News Tips for Local Media - 09/08/95

                                  STORY TIPS

University Communication offers a new service for central Ohio 
news organizations: a listing of potential news stories on the 
Columbus campus.  We'll update this listing every other week.

NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION, TA ORIENTATION--Sept.11-15, About 88 of 
the 162 new faculty at Ohio State are expected to attend the New 
Faculty Orientation, Sept.14-15 at the Faculty Club.  Sessions 
include: information about the university, the student 
population, promotion and tenure, principles of effective 
lecturing, large classroom instruction, and teaching problem 
solving and critical thinking.  Teaching Associate Orientation, 
which assists TAs in developing teaching techniques, will be held 
Sept.11-13 at the Faculty Club.
CONTACT: New Faculty Orientation: Li Tang, Office of Faculty and 
TA Development, 292-3644; TA Workshop: Christine Stanley, Office 
of Faculty and TA Development, 292-3644.

GEES DOT THE "I" IN QUADRUPLE SCRIPT OHIO--Sept.16. Ohio State 
President Gordon Gee and his wife, Dr. Constance Bumgarner Gee, 
will 'dot the I' in Script Ohio during halftime of the Ohio 
State-Washington game (3:30 start time), 9/16 at Ohio Stadium.  
The Ohio State University Marching Band will join with more than 
600 band alumni to perform the quadruple Script Ohio to all four 
sides of the stadium, with the Gees dotting the alumni script to 
the home (pressbox) side of the field.
CONTACT: Dave Carwile, band media contact, 292-9678/431-3334. 
Game passes must be obtained through OSU Sports Information, 
292-6861.

WELCOME WEEK--Sept.17-22, Up to 50,000 students converge on the 
Columbus campus beginning Sunday, Sept. 17, as Ohio State begins 
a new academic year on Wednesday, Sept. 20.  Among the many 
"Welcome Week" activities: Sunday (9/17), almost 8,000 students 
will begin moving into dormitories.  President Gee will welcome 
students Monday (9/18) with an 11 a.m. convocation at St. John 
Arena followed by a picnic by the French Field House along the 
Olentangy River.  Tuesday (9/19), students may attend a Student 
Organizations Fair.  On Wednesday (9/20), classes start and 
there's a scavenger hunt at the Drake and Ohio unions open house.  
Thursday(9/21) brings the "Just Say Hi" picnic and social, and a 
pep rally at St. John Arena.  On Friday (9/22), students may 
attend a party at the Wexner Center for the Arts to preview the 
Roy Lichtenstein exhibition and meet the artist.
CONTACT: Brenda Fields, Student Events Committee, 292-2324.

WOMENS HEALTH CONFERENCE--Sept.21-23, "Toward the Year 2000: 
Improving Women's Health in Ohio" is the first comprehensive, 
statewide conference to examine women's health from a variety of 
perspectives.  It will be held Sept. 21, 22 and 23 at the Greater 
Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St.  Co-sponsored by the 
Ohio State University Medical Center and the Ohio Department of 
Health, the conference will look at health trends and 
characteristics unique to Ohio women.  Dr. Bernadine Healy, dean, 
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, will provide an 
overview of women's health issues across the lifespan; Dr. 
Marianne Neifert, also known as "Dr. Mom," will examine women's 
multiple roles and complex lives, and suggest alternatives to the 
"Superwoman" myth. 
CONTACT: Betsy Samuels, University Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.

WORLD WAR TWO LECTURES-Sept.22 and 23, The Ohio State University 
College of Humanities, Department of History, and Mershon Center, 
are co-sponsoring lectures delivered at the 1995 Annual Meeting 
of the Ohio Historical Society, I-71 and 17th Avenue.  Ohio State 
alumnus Donald Kagan, professor of history and classics, Yale 
University, will discuss his book "On the Origins of War and the 
Preservation of Peace" Friday (9/22)at 7:30 p.m.  Ohio State 
history professor Allan Millett will speak on "What the U.S. Did 
to World War II and What the War did to US," Saturday (9/23) at 
2 p.m.
CONTACT: Melinda Nelson, College of Humanities, 292-1882.

OHIO STATE STUDENT NEWSPAPER AVAILABLE IN AUDIOTEXT--"The 
Lantern," the laboratory newspaper for School of Journalism 
students, is believed to be the first student newspaper in the 
U.S. to make its copy available via telephone.   The audiotext 
service is available by calling 688-5465.  The "Lantern LINK" 
(Lantern Information Network), provides national news, weather 
information, entertainment information, horoscopes, soap opera 
updates and sports scores.  "The Lantern" hopes to add local and 
campus news to the service this fall.
CONTACT: Ray Catalino, Lantern Business Manager, 292-6749.

The person listed as the contact for each item will have the best 
information about the story.  However, feel free to call on our 
news services staff for assistance with these or other Ohio State 
news stories.  Amy Murray, 292-8385;Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; and 
Tom Spring, 292-8309.

-compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, 
(Murray-Goedde.1@osu.edu).


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Fri, 8 Sep 1995 16:10:40 -0400]
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