Bridge, parking garage closed for repairs

Woody Hayes Drive between Kenny Road and Herrick Drive will be closed for the summer to allow for repair of the Woody Hayes Drive bridge, effective immediately. No vehicular, pedestrian or bicycle traffic will be allowed through. Both CABS and COTA buses will detour around the construction site by going north to Lane Avenue, and then east on Lane to Fyffe Road. Cars can either use the same detour as the buses, or detour by going south to Kinnear Road and then east on Kinnear to Olentangy River Road.

Woody Hayes Drive is expected to reopen in time for the first home football game, although repair work may not be completed at that time.

• The North Cannon Garage "J" will close until approximately mid-July to complete the final phase of renovation. Alternate parking is available for keycard holders in the South Cannon Garage (at 10th Avenue and Cannon Drive) or the Polo Field Lots (off of Cannon Drive at 12th Avenue). The Buckeye Lots (located at the corner of Ackerman Road and Fred Taylor Drive) are also available with express shuttle service directly into the Medical Center.

For details, visit the Transportation and Parking Services Web site at www.tp.ohio-state.edu. For updates on pedestrian and vehicle detours and street closings related to construction projects, visit the Physical Facilities Web site at www.physfac.ohio-state.edu.

Faculty, staff to receive health care survey

The Office of Human Resources and OSU Managed Health Care Systems have mailed a Health Plan Satisfaction Survey to approximately 1,000 health plan members. The randomly selected members or those responsible for health care decisions for children enrolled in University Prime Care are asked to fill out this survey and return it promptly.

The survey is designed to identify areas of needed improvement in the health plan's services and operations.

For details, call the MHCS Customer Service Center at 293-2054 or (800) 447-5836.

Stone Laboratory hosts guest lecture series

As part of the continuing Stone Laboratory summer lecture series, Charles E. Herdendorf, Ohio State, will present "Exploring Shipwrecks of the New Kelleys Island Underwater Preserve" on July 3; Richard King, Northern Illinois University, will deliver "Lake Erie Water Snakes" on July 11; and Bobby D. Moser, vice president and dean, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will discuss "Environmental Issues in Agriculture in Ohio" on July 18.

The free lectures are held Thursdays from 7:45 to 9 p.m. through Aug. 15 on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie. Transportation is available from South Bass Island at 7:15 p.m. on lecture nights. For details or a lecture schedule, call 292-8949 or visit the Web at www.sg.ohio-state.edu/publications/f-activities.html.

Financial workshop series continues

The Office of Human Resources is continuing its free financial planning series with a July 11 workshop, The Ohio Prepaid Tuition Program, to be held at noon in 1000 McPherson Chemical Laboratory.

Developing an Investment Strategy will be held at noon July 23 in 518A James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Auditorium. For details or to register, contact 247-7961 or admin@hr.osu.edu, or visit the Web at http://hr.osu.edu/finseries.htm.

University District lunch session is July 16

Columbus Compact President and CEO Jon Beard is the featured speaker for a University District Lunch Bunch brown bag session from noon to 1:30 p.m. July 16 at the Campus Partners conference room, 1824 N. High St.

Beard will discuss the Weed and Seed Proposal and the Empowerment Zone Investment Strategy in Weinland Park. Operation Weed and Seed is a strategy funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that aims to prevent, control and reduce violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity in targeted high-crime neighborhoods across the country.

For details or to RSVP, contact Barbara Millisor at 688-3041 or millisor.1@osu.edu.

4-H clothing exhibit set for July 10-Sept. 7

A short-sleeved, monogrammed dress made in 1922, a pin cushion made in 1947 and a patchwork denim jacket made in the 1960s are among the items made by 4-H participants on display July 10-Sept. 7 in "A Century of Style, 100 Years of 4-H Fashion." The exhibit is designed to help celebrate 4-H's centennial year.

The exhibit will be shown in the Gladys Keller Snowden Galleries in Campbell Hall. It will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

The exhibit will be free to the public. For details, call 292-2011 or (330) 263-3775. To arrange a group tour, call curator Gayle Strege at 292-3090.

OIT implementing central e-mail system

The Office of Information Technology is nearing the time when the migration of users to the new OIT-managed central e-mail system will begin. The new system is osu.edu. Members of the University community either read their e-mail on the OIT-managed central system, or it is forwarded to their departmental server or Internet Service Provider. All users of the OIT centrally managed e-mail system need to use their osu.edu address.

Because of the increasing complexity of maintenance, OIT must end support for legacy addresses as part of the deployment of the new central e-mail system. E-mail sent to legacy e-mail addresses will not be delivered as OIT transitions to the new central e-mail system. The addresses involved are those in the following formats: username@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu; @postbox.uts.ohio-state.edu; @pop.service.ohio-state.edu; @smtp.service.ohio-state.edu; @magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu; @magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu; or @ohio-state.edu.

To assist the user community with this transition, OIT is deploying technology that will intercept e-mail addressed to any of the above legacy address formats. OIT will keep this technology in place through Autumn Quarter. After that, e-mail sent to any of the decommissioned domains will be bounced as an unknown user or recipient.

For details or assistance, contact the OIT Technology Support Center at 688-HELP or 8help@osu.edu, or visit the OIT Technology Support Center Web site at http://8help.ohio-state.edu.

Chinese Studies hosts children's course

The Institute for Chinese Studies is hosting "Chinese Connection," a summer course for children in grades 4-7, from July 22-Aug. 7.

Using films and books, children will learn about the cultural background of the Monkey King and other Chinese tales, and will also play Chinese games and learn to paint Chinese characters using special brushes and ink.

For details and registration, call 457-7883 or visit the Web at www.wellington.org.

Lewellen to address Metropolitan Club

Larry Lewellen, associate vice president for human resources at Ohio State, is among the featured speakers at the July 10 luncheon meeting of the Columbus Metropolitan Club. "Recruiting and Retaining Gay Employees in a Competitive Market" will be presented from noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Athletic Club of Columbus. Representatives of the Limited and Nationwide are also scheduled to speak.

For details or reservations, call 464-3220.

Purchasing department to host seminar

Developing successful business relationships with minority and female suppliers is the focus of a June 27 seminar hosted by the Ohio State purchasing department. The event will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Arts Complex, 867 Mount Vernon Ave.

This program is designed to help identify qualified vendors who can provide goods and services required by University departments. Seminar participants will learn how to acquire state certification and will be taken through a step-by-step explanation of University purchasing procedures.

For reservations, contact Barbara Jones with M. Jones & Associates at 901-2200.

Addictions studies institute is July 23-27

The 11th annual Summer Institute of Addictions Studies, sponsored by University Hospitals East, Talbot Hall, will take place at the Fawcett Center from July 23-27.

The institute will feature sessions on exploring the mind-body connection, family dynamics and chemical dependency, employee assistance programming, prevention, dual diagnostics, prison populations, adolescent issues and a special track for physicians.

Noted Fortune 500 speaker Annette Franks will deliver the keynote address, "Addiction-2002: How Clinicians Can Make a Difference."

CEUs are approved for counselors and social workers, chemical dependency and prevention, employee assistance and psychology.

Call 292-8571 to request a brochure.