Open Source Software and IP Protection Workshop

Wednesday, November 14
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The Garage Conference Room—Corporate Engagement Office
1524 N. High Street | Columbus | 43201

Parking: Gateway Garage
75 East 11th Avenue | Columbus, OH 43201

Mr. John Lyon and Dr. Brian Giles of Thomas | Horstemeyer will be here to explain Open Source Software and how to protect intellectual property. The technology commercialization team is the first resource for disclosing innovations at the university. We engage with faculty and staff to build a pipeline of innovation to help evaluate, protect and ultimately find the right market for intellectual property. Ohio State’s Corporate Engagement Office facilitates strategic, mutually-beneficial relationships between the university, our faculty and outside businesses and organizations.

Lunch provided
RSVP here
(Please note, if it hasn’t been corrected the RSVP site says Thursday, Nov. 14; however, the workshop is Wednesday, Nov. 14)

Lunch and Learn: Carmen Gradebook

Out with the Old and in with the New…Carmen Gradebook
Amy Kohmetscher, Instructional Development Specialist at Ohio State University – ATI
Thursday, Nov. 29, noon – 1 p.m.

New gradebook is coming! Prepare yourself! In this lunch and learn session we will cover the basic features of the new gradebook and how they can help you more easily manage grades in your course.  Topics discussed will include enabling new gradebook, new menus and sorting options, customizing late policies and color schemes for assignment status, and the newly improved keyboard accessibility and orientation features.

Join Us Live at: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/154767129

 

If you missed the session from Monday, Nov. 5, you can watch the recording here.

Accessible and Impactful Course Design in Carmen
Wendy Klooster, Assistant Professor, Horticulture & Crop Science
Do you want to increase student engagement and success in your courses? Are you interested in attracting more diverse students? Making some strategic course design choices can help you achieve these goals. This session discussed the benefits of using the Quality Matters (QM) method for course design. Key features of this method relate to designing clear learning objectives, accurately measuring student progress, and leveraging instructional technology in the most effective way. Although specifically targeted to online or hybrid courses, any form of instruction, including in-person courses, extension, or mentoring, can benefit from consideration of the QM standards.

Environmental Film Series

The School of Environment and Natural Resources and the Office of Energy and Environment are hosting the Environmental Film Series. Each film is screened at 7 p.m. in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Chemistry Room 130 (Columbus).

Tonight, the Environmental Film Series continues in 130 CBEC with Toxic Puzzle. Featuring Ohio’s own Lake Erie and Grand Lake, and sites worldwide, this 2018 Harrison Ford-narrated film connects ALS and other diseases to the toxins often released from nutrient runoff-driven Harmful Algal Blooms such as those shutting down the Toledo water supply in 2014. Discussion led by Adam Quick, MD, OSU Wexner Medical Center, ALS neurologist and Teresa Long, MD, retired Columbus Health Commissioner now with OSU College of Public Health.

Click here for further details on tonight’s screening as well as the upcoming films in the series.

Lunch and Learn: Accessible and Impactful Course Design in Carmen

Monday, Nov. 5, noon – 1 p.m.
Accessible and Impactful Course Design in Carmen
Wendy Klooster, Assistant Professor, Horticulture & Crop Science

Do you want to increase student engagement and success in your courses? Are you interested in attracting more diverse students? Making some strategic course design choices can help you achieve these goals. This session will discuss the benefits of using the Quality Matters (QM) method for course design. Key features of this method relate to designing clear learning objectives, accurately measuring student progress, and leveraging instructional technology in the most effective way. Although specifically targeted to online or hybrid courses, any form of instruction, including in-person courses, extension, or mentoring, can benefit from consideration of the QM standards.

Join us live at: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/675051137

In case you missed the last lunch and learn – Bringing the pits to online learning: At home labs in soil science and other dirty tales by Ron Reuter, Associate Professor and Program Lead Natural Resources, Oregon State University – it is available online. Click here to view it.

