Mardi Hastings	Amanda Termuhlen

Hastings, Termuhlen receive Schoen awards

By Molly Davis, Academic Affairs

Through calls for proposals and a competitive review process, the Kathryn T. Schoen Awards Program has provided funding for 25 women at Ohio State to participate in a variety of leadership and career development programs.

Since 1986 the awards have been presented, in alternate years, to faculty or to administrative and professional staff. The recipients of the 2002 awards were two faculty: Mardi C. Hastings, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and in the Biomedical Engineering Center, and Amanda Termuhlen, associate professor of clinical pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Children's Hospital. Hastings and Termuhlen received $2,500 and $1,500 awards, respectively.

"I gained on-the-job experience in college administration and leadership by spending four weeks shadowing Dean Ilene Busch-Vishniac of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University," Hastings said, referencing Busch-Vishniac as one of only four women deans of engineering in the United States. "Since the beginning of autumn quarter, I have been amazed at how much my experience at Johns Hopkins is applicable and beneficial to me in the roles I currently play in the Biomedical Engineering Center and the College of Engineering at Ohio State," she said.

Termuhlen's award funded her attendance at the American Association of Medical Colleges' Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar in Washington, D.C.

"The seminar was extremely informative," Termuhlen said, "not only for its content but also because I had an opportunity to network with other women in academic medicine, learn about their experiences, and bring back that information to use in my own college."

Funds for the awards were provided summer quarter, and Kathryn T. Schoen presented commemorative plaques to honor Hastings and Termuhlen at a reception Oct. 17.

"It is a real privilege for me to meet these very bright, competent women," Schoen said. "They both have such promise and much to offer Ohio State. I know that we're going to hear great things from them."

Kathryn Schoen and Elaine Hairston at the Schoen Awards reception Oct. 17.   By Jo McCulty

At a program during the reception, Provost Ed Ray said that the Schoen Awards have funded many worthy projects. "As a result of the professional development activities funded by the Schoen Awards, recipients not only have increased their knowledge base in specific areas of endeavor but also have had other opportunities open up for them that have had a significant impact on their careers and on their ability to mentor others," Ray said.

Ray quoted specific comments from a few former recipients. For instance, one faculty recipient wrote that her award funded her participation in a nine-month long fellowship, the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM).

"My ELAM project involved the redesign of the first two years of the medical school curriculum. Participation in ELAM also was directly related to my appointment as associate dean for Student Affairs and Medical Education Administration," wrote Judith Westman of Ohio State's College of Medicine and Public Health.

Ray also talked briefly about the first Schoen Award recipient.

"In 1986, Judith Genshaft was a professor in what was then called the Department of Educational Services and Research. She is now the president of the University of South Florida," Ray said.

In a video that Genshaft sent to be shown at the reception, she said that preparation of her proposal demanded that she evaluate her career strengths and weaknesses.

"One of the hallmarks of a successful program is someone else's decision to replicate the idea. After all, that's what the University contemplates when measuring what we are doing with our benchmark institutions," Ray said. "We look to exemplars in our pursuit of excellence. Before Judy Genshaft left the State University of New York at Albany, where she served as dean of the College of Education, she established the Genshaft Award for Women that has exactly the same mission as the Schoen Award. Kathryn Schoen's mentee has become another mentor — par excellence."

Former Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Elaine H. Hairston introduced Schoen during the program, saying that Schoen was her dissertation adviser when she was a graduate student at Ohio State. "At the time, I didn't have a car, and Kathryn would come to my apartment to pick up my drafts and bring them back to me with her edits," Hairston said. "That's the kind of person and mentor Kathryn has always been -- and still is," she added.

The first woman to serve as a vice president at Ohio State (1978), Schoen moved to Florida after her retirement yet remains involved with the program and also corresponds with many of the award recipients long after their participation in the program. "I feel honored to have my name associated with such tremendous women and love to hear from them -- about their lives, and about their progress in their careers," she said.

At the reception, friends, former colleagues and several former Schoen Award recipients had an opportunity to congratulate Hastings and Termuhlen, to thank Schoen for her steadfast support to the University -- and to surprise her by celebrating her 80th birthday.

Kathryn T. Schoen Award recipients

1986 -- Judy L. Genshaft, professor, Educational Services and Research

1987 -- Virginia N. Gordon, coordinator, Academic Advisement, University College

1988 -- Kathleen K. Desmond, associate professor, Art Education, Newark

1989 -- Melissa Krygier, administrative manager, Education

1990 -- Mary Ann D. Sagaria, associate professor, Educational Policy & Leadership

1991 -- Nila J. Whitfield, director, the Professional Practice Program, College of Business

1992 -- Donna A. Caniano, associate professor, Surgery, Children's Hospital

1993 -- Nancy W. Ingling, manager, development proposals, Corporate & Foundation Relations

1994 -- Alexis C. Collier, associate professor, Psychology

1995 -- Leslie Ann Beyer, assistant director, Student Affairs, Marion

1996 -- Mary Thoesen Coleman, assistant professor, Family Medicine; Kay Halasek, assistant professor, English

1997 -- Julie C. Conry, development director, Nursing ; Nancy A. Booker, licensed professional counselor, ATI, Wooster

1998 -- Beverly Moss, associate professor, English; Judith Westman, associate professor, Pediatrics

1999 -- Olga Esquivel-Gonzalez, interim director, affirmative action, Human Resources; Shari Mickey-Boggs, manager, Consulting Services Team, Human Resources; Penelope Reighart, assistant dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services, Human Ecology

2000 -- Brenda Jo Brueggemann, professor, English; Teresa Y. Morishita, associate professor, Preventive Veterinary Medicine

2001 -- Hui-Ling Chan, residence education coordinator, Residence Life; Jean M. Piper, clinic manager, orthodontics, Dentistry

Paperless billing begins winter quarter

By Ann Parkinson, Office of the Treasurer

Following a nationwide trend to get reliable account information to students online, Ohio State will begin "paperless" billing of students winter quarter.

According to James Nichols, University treasurer, students already have immediate access to their accounts online and what they see on the Web is usually much more current than what they receive by mail.

"Using the Web for payment information will eliminate bills that are no longer correct because of scheduling or financial aid changes," he said.

As they view their account, students may pay online, which saves time and postage. The University had already stopped sending paper statements to students with zero and credit balances as of autumn quarter 2002, according to Suzan Bird-Conliff, assistant treasurer, fees and deposits.

"This obviously is a cost savings since we no longer must pay for the printing, paper, envelopes and postage, which is important in these lean financial times," she said.

Web billing statements may be printed and payment by check may be sent by mail. Reminder e-mails will be sent to students who haven't paid.

Students, parents, or other student-authorized individuals can access the system by visiting www.treasurer.ohio-state.edu and logging into their Student Account Statement.

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