Wednesday Wire: September 4, 2019

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

Thursday, September 19, 2019 
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm (EDT)
IFPRI  | 1201 Eye St. NW  | 12th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
*Light lunch beginning at 11:45am*

Live webcast and post-event viewing available here

The Global Commission on Adaptation seeks to highlight the adaptation challenges confronting poor people, notably poor farmers whose livelihoods are fragile and dependent on the weather and launch a year of action to begin rising to meet this challenge.

In this seminar, IFPRI researchers advance paths towards meeting the adaptation challenge by doing more, better, and new.

Neil Watkins, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development & Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Discussants

Manish Bapna, Managing Director, World Resources Institute

Simeon Ehui, Director, Sustainable Development, Africa, World Bank

Moderator

Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director, Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, IFPRI 

Speakers

More R&D to increase agricultural productivity: Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Better risk management: Claudia Ringler, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Better at strengthening women’s and men's resilience: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI

New innovations in agricultural extension and rural advisory services: Simrin Makhija, Senior Research Analyst, IFPRI

New ideas on sustainable pest management: It takes a village: Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Implications: Channing Arndt, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI 

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

Hello from the ATI Business Office. Now that we are back in session I thought it would be a good time to highlight some of the duties of our team.  For our new faculty and staff, we are located in Halterman Hall, office number 211.  We handle financial reporting, budgets and business administration, student accounts, purchasing and purchasing cards, accounts payable, accounts receivable, travel and fleet rentals.

Our team members are Gloria Wirt, Olivia Maurer, Cindy Shelly, and Desiree Lutsch.

Gloria is our Information Assistant and takes care of our fleet and Enterprise rentals; maintains Conference rooms, Skou Lounge, Halterman Foyer and Skou Entrance calendars; submits travel payment requests; purchasing eRequests; general communication, and phone reception.  Manages ATI Sunshine Fund, which is a way of showing support to ATI employees when there is a death in the family, birth, hospitalization, weddings, etc.  The ATI fax machine is also located in Gloria’s area. Gloria’s contact info: wirt.1@osu.edu, phone 330‐287‐1330

Olivia is our Office Associate and the ATI Bursar, taking care of our student’s fees and payments.  Olivia also prepares the deposits, maintains accounts payable invoices, asset coordinator and is the contact for new vendor set ups.  She is also the travel coordinator, reviews and approves ATI travel. Olivia’s contact info:  Maurer.272@osu.edu, phone 330‐287‐1323. 

Cindy is our Fiscal Associate and is responsible for invoicing customers, receivables, purchase orders, eRequests, and pcards and eStores information.  Cindy can also help you look up purchase orders and vendors in our accounting system.  She also performs monthly journals and assists in reconciling and reporting.  Cindy’s contact info:  shelly.12@osu.edu, 330‐287‐1264 

Desiree is our Fiscal Officer, which is the budget manager and business administration manager.  Desiree reviews and reconciles all ATI financial related activities. Perform budget analysis, forecasting, and supports faculty on grant related finance activities.  She is also the contact for fund balances and chartfield information. Desiree’s contact info: Lutsch.11@osu.edu, 330‐287‐1296. 

Submitted by Cindy Shelly, shelly.12

Students can be nominated or self-nominate online at go.osu.edu/buckiexperience until Sunday, October 20, 2019. Referrals will then be reviewed by students, faculty, and staff members from across the University community serving on the 2019-2020 Selection Committee. 

Help spread the word about this awesome opportunity for our Buckeyes. Please also consider nominating a student, yourself. Anyone may submit a referral, regardless of their Ohio State affiliation.

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

Ohio Inspiring Practices

We are writing to extend a special invitation to you and others at your institution to be represented at a one-day Ohio based higher education conference hosted by Capital University and the non-profit John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. This second annual conference, scheduled for February 26, 2020 will bring together educators representing all sectors and professional roles in Ohio colleges and universities, last year we had over 250 participants. 

Together we will inspire and be inspired by promising practices for improving undergraduate education and student success in Ohio! Submit your proposal by October 15, 2019

Please share this conference with your colleagues.

The meeting is hosted by Capital University in partnership with the nonprofit John N. Gardner Institutefor Excellence in Undergraduate Education and will be held on the campus of Capital University.

Both the Gardner Institute and Capital University seek to celebrate the good work being done at colleges and universities across the state of Ohio and invite you to share your work and learn from other Ohio institutions that are exploring these promising practices at the conference. Information about the conference and the call for proposals can be found at www.jngi.org

Call for Proposals due October 15

Date: Feb. 26, 2020

Location: Capital University, Columbus OH

Registration: Coming Soon

Call for Proposals: Here

For additional information on attending or presenting:

Contact Deanna Wagner successconference@capital.edu

We hope you will join us in February and respond to our call for proposals by October 15, 2019.

Sincerely,

John N. Gardner

Chief Executive Officer and Chair

John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education