Humanitarian Development and Innovation’s Seminar

Come and see Mike Stoots from East Tennessee State University speak at Humanitarian Development and Innovation’s seminar: The Niswonger VILLAGE – A Public Health Simulation Lab! This event will be taking place on Nov. 5, at 9 a.m. in Scott Lab E100. Click here to RSVP for the event!

The Niswonger VILLAGE (Virtual International Living and Learning Across Global Environments) at the East Tennessee State University Eastman Valleybrook Campus is a public health simulation lab that replicates how people live and work in low-resource settings. Using role playing, case studies, and simulated scenarios, students face real-world challenges, and gain confidence in their ability to make a difference in the lives of other people.

The Niswonger VILLAGE is one area on Project EARTH (Employing Available Resources to Transform Health), which helps to prepare public health graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to work in almost any environment, especially the kinds of low-resource environments that might exist in rural areas, or following either a natural and man-made disaster. To this end, students learn to provide clean water, sanitation and shelter, among other skills. At the same time, students are learning teamwork, problem solving and creative thinking — skills relevant in all worksites. This seminar will highlight the VILLAGE’s creation and use, as well as, provide an overview of Project EARTH.

Mike Stoots is the Director of Operations of Project EARTH and Undergraduate Coordinator of Community Health in the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University. Project EARTH (Employing Available Resources to Transform Health) helps to prepare public health graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to work in almost any environment, especially the kinds of low-resource environments that might exist in rural areas, or following either a natural and man-made disaster. In 2017, Stoots was awarded the Delta Omega Award for Innovative Public Health Curriculum for “Project EARTH: An Innovation in Education and an Education in Innovation”. Stoots also led an effort to revise the undergraduate public health program at East Tennessee State University by creating a workforce-centered curriculum. He has over 25 years of experience teaching undergraduate public health students.

Invention and Commercialization Assistance

Invention and commercialization assistance is now available on Wooster campus at BioHio in Pounden Hall.

On Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, a representative from the Technology Commercialization Office (TCO), Jay Dahlman, will be available at the Wooster campus from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The TCO representative, along with Dr. Shauna Brummet, president and CEO BioHio, will address questions from faculty, staff, post-docs, and students focused on innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship at The Ohio State University.

Please feel free to stop by the BioHio Innovation Lounge, 3rd floor of Pounden Hall— the incubator for the BioHio Research Park. BioHio is a regular collaborator with the TCO and works closely to provide resources for Wooster campus faculty and staff as well as increased opportunities to connect with companies and organizations on a local, national, and global level.

To schedule an appointment time with a TCO representative outside of the designated standing appointment timeframe, please contact Jay Dahlman.

Lunch and Learn: At Home Labs in Soil Science

Friday, Oct  26, noon – 1 p.m.
Bringing the pits to online learning: At home labs in soil science and other dirty tales
by Ron Reuter, Associate Professor and Program Lead Natural Resources, Oregon State University

Science happens in kitchens all over the world every hour of the day – and hardly anybody thinks anything about it. Soil science, while complex in theory, can be explored at the beginner’s level in a kitchen, in a hands-on way, with very simple tools, and provide the same amount of insight as a class at an R1 university teaching lab. We will explore some simple experiments and engage our creativity to explore new ways of learning hands-on science, without the science lab. Ron will also share his research into how well students are learning key concepts when labs are taught in this manner.

Dr. Ron Reuter is an associate professor in the Forest Resources Department at Oregon State University Cascades. He teaches several classes and is engaged in research in the areas of effective distance education technology and ecosystem processes in Oregon’s high desert. He was a guest speaker at the 2017 CFAES Price Chair in Teaching, Learning, and Advising Symposium. We have had several requests to bring him back to share his insights with more of our science faculty thinking about teaching online.

Join live at: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/908014164

Puerto Rico: The Reality of “Paradise”

Puerto Rico: The Reality of “Paradise”
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, 12-1 p.m.

Selby Hall (Plant Pathology) Room 203, Wooster
Or steam live at: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/6056911066
Or watch later via www.go.osu.edu/WoosterInternational

Cost: Free
Details:  Light lunch provided, space limited
Meal starts at noon.
Presentation starts at 12:15 p.m.

