Past Events

  1. Martin Luther King Day - no classes, offices closed

    Jan 20, 2020, 12:00am - 11:59pm

  2. Professional Development Workshop: Cultivating an Inclusive Environment: Recognizing and Responding to Unconscious Bias (Wooster)

    Jan 17, 2020, 1:30pm - 4:30pm

    This interactive workshop will explore how identities, beliefs, and backgrounds shape our perceptions of other people in ways that can negatively impact the people with whom we interact and unconsciously widen the diversity gap. Participants will learn how to identify and empathetically respond to implicit bias in order to foster a more inclusive environment at work, home, and in their communities. This workshop provides a nurturing and judgement-free space for participants to share and discuss their experiences and learn strategies for being an active bystander.  This workshop is free and open to the entire OSU community on a first come basis. Cap: 30 participants. Lunch will be provided. 

  3. EPN Breakfast - January 14, 2020 The Bourbon Barrel Connection: Revitalizing Appalachian Ohio economies and oak-dominated forests

    Jan 14, 2020, 7:15am - 9:30am

    This EPN Breakfast, co-hosted with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry, will highlight the bourbon cooperage industry in Appalachian Ohio and the economic benefits that it is providing to communities in the region.  We will explore the oak-dominated forests of the region and challenges that we face in sustaining them for future generations.   Finally, we’ll introduce you to the Ohio Interagency Forestry Team and our multifaceted approach to sustaining oak-dominated forests across all ownerships.  Join this program to hear Darren Whitmer (vice president and general manager, Speyside Bourbon Cooperage, Inc.) share about oak barrels and their role in making bourbon, the reasons why white oak is used in bourbon barrels, and the history of Speyside Bourbon Cooperage including its expansion of operations into Appalachian Ohio.  Cotton Randall (cooperative forest management administrator, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry), and Dave Apsley (natural resources specialist, Ohio State University Extension) will explore the oak-dominated forests of the region and challenges that we face in sustaining them for future generations, and introduce us to the Ohio Interagency Forestry Team and its multifaceted approach to sustaining oak-dominated forests across all ownerships.  In addition, Dan Balser (chief and state forester, ODNR Division of Forestry) will provide opening remarks and Jamie Dahl (forest outreach coordinator, Central State University Extension and McIntire-Stennis Program) will facilitate the audience Q&A session.

  4. Ohio Woodland Stewards: Introduction to QGIS 3.4

    Jan 7, 2020, 10:00am - 4:00pm

    An introduction to a freeware GIS product - QGIS 3.4.  Attendees will learn how to create maps and reports utilizing this software. Computers will be provided.

  5. Semester and first-session classes begin

    Jan 6, 2020, 12:00am - 11:59pm

  6. New Year's Day - no classes, offices closed

    Jan 1, 2020, 12:00am - 11:59pm

  7. Christmas - offices closed

    Dec 25, 2019, 12:00am - 11:59pm

  8. President's Day Observed - offices closed

    Dec 24, 2019, 12:00am - 11:59pm

  9. Autumn Commencement

    Dec 15, 2019, 12:00am - 11:59pm

  10. Graduate Exit Seminar - Florence Becot

    Dec 10, 2019, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

    Florence Becot will present, "Linking farm households’ social needs, social policy, and farm persistence" on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in room 333 Kottman Hall. 

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