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Wednesday Wire: May 6, 2020

  1. Revised-Information just updated last week regarding vacation carryovers

    Submitted by Robin Frazier, frazier.398@osu.edu

    A vacation exception to allow use of accrued vacation over the established maximum carryover amounts as stated in Paid Leave Policy 6.27PDF file has been extended to include every employee whose service anniversary date is between March 22, 2020 through December 31, 2020. These individuals will have until their 2021 service anniversary to utilize over maximum accrued vacation. 
     

  2. New Student Orientation Date Changes

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

    The primary purpose of New Student Orientation is to prepare students for the changes they will experience as they transition to college. This is becoming increasingly difficult in this time of pandemic as we do not yet know what the Autumn semester will look like. The university is now working on this and will have a plan in place by early June. Therefore, we have decided to wait until early July to begin orienting our new students entering the university this fall. 

    The new dates for Autumn Semester 2020 New Student Orientation are July 6-10 and August 7. Students who have already signed up for early orientation dates will be placed in the first 3 days in July with the option of rescheduling. Remaining students will be offered orientation dates where space is still available. 
       

    Thom Janini  
    Assistant Director, Student Programming and Life 
        

  3. Calling all Artists

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

    Calling all artists! A Streetscape Art Contest, which is open now through June 2, will select the artwork that will go on the walls of the new seating areas being installed in the southeast quad of public square. Submission should be sent to Main Street Wooster or the Wayne Center for the Arts.

    Find complete entry information here.

  4. CarmenCanvas Updates

    Submitted by Valerie Childress, childress.39@osu.edu

    IMPORTANT: There will be some new (and good) changes to CarmenCanvas and CarmenZoom this week. The information about these changes can be found on this site: https://it.osu.edu/news/2020/05/05/carmencanvas-updates-summer-2020 
        
    One of the updates for CarmenCanvas includes a new Rich Content Editor: https://it.osu.edu/news/2020/02/10/new-rich-content-editor-available 
        
    You will now be able to drag and drop photos, videos and recordings directly into the editor. This new editor feature can be turned on in your course by going to Settings and then choosing the Feature Options tab. In this tab you will see RCE Enhancements so make sure to turn this on to get the new rich content editor. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the new features in CarmenCanvas and CarmenZoom. 
        
       Thanks, 
       Valerie 
       childress.39@osu.edu