Rsvp at owens.1132@osu.edu by Tuesday, Oct. 30.

Marlia Bosques Martínez: B.S. in Crop Protection from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Pursuing a master’s degree in Plant Pathology at Ohio State under the guidance of Dr. Chris Taylor and Dr. Sally Miller. Her research focuses on studying root-knot nematode diversity, yield loss, and biocontrol management on tomatoes.

Noelymar González: B.S. in Agronomy from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Pursuing a master’s degree in Soil Science at Ohio State under the guidance of Dr. Steve Culman. Her research focuses on studying soil health in no-till soils.

Ana M. Vázquez Catoni:  B.S. in Biology and in Industrial Microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Pursuing a master’s degree in Plant Pathology at Ohio State under the guidance of Dr. Soledad Benitez. Her research focuses on studying microbial diversity in tomato seedlings.

Puerto Rico Cultural Connections

A talk in the series Cultural Connections: “Where Culture Meets Agriculture”

Contact information: Jason Owens, International Coordinator at the Wooster Campus owens.1132@osu.edu,  (605) 691-1066

PRESENTED BY
THE WOOSTER CAMPUS DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

Lunch and Learn Session on Solstice Pods and Other Tools in Select Classrooms

Thursday, Oct. 18
Noon – 1 p.m.
ATI Classroom: Skou201
Solstice Pods and Other Tools in Select Classrooms
Presenters: Jared K. Phillips, Education Technology Specialist, CFAES Information Technology Services, OCIO and Valerie Childress, Instructional Design Specialist Ohio State ATI

Do you feel like you get tied down to the podium at the front of the classroom too much?  Would you like to have students use their mobile devices more on live class activities?  In this session we will demonstrate how to use the Solstice Pods, which are located in several ATI classrooms and some Columbus campus rooms.  These devices allow you and your students to share an iPad or laptop onto the large classroom monitors in the rooms.  We will also demonstrate how to use Apple TV in case you are in a classroom without Solstice Pod.  If you want to bring in a guest speaker remotely or connect in with online students live, we will also show you how to use Zoom and the distance ed capabilities that we now have in five Wooster classrooms.

This session will NOT be available via Zoom, as it is showcasing features of on-campus classrooms.

Upcoming Research-Focused Educational Opportunities

Appointing People on Sponsored Projects
Oct. 11, 2018, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Video-linked: Room 145, PAES Building (Columbus) – 130 Research Services (Wooster)
In this session by the Office of Research geared toward staff, learn about common types of faculty, graduate student, post doc, and staff appointments. Off-duty compensation, release time appointments, supplemental compensation, and salary capping are covered, as well as personnel-related compliance topics, such as time and effort reporting, key personnel, and cost sharing. Open to all faculty and staff. Register via BuckeyeLearn.
Sponsored by the Office for Research

Graduate Student Finance Workshops
Oct. 15, 16 and 18, 5:30-8:00 p.m.
126 Research Services (Wooster)
CFAES, BioHio Research Park, and OARDC Scholars invite you to our 2018 Finance Workshop: Financial Tips and Tools for Career Success. Learn the basics of finance and accounting needed to succeed in entrepreneurial ventures, write grants, and manage personal monies. This series will take place over three days: Monday, Oct. 15, Tuesday, Oct. 16, and Thursday, Oct. 18 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. in 126 Research Services (Wooster). This event is open to all CFAES graduate students and post-docs. Dinner will be provided. Please send questions and RSVP to Betty Aylsworth by Thursday, Oct. 11.

