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Issue 29/April, 2004
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DON'T
MISS OUT . . . colleagues from 17 colleges are already registered for the April
30th University-Wide Outreach and Engagement Conference, "Ohio State
- The 21st Century Model for Outreach and Engagement". As
a leader in outreach and engagement for your unit, we encourage you to invite a
colleague who is not currently involved with engagement to this
conference. This will be a great opportunity for members of your
college's promotion and tenure committee, academic and research administration
or student affairs offices to learn more about how engagement relates to their
work. For more details on this conference to be held at Ohio Union, visit www.outreach.osu.edu. Please
register by April 16th!
OSU
CARES Grants Due May 3rd. To learn more about this grants program that supports
outreach/engagement efforts that partner colleges with OSU Extension, visit http://osucares.osu.edu/grantsrfp.html.
Highlights.
Join us for the April
12th Lunch Bunch Meeting, "Ohio State
Summer Programs for Youth."
Do you know youth who would like to be involved with Ohio State's
summer programs? If so, this Lunch Bunch session is for you. The
Ohio State P-12 program is posting this summer's programs for youth on their
website http://p12.osu.edu. Speakers
will include Christine Murakami from the P-12 Project, where she will talk
about the website, the audience it reaches and the
programs they have listed. Amy Burgess, OSU Department of Athletics' Camp Coordinator,
and Adelia Gregory, Wexner Center for the Arts' Education Program
Coordinator will also lead the discussions. If you are a community
member, this is a way to learn about summer opportunities for youth with whom
you work. If you are a University member, this session will give you
ideas for activities for your children, and a way to promote your youth
programming. The meeting will be held at Campus Partners, 1824 North High Street
(parking is available across the street in the Ohio Union Parking
Garage), 12-1:30 pm. Bring your own brown bag lunch. Drinks and
dessert will be provided. Please RSVP to Barbara Millisor,
688-3041, or Millisor.1@osu.edu.
Mark Your Calendars.
IMPORTANT DATES IN APRIL.
- How the Health Are You? Come find out at the Spring
Health Fair sponsored by OSU's Student Health
Services. Free features include: fitness and nutrition
assessments; body fat measurement; blood pressure readings; stress
assessment; alcohol use assessment; and anonymous HIV testing.
- Wednesday, April 7, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, 2nd
floor main lounge, Ohio Union.
· "Best Practices" Faculty
Seminar: Teaching with IP Videoconferencing Technology and WebCT,
A Course Management System. This customized,
in-depth seminar expands upon previous videoconferencing learning opportunities
offered by OSU Extension/OSU CARES by giving faculty members the opportunity to
utilize IP videoconferencing technology as they prepare a
presentation. The seminar is held in two in-class video conferenced sessions, and includes an introduction to WebCT, a course management system or CMS. All faculty
members are welcome - attendance at previous workshops is recommended but not
required. Registration deadline: April 12, 2004. To
register, call Terri Fisher at 614.688.4486 or email fisher.456@osu.edu.
- April 19, 12:00 - 1:30 pm and April 26, 12:00 - 1:30 pm or 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Locations: 244 Kottman Hall Columbus; OSU Learning Center East Caldwell;
OSU Learning Center South Piketon; North District Office Wooster/OARDC/ATI;
West District Office Findlay.
- College
of Humanities and the Humanities Institute present annual public forum,
"Language, Culture, Media and (Inter)national
Security."
This forum is selected to encourage dialogue and stimulate reflection on
issues involving history, languages, and literatures, and on how
individuals in different times and places have understood themselves and
their environment. This year, the Forum focuses on the role of the
humanities in national and international security. Its speakers are James
C. Early, Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, The Smithsonian Institution
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage;
Nathan J. Citino, Assistant Professor of
History, Colorado State University; Laura J. Gurak,
Professor and Department Head, Department of Rhetoric Program in
Scientific and Technical Communication, University of Minnesota; Richard Brecht, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of
Languages, University of Maryland-College Park. The Forum overview will be
presented by Kathleen Woodward, Director, Simpson Center for Humanities, University
of Washington-Seattle. These speakers will consider such questions
as national and international security and their relationship to
culture, language, humanities research, and the media, the impact of
current U.S. security strategies on local, national, and global
communities, the role of media in cultural transmission across political
boundaries, and to what extent global media shape international security
and cultural identities. To allow classes to attend the forum, the Wexner
Center Film/ Video
Theatre has been reserved for additional audience space. There will
be a live video feed from the forum at the Blackwell to the Wexner
Center. If you
are interested in bringing students to the forum, please contact Kelli Fickle, Assistant to the Dean, Ohio State
University, College of Humanities fickle.7@osu.edu by April 7th.
