley Hall and the Buckeye World Tour international festival from 3-9 p.m. May 6 on west campus. For details or a calendar, call 292-6101 or visit the Web at www.oie.ohio-state.edu.

Golf course contact correction

Full- and part-time or retired faculty and staff are eligible for membership to the University Golf Course. For full details on eligibility and fees, see the April 6 onCampus. For more information, please note the correct phone number for contact Chris Walsh is 459-4653, ext. 227.

Rankings clarification

Two College of Education specialty rankings were not listed in a recent onCampus package: Social/Philosophical Foundations was ranked 11th and Special Education was ranked 14th. In addition, the Higher Education Administration program was ranked eighth this year. See the April 6 issue for the complete listing.