Introduction to the PI Portal
Oct. 16, 1-2 p.m., FABE 200 (Wooster)
Oct. 17, 10-11 a.m., Agricultural Administration Building 250A (Columbus)
This workshop will provide an overview of the new, redesigned PI Portal, demonstrate its enhanced features and address questions. In this session, you will learn tips on how to use the PI Portal system to manage financial aspects of a project, verify remaining balances, reconcile outstanding expenditures, monitor cost-share activity, and review commitments and personnel appointments. We will also review project deadlines, uploaded documents, invoices/payments, expenditure allocation, important alerts from the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) and how to use the Portal to close Purchase Orders. Open to all faculty, staff, and students. Register here.
Presenter: Angie LeMaster, CFAES Finance

Navigating the CFAES Research Enterprise
Oct. 31, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Video-linked: Parker Food Science and Technology Building 120 (Columbus) – Gerlaugh Hall 121 (Wooster)
Join us to learn the different responsibilities of the Primary Investigator, Grant Development Support Unit, and the Office of Sponsored Programs when working on sponsored project proposals and throughout the life of the project. Open to all faculty, staff, and students. Register here.
Presenters: Lori Kaser, Grants and Contracts Administrator and Traci Aquara, Senior Sponsored Program Officer

One Health Day Symposium

Registration is now open for the 2018 One Health Day Symposium.

The One Health Day Symposium brings together multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and internationally to address the spread of disease, promote health, and emphasize the connection among humans, animals, and the environment. Experts from Ohio State, health agencies, and universities abroad will share insight on One Health-related issues during the symposium to be held on Nov. 1-2 at the Drake Union Performance and Event Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. The symposium is being held in recognition of One Health Day, which will be celebrated on Nov. 3, 2018.

Click here for more details and registration information. Registration closes on Oct 22. Contact globalonehealth@osu.edu if you have any questions.

Agriculture and Policy Outlook Conference

Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
The Ohio State University
November 2, 2018
Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

8:30 a.m. –  Registration

9:00 a.m. –  Welcome and Introductions: Tim Haab, Department Chair

9:30 a.m. –  Barry Ward, Director, OSU Extension Income Tax School: “Farm Input Outlook”

10:45 a.m. –  Ben Brown, Farm Management: “Commodity Outlook- South America Focus”

11:30 a.m. –  Ian Sheldon, Professor and Andersons Chair of Agricultural Marketing, Trade, and Policy: “Trade and Policy”

12:15 p.m. –  Lunch

1:00 p.m. –  Comments from Cathann Kress, Dean, and Gary Pierzynski, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

1:15 p.m. –  Carl Zulauf, Professor Emeritus, Fred Yoder, Yoder Ag Services, and Kevin Elder, Producer: Agricultural Policy Panel

2:00 p.m. –  Chris Hurt, Professor, Purdue University, Agricultural Economics: “U.S. Livestock Outlook”

2:45 p.m. –  Ani Katchova, Farm Income Enhancement Program Chair: “Ohio Financial Conditions and Outlook”

3:30 p.m. –   Concluding Thoughts

Register for in-person or webinar attendance.

Once you register for the webinar, use this link to join: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/765922010

Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16468769923,,765922010#  or +16699006833,,765922010#
Or Telephone:
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 646 876 9923  or +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 765 922 010
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ad7ussRUgg

Inclusive Excellence Trainings

CFAES is hosting a series of Inclusive Excellence Trainings from October to May.

These one-hour trainings focus on best practices for ensuring all reasonable efforts to attract a diverse candidate pool for open staff or faculty positions. Participants will examine the role that implicit bias often plays in screening applicants.  Strategies for advertising and creating avenues for underrepresented applicants will be presented.

These trainings will be made available via Zoom.

To register for any of the upcoming training sessions, please visit:
Staff Hire Trainings – http://go.osu.edu/staffIEtraining
Faculty Hire Trainings – http://go.osu.edu/facultyIEtraining

Amazon Web Services Immersion Day

Amazon Web Services Immersion Day
Wednesday, Oct. 3
The Great Hall at The Ohio Union

Whether you’re looking for compute power, database storage, content delivery, or other functionality, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has the services to help you build sophisticated applications with increased flexibility, scalability and reliability.

AWS is coming to Ohio State! Join us for an immersion day to meet members of Amazon’s team and take a deep dive into learning about AWS, how it can help you, and how to use it securely. This day will be an engaging, tech-driven event focused on helping you accelerate and secure your journey on AWS. If you’d like to participate in the lab exercises please be sure to bring a laptop and a power cord.

Click here to register.