- Thursday, April
22, 3:00 pm until 5:00 pm, The Blackwell Inn, The Ohio
State University Pfahl Hall Room 140. Reception to follow in The Blackwell Inn, Pfahl
Hall.
- Free
Clinics of the Great Lakes Region 2004
Annual Conference. The Free Clinics of the Great Lakes Region is a network of
volunteer-based clinics from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio, and Wisconsin that provide health care
services to the uninsured or medically under-served. Learn effective
models to deliver chronic illness and mental health care; review
techniques to expand financial and volunteer support; understand the
barriers and benefits to providing dental care, nutritional services and behavioral modification programs; and learn how
to incorporate educational programs into the Free Clinic environment. We
will improve access to health care through advocacy, mentoring and networking
efforts. For further information and to register, visit: http://www.fcglr.org/conf2004/2004%20Conference%20Home%20Page.htm
- April 22-23, 2004.
·
2004 Urban Schools
Conference, "New Models for School Improvement: Addressing Barriers
to Academic Achievement and Successful Schools." The Center for Learning
Excellence at The Ohio State University is hosting the first Urban Schools
Conference sponsored by the Ohio Alternative Education Advisory Council and the
Ohio Department of Education. This regional conference is designed to identify
and promote theoretically sound, evidence-based strategies to reduce
non-academic barriers to school success in urban school settings. Comprehensive
approaches to urban school improvement will be highlighted in five tracks:
Strategies for ensuring the academic achievement of all students;
School-family-community-university partnerships; Parent involvement and family
support; Youth development and the prevention of problem behaviors; and, New resources for principals and administrators.
Presentations will focus on practical
application, equipping participants with the tools and information necessary
for the immediate implementation of best practice strategies upon leaving the
conference. The conference also will provide an opportunity for
practitioners, school administrators, and community members to participate in a
dialogue focused on finding new ways to reach students in urban settings.
Although the conference is focused on Ohio's
urban schools, the agenda will be applicable to all school settings with
at-risk youth populations, both in and outside the State of Ohio. Educators, administrators, school
support staff, mental health practitioners, youth development workers, parents,
and other community stakeholders are encouraged to attend. Conference
Registration: The non-refundable conference registration of $125.00
includes the conference dinner on Wednesday, continental breakfasts and lunches
on Thursday and Friday, and all conference materials. Registration materials
will be available by calling 614.292.0241 or by visiting the Urban Schools
Conference page on our website at http://www.alted-mh.org/Conferences/Urban%20Schools/urbanschools.html.
For further information contact Kim Martin, program coordinator,
Alternative Education and Mental Health Projects, Center for Learning
Excellence. 614.292.0241 or martin.1349@osu.edu.
- April 28-30, 2004, The Blackwell, 210 Tuttle Park Place, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio.
OTHER
IMPORTANT DATES:
- The Swank Program in
Rural-Urban Policy at The Ohio State University is co-sponsoring a
conference entitled: New
Generation Resource Policy for a Region in Transition: Land Use,
Agriculture, Environment and Health in the Great Lakes Region. This
conference is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy at OSU, and the Elton R. Smith
Endowment in Food and Agricultural Policy at Michigan State
University.
This is the fourth and final workshop in a series designed to examine
environmental issues in the Great Lakes Region. Previous workshops
dealt with environmental policy, TMDLs and Land
Use Change Models. This workshop focuses on the Great
Lakes as a region in transition. Changes in land use
and land cover patterns, agriculture and the natural environment are
examined within the context of their interrelationship, their implications
for human health, and the opportunities to design policies acknowledging
their interdependence. The goal of this workshop is to move
toward a coherent regional policy that addresses forces of change as they
impact the health of individuals and communities. Visit http://www.aec.msu.edu/landuse/
for further information and to register!
- May 12-14, 2004, Maumee Bay Resort and Conference
Center, Oregon, Ohio.
- O&E Assembly Meeting. O&E college
contacts, please mark your calendar for the O&E Assembly meeting set
for Tuesday, May 25, 2004, 2:00-4:00 pm, Longaberger
Alumni House, Grand Lounge, 2200 Olentangy River
Road.
Special
Opportunities.
**Attention Graduating
Seniors!
