Good Day!

WELCOME TO OSUToday, the latest news and information for faculty and staff of The Ohio State University for Tuesday, Oct. 16. The deadline for submissions is noon the prior business day. OSUToday sponsored by Purchasing/WiredOut

New iPods are on their way! Apple has recently announced a new line up of iPod Touches and iPod Nanos. Touches are shipping soon, and Nanos are due in this week. Stop by WiredOut to check them out. Apple products are available with special pricing below academic discounts at WiredOut and the Wexner Center Store.

-- > Contact: 292-8883 or wiredout@osu.edu

-- > Read more: wiredout.osu.edu



Headline news OSU surgeon takes helm at top neurosurgical society The largest neurological society in the world for neurosurgical professionals has named Ali Rezai, a neurosurgeon and researcher at the Wexner Medical Center, as its new president. The Congress of Neurological Surgeons has more than 8,000 members around the world and advances neurosurgical education and innovation by facilitating scientific discovery and its translation into clinical practice. Rezai is director of the Medical Center’s Neuroscience Program.

-- > Contact: David Crawford, 293-3737, or mailto:Crawford.1@osu.edu

-- > Read more >

ADVERTISEMENT



Why wait? Avoid the 2013 rush and schedule a 20-minute Your Plan for Health biometric health screening now. Benefits-eligible faculty and staff can use these values to complete the Personal Health Assessment when it is available in early 2013. Spouses and same-sex domestic partners who are enrolled in a university medical plan are also eligible. To schedule your screening, visit http://YourPlanForHealth.com, or for scheduling assistance, call 292-4700.

Input sought regarding tobacco free university proposal As a part of our commitment to the health and well-being of faculty, staff, students and visitors, Ohio State is considering becoming a 100 percent tobacco free university, with the goals of reducing tobacco use, reducing health risks for non-smokers, protecting the campus environment, and becoming the world's healthiest university. To consider this proposal and determine the next steps (if any), we ask for your input at a community forum on Thursday (10/18) at 2:30 p.m. in 090 Science & Engineering Library, or via e-mail at TobaccoFree@hr.osu.edu.

-- > Read more: hr.osu.edu/tobaccofree/index.aspx

ADVERTISEMENT



Exclusively for Ohio State faculty and staff: The same checking account that Huntington employees use. Sign up for Huntington Plus Checking® and you'll get an interest-bearing checking account, with Mobile Banking and free Bill Pay, and no monthly maintenance fee. Find out how you can get exclusive mortgage discounts – all from Huntington, the Official Consumer Bank of The Ohio State University®. Learn more at www.huntington.com/osustaff/. Member FDIC. Huntington® and Huntington Plus Checking® are federally registered service marks of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated.

Events this week Commitment and Crisis: Jews, Communism, and anti-Communism in the U.S. Tony Michels, associate professor of Jewish History at University of Wisconsin delves into the roots of American Communism and anti-Communism within the American Jewish community at the dawn of the 1920s on Thursday (10/18) at 3:45 p.m. in 168 Dulles Hall. Presented by The Melton Center for Jewish Studies, the History Race, Ethnicity, and Nation Constellation, the Humanities Institute, the Arts and Humanities Division of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Comparative Studies, and the Modern U.S. History Seminar.

-- > Contact: Lori Fireman at fireman.2@osu.edu or 292-0700

-- > Read more: http://go.osu.edu/michels ADVERTISEMENT



Who's helping you get more for your retirement? Here is some great news for OSU employees. As a leading retirement provider for higher education, Fidelity is ready to help you take a fresh look at your 403(b) and ARP. Put your savings to the test. Planning and Guidance Consultants are available on campus for complimentary one-on-one consultation. Call (866) 715-6111 or visit http://plan.fidelity.com/osu to schedule your appointment. Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC, Member NYSE, SIPC.

Ethno-Religious Relations in Medieval Spain Brian Aivars Catlos Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of Colorado (Boulder) presents "Exceptional Iberia or Normative Mediterranean? Contexts of Ethno-Religious Relations in the Middle Ages," Thursday (10/18) from 4-5:15 p.m. at Mershon Center for International and Strategic Studies. Presented by the Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and the Center for the Study of Religions.

-- > Contact: Paige Bailey at bailey.554@osu.edu or 247-7882

-- > Read more: http://go.osu.edu/catlos Great Lakes Climate Change Curriculum Webinar Ohio Sea Grant and the Ohio State Climate Change Outreach Team are offering a free two-hour webinar on Friday (10/19) to introduce an updated Great Lakes Climate Change Curriculum to classroom teachers, education students, and informal educators. A certificate for professional development contact hours can be provided.

-- > Contact: Christina Dierkes, dierkes.10@osu.edu

-- > Read more: http://go.osu.edu/climatelessons Zombie alert: Campus wide tag event under way Humans vs. Zombies: Infection is a moderated game of tag that is occurring across campus from today (10/16) to Tuesday (10/23) all day and night, except Saturday (10/20) when play will be suspended. Human players will try to survive as long as they can as zombie players tag the humans to turn them into zombies. Players are OSU students and will be marked by orange bandannas. More than 400 players expected.

-- > Contact: ohiostatehvz@gmail.com

-- > Read more: http://dps.osu.edu/ Upcoming events Young to discuss how societies remember wars Peace studies scholar Nigel Young will discuss "The Wars We Remember” on Tuesday (10/23) at 12:30 p.m. in the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. Young has been active in transnational peace activity for more than 50 years. He has been professor and director of peace studies at Colgate University and senior research fellow at Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He is editor-in-chief of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of World Peace.

-- > Register >

Digital First: Faculty Open Forum Oct. 24 Would you like to participate in dialogues about digital learning, Massive Open Online Courses, flipped classrooms, and the pedagogy behind these approaches? Join the Digital First faculty fellows for a Faculty Open Forum on Wednesday (10/24) from 5:15-6:15 p.m. in MP1000 to discuss where we are, what we are already doing, and what more we can do in digital education at Ohio State.

-- > Register: http://digitalfirst.osu.edu/forum Kaiser to deliver Nisonger Center presentation Oct. 26 The Nisonger Center is offering a brown bag presentation on Friday (10/26) from noon-1 p.m. in 230 McCampbell Hall. Ann Kaiser, professor of education and human development at Vanderbilt University and the director of Kid Talk, will deliver "Developing Benchmarks for Communication Intervention Outcomes." Kaiser was the co-director of the Sibling Research Consortium and is a member of the Sibling Leadership Network board of directors. The event is open to all.

-- > Contact: Ann Robinson at mailto:Ann.Robinson@osumc.edu

-- > Read more: http://go.osu.edu/Kaiser_10-26-12

Training/workshops Info sessions for OSU graduate degree for working professionals The John Glenn School of Public Affairs is hosting information sessions on the Masters of Arts in Public Policy and Management (In-Career M.A.) program. It is designed for working professionals with at least three years of significant full-time work experience, who are interested in a flexible, master’s degree that includes coursework in policy, budgeting, public finance, data analysis, and management. Students may complete the program on a full-time or part-time basis with day or evening classes available.

-- > Register: glenn.osu.edu/prospective/info_sessions.html Policies, Best Practices, and Resources for Managing Ohio State Records Ohio State, as a public institution, must comply with laws governing public records. Effective compliance can only be achieved in an environment of proper records retention and management. There will be a workshop on Tuesday (10/30) from 9-11 a.m. which will go over university policies, legal requirements, and best practices concerning the retention, management and disposition of records in their care. The session will be held in South Campus Gateway, Suite 430. Register online at hr.osu.edu/ole/HRStaffPD.aspx