By Kevin Fitzsimons More than 200 pairs of eyeglasses once worn by celebrities are on display at the College of Optometry.

Optometry houses celebrity eyewear exhibit

Down the hall from a dispensary brimming with designer eyewear resides a collection of specs once worn by household names. The College of Optometry in Fry Hall boasts an assortment of more than 200 frames from just as many well-known people. Mary Kay donated pair of pink, heart-shaped glasses. Jim Davis, creator of the Garfield comic strip, sent oversized amber-colored sunglasses. The company that manufactured 18-karat gold frames for Elvis sent a gilded 1970s-era replica of the German-made frames. Other famous donators include Larry King, Stephen King, Charles Schulz and Sophia Loren.

The optometry clinic asks for frame donations via a letter. "If someone lets us know that they saw a celebrity wearing glasses, we send that person a letter," said Karen Greene, director of optometry relations.

Some celebrities send notes with their frames. Jim Davis apologized for not sending his reading glasses -- "I only own one pair!" he wrote -- and instead sent his sunglasses. Children's book illustrator Lane Smith sent some original artwork along with a pair of frames he wore in the fifth grade.

The collection was the brainchild of Arol Augsburger, once a professor of optometry at Ohio State. He moved on to the University of Alabama, but the collection stayed here. The exhibit is open to the public during regular business hours.

Accessible Web design course being offered

The ADA Coordinator's Office and the College of Humanities' Information Systems Office are offering a five-week course in accessible Web design. The course, WebAim, can be found at https://humanities.osu.edu/secure/coh/accessibility/ and is available free to OSU faculty, staff and students.

In conjunction with the resources available at the University's Web Accessibility Center (www.wac.ohio-state.edu/), the course provides support to faculty and departments reviewing their Web sites for compliance with the University's Web access guidelines, available at the ADA Coordinator's site (http://ada.osu.edu).

If you have difficulty accessing the URL, contact Jody Croley at croley.1@osu.edu.

Convocation 2002 volunteers needed

Faculty and staff volunteers are being sought for Convocation 2002, to be held at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 23 in St. John Arena.

To volunteer, RSVP by Sept. 16 to convocation@osu.edu. For details regarding convocation, contact Karin Shirey Henn at 292-4151 or henn.16@osu.edu.

Move-In Day to affect traffic, parking

Motorists are discouraged from driving through the campus area on Sept. 21, as students moving into residence halls will have a considerable impact on traffic movement and access to parking. University personnel working on move-in day are asked to plan for early arrival to campus to avoid peak traffic flow and to allow for inevitable delay in any movement about campus throughout the day.

Temporary traffic and parking modifications enforced by Transportation and Parking Services will include tow-away zones, street closures and parking relocations, which include the North, Olentangy and South residence halls.

For details, contact 292-9341 or visit the Web at www.tp.ohio-state.edu/studentmovein2002.html.

Stone Laboratory open house set for Sept. 14

Stone Laboratory, Ohio State's Island Campus, will host its fifth annual Open House on Sept. 14. The free event will be held from 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. and includes tours of Gibraltar Island and the South Bass Island Lighthouse.

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

JamesCare to host lymphedema seminar

JamesCare for Life will present a one-day seminar on lymphedema from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sept. 21, at the Westin Hotel, 310 S. High St. Lymphedema can occur as a result of lymph node dissection during cancer surgery, particularly with breast and gynecological cancers.

The program is sponsored by the Columbus affiliate of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

For details or to register, call the James Line at (800) 293-5066.

ADA Coordinator announces programs

The ADA Coordinator's office is helping to host two programs locally.

Accommodating Students with Psychiatric Disabilities in the Classroom will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 17 at 400 E. Campus View Blvd. (Ohio Rehabilitation Services). The program will explore some of the barriers to learning for students with psychiatric disabilities in the classroom.

For registration information, contact ADA-Ohio at (800) 232-6446. Details can be found on the Web at www.adagreatlakes.org/training/schedule.htm.

Peering Past the Present: Rights, Options and Resources for Mature Adults with Vision Impairments will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Upper Arlington Municipal Building, 3600 Tremont Road. L. Scott Lissner, ADA coordinator at Ohio State, will deliver "The ADA -- What Does it Mean to Mature Adults with Visual Impairments?"

For information or reservations, call Share the Vision at 273-9999 or visit the Web at www.sharethevisionohio.org/.

Spooner to address medical conference

The College of Medicine and Public Health Library Committee is sponsoring a lecture Sept. 27 by 2002 Visiting Scholar Andy Spooner, director of pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Spooner will present "Keeping Up in the 21st Century: New Ideas about Medical Education Meet Modern Technology" at 1 p.m. at the Medical Heritage Center on the fifth floor of the Prior Health Sciences Library. Attendees will receive continuing education credit.

For details, contact Jan Leibovitz Alloy at 292-4908 or alloy.4@osu.edu.

Library hosts Ohio Stadium exhibit

From Sept. 7 through Dec. 13, the University Archives will sponsor A Walk in Our ÔShoe: The History of Ohio Stadium, at the University's Thompson (Main) Library. The exhibit is free and open to the public during normal library hours.

For details, contact Tamar Chute at 292-3271 or chute.6@osu.edu.

TV show to tape on OSU campus

Producers of the Emmy-award winning daytime drama As The World Turns will visit the Ohio State campus on Sept. 18 to tape scenes for upcoming shows.

The "Catch Us If You Can" bus tour is visiting 10 college campuses over a 12-day period, giving approximately 15 students from each campus the opportunity to appear on the show. Open auditions precede the bus tour by one week.

For details, call 474-5808.