Photo courtesy of Guerry Redmond Photography Seated above, Council Chair Jackie Royster, left, and Judy Fountain, director of The Women's Place, are surrounded by members of the President's Council on Women's Issues, from left, Bunny Clark, Deb Ballam, Joe Alutto, Mo-Yee Lee, J Henderson, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Kaneita Russell, Carol Bowman, Linda Lobao and Richelle Simonson.

By Jo McCulty Inset, Barbara Snyder, vice provost for academic policy and human resources, left, and Fountain lead a group of faculty through a dossier training session, presented in May by the Faculty Cohort program.

Women's Council seeks nominations

The President's Council on Women's Issues is seeking nominations for members for the 2003-04 academic year.

The council, composed of 22 faculty, staff and student members, is a mechanism for assisting the Office of the President with identifying and addressing policies and practices critical to the success of women at the university.

Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by others. President Karen Holbrook will select 10 new members to fill vacancies left by term expirations. The deadline is Aug. 1.

For more information about the council or for a nomination form, contact The Women's Place at 292-3960, or visit http://womensplace.osu.edu.

Information sought on arson fire

The University Area Crime Stoppers, Central Ohio Crime Stoppers and Ohio State have received pledges totaling more than $34,000 in a reward fund for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the fatal April 13 arson fire on 17th Avenue. The blaze killed two Ohio State students and three Ohio University students.

The Office of Off-Campus Student Services distributed updated flyers recently in the area as authorities work to reach as many students as possible before they leave the area for summer break or upon graduation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 645-TIPS (8477) or toll-free at (877) 645-8477. Callers who wish to remain anonymous will be issued a confidential code number to be eligible for a cash reward.

CIO launches online newsletter

The Office of the Chief Information Officer is unveiling a new online newsletter, IT (Information Technology) Community. The newsletter covers news and events from the offices of the CIO, including the Office of Information Technology/UNITS, Student Information Systems, Technology Enhanced Learning and Research, as well as Ohio State.

The editors welcome comments and technology articles and leads. IT Community is updated regularly and can be accessed at http://cio.osu.edu/communications/community.

onCampus accepting listings for 2003-04 Guide

onCampus is now accepting submissions for the 2003-04 Guide, available Sept. 18. The Guide is a special edition of onCampus that provides space for departments to communicate news and services they would like faculty and staff to remember throughout the year.

The Guide includes 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. Units who were not listed last year who wish to be added should e-mail a contact name and phone number to oncampusguide@osu.edu by July 1 or call Susan Wittstock at 292-8419. In addition, units may purchase advertising space. Contact Bill Estep, advertising manager, at 292-8421 for more information. Advertising space deadline is Aug. 20.

Library announces book-plate program

University Libraries, in coordination with the Office of Academic Affairs, will begin a program this year to honor newly tenured or promoted faculty by book-plating an item in the Libraries' collection in their names. Faculty will be asked to select an important book or bound journal already in the collection or one that should be added to the collection, and the selected item will be book-plated with the faculty member's name and a short statement about why this particular title is important.

The Libraries will contact faculty promoted or granted tenure in 2003 in the coming months to begin this new program. A reception will be held in the fall to celebrate newly tenured and promoted faculty and to display the selected books with their new plates.

For details, contact Chiquita Mullins Lee at 292-8999 or mullins lee.1@osu.edu.

Financial workshop is set for June 23

The Office of Human Resources is continuing its free financial planning series with a June 23 workshop, "Adjusting Your Asset Allocation," to be held at noon in 518A James Cancer Hospital.

To register, contact 247-7961, e-mail admin@hr.osu.edu, or visit the Web at http://hr.osu.edu/finseries.htm.

Welcome Week activities planned

Planning for Welcome Week 2003 festivities in September is underway. Among the events scheduled for this year are: Convocation, President's Picnic and Buckeye Bash, and Community Commitment. Details on each event can be found on the Web calendar at www.osu.edu/welcomeweek. Events will be updated throughout the summer. To submit an event for inclusion, contact Abbey Erford at 292-8763 or erford.4@osu.edu, or register the event online at www.osu.edu/welcomeweek.

• Community Commitment, one of the nation's largest single-day community service projects on a college campus, is looking for site leaders to lead a group of students to one of more than 80 different service sites for a morning of volunteer community service on Sept. 23. Registration forms are available in 211 Ohio Union or online at www.ohiounion.com/2serv. The registration deadline is June 13.

For details, contact 292-SERV or damon.7@osu.edu.

Stone Laboratory hosts guest lectures series

Charles E. Herdendorf, professor of geological sciences, will present "Discovery and Exploration of Shipwrecks: Case Studies of the Steamers Central America and Adventure" on June 19 to kick off the Stone Laboratory Guest Lectures Series summer schedule.

Jane Forsythe, Bowling Green State University, will present "The Geologic Setting of Lake Erie" on June 26.

The free lectures are held Thursday evenings from 7:45-9 p.m. June 19 through Aug. 14 on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie. Transportation is available from South Bass Island at 7:15 p.m. on lecture nights.

For details, call 292-8949 or visit the Web at www.sg.ohio-state.edu/publications/f-activities.html.

Smoking cessation classes scheduled

Summer sessions of the Kick It! tobacco cessation program, offered by The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, begin June 25. Classes will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on June 25, July 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the Center for Wellness and Prevention located at OSU Outpatient Services (formerly J.L. Camera Center), 2050 Kenny Road, Suite 1010. A registered nurse specially trained in smoking cessation facilitates the five-week program promoting tobacco cessation, intervention and support opportunities for people who smoke or use smokeless tobacco.

For details or to register, call The JamesLine at (800) 293-5066 or Kathy Vesha at 293-2806.