Empower the community to learn, achieve and grow as an Americorps*VISTA member. Work at the Godman
Guild-a United Way
agency that has been strengthening families and the neighborhood in the
University District of Columbus since 1898. VISTA
members will choose one of three project areas-marketing for a non-profit
organization, curriculum develop for after-school programs, or creating
opportunities for people transitioning from welfare to work. This is an
excellent opportunity to benefit the community as well as your own professional
development. These positions will start mid-July, however applications
are due by April 19th with interviews soon after. Position benefits include $9,500 yearly living
stipend, health insurance, education award of $4,725, relocation allowance and
deferred student loans and accrued interest during period of service. A
one-year commitment is required, renewable up to 3 years.
**Volunteer
Opportunity with an After-School Program! Want to work with elementary
school children? The Weinland Park Elementary
School-located just ½ mile southeast of campus-hosts an after-school program
for approximately 45 children every school day. Activities include
helping with homework, teaching literacy skills, games and other educational
activities. The program is in session from 3:00 until 6:00 every day, but
volunteers can design their schedule to suit their needs. We ask that
each volunteer comes at least one day each week. However, more is
encouraged, as well! The program is operated by the Godman
Guild-a United Way
neighborhood outreach agency that has been in operation since 1898. Many
more volunteer opportunities are available through this agency, as well, such
as adult GED training and tutoring/mentoring activities with local teenagers.
For further
information on these and other opportunities, contact Frank Lesko
at 299-3970 or lesko.17@osu.edu for more
information!
Other
Notices.
**Student Affairs Risk Assessment has partnered with the
Columbus Division of Police, using financial support from Value City Arena, to
extend a successful campus crime prevention initiative to the greater Columbus community.
Students have been using invisible ink, which can be seen with ultraviolet
light, to mark items of valuable property with their driver license number.
This program has been in place for over a year. Police have ultraviolet lights
to read the inscription. Columbus
police, working with Student Affairs, have extended the program with police
community liaison officers and area block watches to provide materials so
citizens may mark their personal property. The concept is to reduce theft. Schottenstein Arena provided a $1,700 grant to fund the initial
purchase of pens and lights and to print instruction cards for police to use.
With the majority of students living off campus, the program continues to be of
benefit to the wider university community. To find out more about this
initiative, please contact John Kleberg at jkleberg@studentaffairs.osu.edu.
Grant Opportunities.
**USDA's Rural Utilities Service invites applications
for funding under the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee
Program. This program supports the construction, improvement and acquisition of
facilities and equipment for broadband service in eligible rural communities.
Of the total FY 2004 loan funds available, $2.051 billion will be available for
direct cost-of-money loans, $80 million for 4 percent direct loans, and $80
million for loan guarantees. Awards of at least $100,000 will be made for loans
and loan guarantees. Maximum awards of $7.5 million may be made for direct 4 percent
loans. Eligible rural communities include any area of the U.S. that is
not contained in an incorporated city or town with a population in excess of
20,000 inhabitants. More information is available at: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-6951.htm
**Department of Agriculture.
The Rural Utilities Service
invites applications for funding under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine
Program. This program seeks to provide access to education, training and health
care resources for people in rural America through the use of advanced
telecommunications technologies. Approximate FY 2004 funding for awards is
broken down as follows: $15 million for grants, $110 million for combination
loan-grants, and $200 million for loans. Eligible is any incorporated
organization or partnership, Indian tribe or tribal organization, state or
local unit of government, consortium, or other legal entity such as a private
corporation organized on a for-profit or nonprofit basis. Application
deadline: April 30, 2004. More information is available at: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-4322.htm
**McNeil Consumer &
Specialty Pharmaceuticals, the makers of Tylenol Family of Products will award 10 $10,000 health-related
college scholarships and 150 $1,000 scholarships for higher education to
students who: demonstrate leadership in community activities and school
activities; major (or intend to major) in areas that will lead to careers in
health-related fields; and are residents of the 50 U.S. or the District of
Columbia. Eligibility is open to students attending an undergraduate or
graduate course of study in the Fall 2004 at an
accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical
school. This includes those students currently enrolled in an
undergraduate or graduate course of study and have one or more years of
school remaining. Application deadline: April 30, 2004. More
information is available at: http://tylenolscholarship.com/
**The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention invites applications for special interest project
competitive supplements in health promotion and disease prevention research.
Projects should (1) focus on the major causes of death and disability, (2)
improve public health practice within communities, and (3) cultivate effective
state and local public health programs. Approximately $18 million in FY 2004
funding is expected to be available for 26 awards. Projects may range between
1-5 years in length. Only those applicants who have been selected as Prevention
Research Centers under a separate solicitation are eligible for awards.
Required letters of intent are due May 7, 2004; applications are due May 25,
2004. More information is available at: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-6283.htm
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