OSU Honors Affirmative Action Advocates

OHIO STATE HONORS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVOCATES

     COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University recently recognized 
five staff, faculty and students who committed themselves to 
supporting women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled 
veterans and people with disabilities.  At a ceremony May 21, 
they received the university's 14th annual Distinguished 
Affirmative Action Awards.

     The awards honor Ohio State people who have improved 
educational or employment opportunities for others, or made 
contributions through research, teaching, service or other 
activities.

     The 1996 awards include a plaque and a $500 honorarium for 
each honoree.

     The University Senate Committee on Women and Minorities 
sponsors the awards program in cooperation with the Office of 
Human Resources.

     The 1996 recipients are:
     Reggie Anglen of COLUMBUS (43219); public relations 
coordinator, Office of University Communications; Susan  Hartmann 
of COLUMBUS (43206), professor of history and women's studies; 
Barbara Snyder of COLUMBUS (43220), professor of law; Thomas 
Tucker of REYNOLDSBERG, doctoral student in education and 
graduate administrative associate for nursing; and Rose Wilson-
Hill of COLUMBUS (43231), director of special programs and 
operations for minority affairs.

     Outreach is a watchword for Reggie Anglen.  Since joining 
Ohio State's staff in 1989, he has developed several projects to 
reach minorities, especially African-Americans.  On the weekly 
Insight radio show aired on WCKX, 106.3-FM, he talks with guests 
about a variety of topics, including challenging ones such as the 
impact of AIDS and cancer on blacks.  In addition, he has 
moderated four television shows on WCMH, Channel 4, that looked 
at issues involving women and minorities.  Anglen has served on 
the President's Committee on Diversity at OSU, is active in 
organizations and community service projects, and advises two 
campus African-American student groups.

     It would seem that feminist studies is a natural place to 
talk about race, class and gender.  But it was not always so. 
Susan Hartmann was a leader in bringing race, class and gender 
into women's studies.  From the beginning of her career, a 
nominator said, Hartmann has paid attention to these issues.  
More recently, she worked for a requirement that all Ohio State 
undergraduates take a class that emphasizes social diversity.  
She also has an admirable record of recruiting minority faculty.  
Under her direction, Ohio State's Center for Women's Studies 
hired four minority faculty members.  Even while on sabbatical in 
1995, she chaired history faculty search committees that hired an 
African-American woman and a Chicano man.

     "Professor Barbara Snyder has been an active and effective 
advocate for equity and justice for all people," noted a 
colleague in the College of Law.  Officially, she served on a 
committee that reviewed faculty salaries for equity and the 
Athletic Council. She chaired a sub-committee on athletic gender 
and racial equality this past year as part of NCAA certification 
of Ohio State's athletic department.  In the College of Law, she 
chaired several search committees that added members of 
minorities and women to Ohio State's faculty, she advises the 
Feminist Law Caucus and teaches feminist legal jurisprudence.  
Unofficially, she helped found the Women's Grassroots Network 
advocacy group and advised women faculty who were facing 
difficulties in receiving tenure.

     Thomas Tucker is a graduate student getting a doctoral 
degree in education, but he advises undergraduates, recruits 
students and works with student organizations for the College of 
Nursing.  In four years, he has gone far beyond the job 
description, a nominator said.  He has improved what already were 
strong programs for minority students.  Before students even 
enroll in the College of Nursing, and sometimes before they enter 
Ohio State, Tucker makes contact.  He conducts special meetings 
and keeps prospects informed about what courses to take.  He 
encourages students who do not get accepted the first time they 
apply, "working with them one-on-one in an attempt to assure 
their successful re-application."

     For 25 years, Rose Wilson-Hill has helped lead affirmative 
action efforts at Ohio State.  She directs the Graduate and 
Professional Student Visitation Day for top seniors from 
historically black colleges.  GPSVD has been one reason that Ohio 
State has produced so many African-American Ph.D. recipients 
during the last two decades.  "The participation of over 50 
colleges and universities annually in this program can be traced 
to Rose's personal contact," one nominator said.  She also 
volunteers to lead fund-raising events at the King Arts Complex 
and other community efforts.  As a nominator said, Wilson-Hill 
promotes "not only Ohio State but the cause of equal rights and 
understanding."
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Contact: Ned Cullom, Office of Human Resources, (614) 292-0641 

Written by Gemma McLuckie


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