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Wednesday Wire: January 27, 2021

  1. Best wishes, Zane!

    Submitted by Terry Lanker, lanker.2@osu.edu

    Zane Raudenbush will golf holebe resigning from his position on the ATI faculty effective February 5th to take a newly established turfgrass position with the Davey Tree Company. All of us in Horticulture are sad to see him go, but wish him the very best in this exciting new career opportunity. 

    During his time at ATI, Zane has proven himself to be an outstanding teacher, advisor and mentor to Turfgrass Management students. His research productivity is significant and his relationships with the turfgrass industry have reinvigorated the reputation and stature of the Turfgrass program. We are proud and thankful for what he has accomplished in his five plus years of service.
       
    Please send your well wishes to Zane at Raudenbush.2@osu.edu.

  2. MLK Day service project deadline extended

    Submitted by Keegan Hange, hange.7@osu.edu

    The deadline for submitting cards for nursing home residents -- this year's MLK Day service project -- has been extended to February 8. Boxes to collect cards are in the Housing Office and Student Activities Center.

    Materials kits containing cardstock paper and a few colored pencils can be picked up at both the Applewood Village Housing Office and the Student Activities Center.

    If anyone would like to use their own materials or greeting cards, they are welcome to do so.

  3. Business Office hours

    Submitted by Desiree Lutsch, lutsch.11@osu.edu

    Effective Jan 25th the business office will be open from 9 am to 4 pm. 

     

  4. SP21 Junior Faculty Coffee Talks

    Submitted by Kris Boone, boone.3@osu.edu

    Good morning, all!

    Just a reminder about our first coffee talk for the semester coming up this Thursday (see below). Lori Kaser from the CFAES Office of Research and Graduate Education will be stopping in for the first 15 minutes before we jump into some time for you all to connect. The link for the talk will be:

    https://osu.zoom.us/j/95969210011?pwd=b3AxZVdnSnlWaDZIOW0zbTlTRGdwQT09

    Please stay warm and safe today. I know it’s a little icy from where I’m working this morning.

    Tracy

    Tracy Kitchel, Ph.D.

    Senior Associate Dean and Director of Faculty and Staff Affairs

    College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

     

  5. CARE Team Replaces Student of Concern Referrals at ATI

    Submitted by Thom Janini, janini.4@osu.edu

    Because ATI is a community that cares about student success, we are all encouraged to identify students who may need additional support or services. In the past we did this using the Student of Concern form located on our intranet. To more securely manage this process and the records generated, we have recently moved to a records management system and changed the name from Student of Concern to the CARE Team. Notifying the CARE Team is one of the ways to support our students who may be experiencing personal challenges. The CARE Team can respond to your report and help students.

    Any member of our campus community (faculty, staff, and students) who knows of a student who may need help can use the online referral form to request assistance. A representative from the office of Student Success Services or a designee will follow-up with the student to determine how we can best help.

    We also offer educational resources to guide faculty and staff to assist disruptive and distressed students, a guide to Community Resources, and educational workshops will be provided upon request.

    For more information, please visit the CARE Team website. You can access this site by visiting the ATI homepage and follow the dropdown menu path: Current Students → Student Success Services → CARE Team → How Can I Help.

    Questions or concerns can be directed to Thom Janini at mailto:janini.4@osu.edu or Ruth Montz at mailto:montz.11@osu.edu.

  6. Supporting Students’ Holistic Well-Being

    Submitted by Thom Janini, janini.4@osu.edu

    The Student Life Student Wellness Center has scheduled eight interactive workshops throughout Spring semester for our faculty and staff to gain knowledge related to supporting students’ holistic well-being, management of stress and substance use, and preparing participants to host difficult conversations and refer students to campus resources. Faculty and staff can register to attend our Guiding Students to Wellness workshop to learn skills such as active listening, motivational interviewing, and hosting difficult conversations with our student community. Our Recovery Ally Training is designed to train attendees in becoming a Recovery Ally to support our students who are in or seeking recovery from substance misuse. Both workshops discuss campus resources as well as navigating these topics through COVID-19. Visit our website to learn more about each program and sign up for the workshop of your choice go.osu.edu/swcworkshops.

  7. Provost search

    Submitted by Kris Boone, boone.3@osu.edu

    Colleagues,

    As we continue our national search for the university’s next executive vice president and provost, we are hosting virtual town halls to gather input. 

    Input and engagement from our university community is critical throughout the search, and we are actively seeking participation from students, faculty and staff. Please share this information and encourage others to participate as well.

    Two virtual town halls will be held on Wednesday, February 3. A session will be held for faculty and staff from 2-3 p.m. and another for students from 3-4 p.m.

    Town hall sessions will include remarks by the search committee co-chairs, Dr. Susan Olesik, divisional dean of natural and mathematical sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Grace Wang, executive vice president for research, innovation and knowledge enterprise. A discussion will follow about the academic environment and the desired qualifications of the next executive vice president and provost. The input will be used to inform the leadership profile of this position.

    More information and the links to join the sessions is available at hr.osu.edu/provost-search.

    At any time during the search, nominations can be submitted on the Isaacson, Miller website and questions and feedback can be sent to provostsearch@osu.edu.

    Thank you for your engagement and support as we work to find our next academic leader.

    Regards,

    Paul N. Patton

    Senior Advisor to the President

    Interim Senior Vice President, Talent, Culture and Human Resources
    100C Bricker Hall, 190 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
    614-292-2424 Office 
    Patton.570@osu.edu

     

     

  8. Advising Touchpoints Newsletter

    Submitted by Lisa Dicus, dicus.18@osu.edu

    Greetings from the Advisor Training and Development Committee!  The Committee will begin publishing a monthly newsletter in Microsoft Teams starting Thursday, January 28. Please remember to sign into Teams to find interesting articles and valuable resources.  Here is a sneak peek of what is to come:

    • An Introduction to NACADA Core Competencies
    • Microsoft Office Teams: Advising at Ohio State ATI
    • Laws and Regulations
    • The Wellness app

    Please reach out to any member of the task force if you have questions.

    Denise Rotavera-Krain

    Carri Gerber

    Keegan Hange

    Cate Hunko

    Kelly Mata

    Lisa Dicus

  9. Free Professional Development Opportunity for Staff, Faculty and Administrators

    Submitted by Dee Dee Snyder, snyder.426@osu.edu

    TASS logo31st Annual Teaching Academic Survival and Success Conference
       March 1-14, 2021 (Virtual Asynchronous Conference)
       http://tassconference.org
       
    Mission of TASS: Voice of the Practitioner

    This is a conference for the serious practitioner who is passionate about helping all students, especially those who are underprepared or underrepresented, to survive and thrive in college and beyond. 

    This conference offers a holistic approach to academic survival from the points of view of college faculty, learning assistance and student support professionals, administrators, and high school teachers. This is the forum where they share lessons learned from evidence-based decisions and real experiences in the classroom, as well as tutoring, mentoring, advising, or counseling sessions. 

    It is for faculty, teaching student success courses and General Education courses in a variety of disciplines, who want to demonstrate and adopt effective, inclusive pedagogical methods that help students of diverse backgrounds learn. 
        
    It is for tutors, mentors, student success coaches, navigators, counselors, and advisors who share and learn from others best strategies in building our students’ academic and life skills. 
        
    At a time when there is rightly a growing focus on college completion, not just access, TASS is for administrators who want to share and learn new successful initiatives enhancing student engagement, retention, and graduation rates.