Campus Partners Board Seeks to Add Two Students

CAMPUS PARTNERS BOARD SEEKS TO ADD TWO STUDENTS

COLUMBUS -- The Board of Trustees of Campus Partners 
hopes to add two students from The Ohio State University to 
the board this fall through a public nomination process.

Ohio State established Campus Partners last January as 
a non-profit community redevelopment corporation to work 
with the City of Columbus, the University District 
neighborhoods and the university itself to improve the 
residential and retail area around Ohio State.

Campus Partners staff members met in the past few weeks 
with student leaders and with the editorial board of The 
Lantern.  In those meetings, students expressed their 
interest in Campus Partners' planning work and asked to be 
represented on the Board of Trustees of Campus Partners.

Kevin Sheriff, president of Undergraduate Student 
Government, and Jenny Nelson, vice president of USG, met 
last week with the Campus Partners board to present the case 
for two students to serve on the board.  The Campus Partners 
board agreed and authorized a public nomination process to 
seek two students for board membership with full voting 
privileges.

Any undergraduate, graduate or professional student in 
good academic standing may apply for a seat on the Campus 
Partners board.  Nomination forms are available at seven 
offices on campus and must be returned to the Campus 
Partners office, 1824 N. High St., by noon on Friday, Nov. 
3.

The nomination forms may be picked up at the Office of 
Student Life, 208 Ohio Union; Off-Campus Student Services 
office, 211 Ohio Union; Undergraduate Student Government 
office, 306 Ohio Union; Office of Residence and Dining 
Halls, 600 Lincoln Tower; Council of Graduate Students 
office, 55 Jones Graduate Tower; Frank Hale Black Cultural 
Center, 153 W. 12th Ave.; and Campus Partners office, 1824 
N. High St.

A nominating committee will review the nominees and 
will recommend candidates for selection by the Campus 
Partners board.  The nominating committee will give 
preference to nominees who have lived on- or off-campus in 
the University District for at least one year and who plan 
to continue to live in the University District during the 
term of service on the board.

The University District is bounded by Fifth Avenue on 
the south, Glen Echo Ravine (just north of Arcadia Avenue) 
on the north, the Conrail railroad tracks on the east and 
the Olentangy River on the west.

The nominating committee will be composed of one 
student representative each from Undergraduate Student 
Government, the Council of Graduate Students, the Inter-
Professional Student Council, and the Off-Campus Student 
Services Advisory Council; two additional students; a staff 
member from the Office of Student Life; and two current 
members of the Campus Partners board.

The Campus Partners board is chaired by David Williams 
II, vice president for student services.  The board 
currently has 14 members, including 10 university officials, 
three residents of the University District and the chief of 
staff to the Columbus mayor.

Campus Partners' primary work this year has been to 
develop a comprehensive improvement plan for the University 
District.  Public meetings were held on-and off-campus last 
spring and summer to gather community input.

The Campus Partners consulting team has worked this 
summer and early fall to incorporate data on existing 
conditions and from the extensive public participation into 
an improvement plan.  A draft plan will be released in early 
November.  To present the draft and receive input, Campus 
Partners has scheduled public meetings Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at 
Indianola Middle School, 420 E. 19th Ave., and Nov. 15 at 9 
a.m. in the Ohio Union.

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Contact:  Steve Sterrett, community relations director for 
Campus Partners, 294-7300.

NOTE:  The current members of the Board of Trustees of 
Campus Partners are:
-- David Williams  II, chairperson, vice president for 
student affairs, Ohio State.
-- George J. Arnold, chief of staff, Mayor's Office.
-- Sharon Austin, neighborhood resident and director of 
Northside Development Corporation.
-- Robert M. Duncan, secretary to the Board of Trustees 
of Ohio State. 
-- Ruth Gresham, director of Off-Campus Student 
Services, Ohio State. 
-- Mark Hatch, neighborhood resident and executive 
director of the Community Crime Patrol.
-- James L. Nichols, treasurer of the university.
-- Donald Pearson, neighborhood resident and member of 
the University Area Commission.
-- Janet G. Pichette, vice president for business and 
administration, Ohio State.
-- Edward J. Ray, senior vice provost, Ohio State.
-- William J. Shkurti, vice president for finance, Ohio 
State.
-- George A. Skestos, member of the Board of Trustees 
of Ohio State.
-- Zuheir Sofia, member of the Board of Trustees of 
Ohio State.
-- Nancy L. Zimpher, dean of the College of Education, 
Ohio State.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 27 Oct 1995 16:31:14 -0400]
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