Buckeye Link Mentor Job Posting

The Buckeye Link Mentor team, comprised of 30+ student employees, helps students and families take care of the business of being a Buckeye. Student employees answer common questions related to admissions, basic financial aid, and accounts and billing from a student’s perspective while providing excellent customer service in-person, over the phone, or via email.

Mentors also greet students and guests in the Student Academic Services Building lobby; provide information and make referrals to other campus offices as appropriate; guide prospective and current students and their families through the online Buckeye Link system; assist with review and intake of documents and select correspondence; document student contacts and follow up as necessary; assist with outreach; provide support to staff with special projects as needed.

Training will be provided in-person and will consist of a combination of in-person, remote, and self-paced modules. Due to the intensive training required, candidates should be available to work between 30-38 hours per week in the summer.

This is a Federal Work-Study eligible job and can be filled by a non-FWS student. This position is required to work in-person; however, after the training period, there is some flexibility to work remotely on occasion/as needed.

Additional Information:

Preferred candidates will have excellent communication and writing skills. Strong customer service experience is desired, as well as a willingness to ask and answer questions; independent decision making; ability to simplify and explain complex concepts; willingness to take accountability, and always demonstrate Ohio State values. The preferred candidate will be able to work 30 or more hours per week during the summer and are enthusiastic, punctual, friendly, and detail-oriented, and will have strong organizational and time management skills.

These positions are posted at jobs.osu.edu and you are welcome to send additional questions to Courtney Cook.649@osu.edu.

Scheduling Tips for Health Sciences Majors

Here are some scheduling tips that we recommend for Health Sciences majors:

  • Check when you can register for Autumn 2021 classes with this link.
  • Be sure to select the “undergraduate level for all 5000+ level HTHRHSC courses.
  • .01 sections are for ONLINE Health Science Majors ONLY!
  • Use the Pre-Track Health Sciences Curriculum Guides to see what you need for potential graduate schools.
  • See what’s available for Major Electives for In-Person Students and Major Electives for ONLINE Only Students.
  • Students that have permission to enroll in courses should email their advisors AFTER their scheduling window has opened.
  • Any student taking EEOB 2520: Physiology equivalent at a community college this Spring/Summer terms will need an advisor override to enroll in HTHRHSC 5500, 5510, and 4530.
  • Add yourself to the waitlist for PUBHEPI 2410 if you receive an error.
  • Current First Year Honors or Scholars directly admitted students should continue to take GE’s and prerequisites for the Health Sciences major.
    • These students should NOT be taking major courses until all pre-requisites have been completed.

HRS Approved Emergency Grading Policy for Spring 2021

HRS Approved Emergency Grading Policy for Spring 2021

HRS Undergraduate Students

  1. The new policy is automatic as opposed to opt-in, so students do not have to request the new grade scheme for their courses. Please note the expanded PA/NP grading option that was available SP20 and AU20 will NOT be continued for SP21. For more information, visit https://oaa.osu.edu/grading-spring-2021.
  2. Under the new university emergency grading policy, courses will be graded as they are normally; that is, instructors will assign the earned grade in the course, A-E. Before final posting to academic records, the Registrar will convert all D+ and D grades to PE (emergency pass), all E grades to NP (no pass), and all EN grades to NEN (no pass, non-attendance).  While PE, NP and NEN marks will not be calculated into the GPA, all grades A through C- remain as those specific grades and will calculate into the GPA.
  3. Dean’s list rules remain the same: students must be registered for at least 12 credits with at least 9 regular credits, graded. A grade of NP, NEN or U disqualifies a student from the Dean’s list even if GPA is at or greater than 3.5.
  4. PE, NP, and NEN grades do not count towards the credit hours needed for Latin Honors at graduation.
  5. The PE grade is equivalent to D+ or D, which means courses graded PE will NOT count in HRS majors or minors (Athletic Training, Health Information Management and Systems, Health Sciences, Medical Dietetics, Medical Laboratory Science, Radiologic Sciences and Therapy and Respiratory Therapy; HRS undergraduate minor (Integrative Approaches to Health and Wellness, Aging, and Medical Laboratory Science) or HRS certificate (Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology) courses offered in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences). In addition, a PE grade in a prerequisite or pre-major course that requires a minimum grade of C- (or higher) will mean the requirement is NOT fulfilled and the course will have to be repeated, just as it would if the posted grade was D+ or D.
  6. Repeat of a course initially taken during Emergency Pass grading does not count towards the students’ limit of three Grade Forgiveness attempts.
  7. If the student would like to request a letter grade in place of an E, NP and NEN, this must be requested to the Registrar for the transcript correction. Please note that a process for requesting a conversion has not been established. This process will be communicated to students when available.

HRS Graduate Students

  1. The new policy is automatic as opposed to opt-in, so students do not have to request the new grade scheme for their courses.
  2. Under the new university emergency grading policy, courses will be graded as they are normally; that is, instructors will assign the earned grade in the course, A-E. Before final posting to academic records, the Registrar will convert all C+, C, C-, D+ and D grades to PE (emergency pass), all E grades to NP (no pass), and all EN grades to NEN (no pass, non- attendance).  Although the mark is not calculated in the GPA, students assigned a PE will receive academic credit for the course.  All grades A through B- remain as those specific grades and calculate into the GPA.
  3. Due to accreditation requirements and professional competency, in the clinical graduate programs: Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy Doctorate, Master Dietetics and Nutrition, and Master Respiratory Therapy, students must request to the Registrar a letter grade on their transcript for any grade less than B-. Please note that a process for requesting a conversion has not been established.  This process will be communicated to     students when
  4. For students enrolled in the PhD and MS in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the emergency grading policy will apply as approved by the university in Spring, 2021. These students are not required to request a letter grade on their transcripts for any grade less than a B-.