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Story Tips for Local News Media - 05/17/96
STORY TIPS
University Communication offers this list of potential news stories
on the Columbus campus. We'll update this listing every week.
This and every University Communications news release is available
on the Internet and World Wide Web. To access by Internet, you may
reach us through either OASIS (Ohio State Information System), the
Columbus Freenet or World Wide Gophers. Select News and Weather,
then Ohio State University News Releases, then News Releases from
University Communications. Our Web address is http://www.acs.ohio-
state.edu/ Choose News Releases from The Ohio State University,
then News Releases from University Communications.
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL--May 14-18. The final two days
of the festival offer several events. The goal of the festival is
to expand and diversify the participation of the campus and
surrounding communities in African American arts and cultural
traditions. The schedule includes a crafts bazaar May 17 from 12
p.m. to 6 p.m. on the west lawn of the Ohio Union. The Heritage
Festival on May 18 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the west lawn of the
Ohio Union will feature gospel, poetry, jazz, an African dance
performance and a greek organizations step show.
CONTACT: Brenda Fields, coordinator of the Student Events Committee,
(614) 292-2324.
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES IS REVIEWED--May 20-21. The newly organized
College of Humanities Board of Visitors will make its first visit to
the college to meet with departmental representatives. The 10-member
board of nationally prominent leaders in the humanities has been
asked by Dean Kermit Hall to serve as critics and friends of the
college for the next three years. The three main topics for this
meeting will be research support, graduate education and job
placement, and commitment to interdisciplinary cooperation. The
board members will return every several months, each time to review
different aspects of the college's programs.
CONTACT: Melinda Nelson, assistant dean, College of Humanities, 292-
1882.
SENIOR LIFE HEALTH FAIR--May 21. Senior Life, a day of health
screenings, exhibits, and activities offering tips for staying
healthy and active over age 55, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. The event,
sponsored by The Ohio State University Medical Center, includes free
screenings for blood pressure, nutrition, blood sugar, glaucoma,
dental health and drug interactions. A special performance of the
Grandparents Living Theatre play Once I was Young, Now I'm Wonderful
will take place from 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Some screenings require a
appointment.
CONTACT: Betsy Samuels, Medical Center Communications, 293-3737.
STUDENT-DESIGNED ROBOTS COMPETE IN CONTEST--May 22. How do
engineers learn to design things? Through contests like this.
Robots created by first-year engineering students will collect
weighted Ping-Pong balls and carry them to a goal on a specially
designed course. Some of the balls are on the floor of the course,
others are on shelves, and one is suspended above the course with a
magnet. Robots will compete for points on the course. The contest
will take place from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the lobby outside 131
Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue.
CONTACT: Judy Kauffeld, director of college communications,
College of Engineering, 688-4423.
NEW AND GRADUATING YOUNG SCHOLARS ARE HONORED--May 22. The Columbus
Young Scholars Program of The Ohio State University will honor its
third class of college-bound graduating seniors in a ceremony at 6
p.m. at the Columbus Music Hall, 734 Oak St. Forty students from
Columbus public schools will pass the torch to the incoming class of
20 sixth grade Young Scholars during the event. The Young Scholars
Program gives first generation college-bound Ohio minority students a
college education at little or no cost to the students. The goal of
the program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority
students at the college level with particular emphasis on African
American, Latino American, Native American, and Appalachian students.
In 1994, 93 Young Scholars enrolled in Ohio State and in 1995, 180
Young Scholars entered. Students are chosen in the sixth grade based
on a written essay, grades, and a standardized test by a committee of
educators in their hometowns: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Columbus, Dayton, Lorain, Toledo and Youngstown. After this year's
new class is inducted, there will be some 1,615 scholars in the
program.
CONTACT: Shaletha Mitchell, Columbus program coordinator, (614) 292-
4884.
THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE MOON--May 23. Former astronaut Harrison
"Jack" Schmitt will deliver two lectures about the moon and his
travel there aboard Apollo 17 in 1972. Schmitt, a geologist and
author, will present Earth & Moon: One Environmental System at 3:30
p.m. in room 100 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall; and A Trip to the
Moon at 8:00 p.m. in room 131 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Ave.
Following his space travel, Schmitt served in the U.S. Senate (from
New Mexico) from 1977-83. His lectures are sponsored by the
Department of Geological Sciences in cooperation with the Center for
Mapping as the 54th annual Bownecker Lectures.
CONTACT: Lynn Everett, Byrd Polar Research Center, 292-9909.
BLOCH CANCER SURVIVORS PLAZA DEDICATION--MAY 23. Hope and strength.
That is what the creators of the Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza on The Ohio
State University campus seek to convey through the 4-acre,
interactive park at the northeast corner of Lane Avenue and Olentangy
River Road. Through a gift from the R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation,
Ohio State has become the first university in the nation to construct
and maintain a cancer survivors park, which celebrates life through a
multi-sensory design. Richard Bloch, co-founder of H&R Block, has
dedicated his life to building such parks across the nation and
Canada. A dedication ceremony will take place at the plaza on
Thursday, May 23, at 4:00 p.m. Among those expected to speak at the
event are Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, Columbus Mayor Greg
Lashutka, Ohio First Lady Janet Voinovich, and Richard and Annette
Bloch. Speakers will be available for questions from the media at the
conclusion of the formal program.
CONTACT: Janet Oberliesen, Chadwick Arboretum, (614) 292-4678.
IT'S JOB HUNTING SEASON: HIT THE HIGHWAY--Summer jobs for college
students can be found this year on the information superhighway. Amy
Thaci, career services director for the Colleges of Arts and
Sciences, says many employers are looking for students to help build
home pages on the World Wide Web. Thaci says many companies are
putting home pages together and are finding that college students
have the computer skills and knowledge needed to do the job.
CONTACT: Amy Thaci (pronounced Thatch-ee), Colleges of Arts and
Sciences, 292-7055.
"HOSPICE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INQUIRY"--May 18-Aug. 4. This Wexner
Center exhibit explores the hospice approach to health care through
the eyes of five contemporary photographers. In addition, the
Center will present a series of educational programs aimed at
broadening public understanding of the goals and benefits of hospice
care. The programs are offered in partnership with seven local
hospices and hospitals. May programs include Hospice: The Artists'
Response, on May 17, 2-3:30 p.m.; Hospice: Healing, and the Arts, on
May 18, 9:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.; and Ethical Issues in Hospice Care, on
May 31, 10 a.m.-3:15 p.m. The exhibit opens with a reception on May
17, 8-11 p.m.
CONTACT: Darnell Lautt, Wexner Center, 292-9923.
TWILIGHT OUTDOOR CONCERTS IN AMPITHEATRE--May 23, 30. On seven
evenings in May, the School of Music will present free outdoor
concerts in the Browning Amphitheatre next to Mirror Lake on campus.
These highly popular events provide an informal setting and great
music that people of all ages can enjoy. All concerts begin at 7:30
p.m. Remaining concerts include the Jazz Ensemble performing on May
23 and the Jazz Combos performing on May 30.
CONTACT: Lois Foreman Wernet, College of the Arts, 292-8835.
ASIAN AWARENESS MONTH--May 1-31. Manifesting a new GenerAsian is the
theme for the 1996 celebration at Ohio State. Throughout the month
there will be panel discussions, dances, concerts, conferences and
other activities.
CONTACT: Lakshmi Raman, Office of Asian American Student Services,
292-0625.
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; Tom Spring,
292-8309, and Tracy Turner, 688-3682.
-Compiled by Amy Murray, University Communications, (Murray-
Goedde.1@osu.edu).
[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 17 May 1996 16:19:38 -0400]
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