Month: August 2017

PreK-8 Back-to-school drive

The College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE) Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement is sponsoring a college-wide back-to-school drive to collect toiletries and personal care items for Starling PreK-8 School, located in the Franklinton community of the Columbus City School district. Starling serves a diverse student body, including many whom lack basic items for their personal care. I would like to invite the faculty and staff from the College of Pharmacy to join EHE in this collection drive.

I have placed two cardboard boxes in the student lounge marked EHE. Please place items in the boxes between now and next Friday, 9/8. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your consideration.

Best,

Dr. Jen Rodis

Science Cafe with Dr. Lane Wallace

The library’s first science cafe will be on September 6 and will feature Dr. Wallace talking about the Opioid Crisis.

When: September 6th @ 6:30pm

Where: Research Commons (3rd Floor, 18th Avenue Library)

Topic: The Opioid Crisis

A major contributor to the opioid problem is the culture of American health care. The goal of minimizing chronic pain markedly increased opioid prescriptions over the last 20 years. A small fraction of people chronically using opioid drugs for medical reasons will develop an addiction. Several opioid drugs, including heroin, are available at a relatively cheap price outside of the normal pharmaceutical distribution system. People with addictions often switch to these drugs. The “War on Drugs” is not succeeding in its goal of lessening addiction. A new development in the arena of opioids and pain involves medical marijuana. Lessening the opioid problem will require a multi-faceted approach.

Speaker: Lane Wallace, OSU College of Pharmacy

Food/Drink available in building via cafe and vending.

See https://library.osu.edu/news/science-cafe/ for additional details.

Buckeyes Bring Hope Project

Please see the information below regarding a support effort led by Nursing for the victims of flooding in Texas.

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Dear Colleagues,

As we all know, the weather-related devastating event in Houston, Southeastern Texas, and Louisiana is adversely affecting thousands of families. As Buckeyes have a reputation of paying it forward, the College of Nursing has been working to connect with local charities and organizations on the ground in the south to determine their needs and how we can help through an initiative that we are calling “Buckeyes Bring Hope.”

We are creating a fast-response team to bring faculty, staff, students and alums together with community members to provide items for the victims of this terrible flood. I know we can work together and mobilize Buckeye Nation to support our friends in the south.

My staff has contacted two local charities that are already on the ground with connections in these devastated areas, Lifeline and Matthews 25: Ministries, who have offered to support our efforts by collecting and distributing much-needed items to those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Attached are items of great need for the victims of the flood. Updated information will be shared here: go.osu.edu/OSU-BBH. The College of Nursing is serving as one drop off site for these items, beginning on Tuesday 9/5/17; we are working on one or two other drop off sites on campus and I will let you know when those sites are confirmed. We will take items through next Thursday 9/7/17 at noon. An announcement will also go in this Friday’s OnCampus Today to drive people to a webpage that will allow faculty, staff and students the opportunity to get involved in helping and donating to this important cause.

Would you please share this message with your faculty, staff, students and alumni? Please also continue to keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.

Together, across Buckeye Nation, we can help to make a difference. Go Bucks!

Warm and well regards,

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

Vice President for Health Promotion
University Chief Wellness Officer
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing
Professor of Pediatrics & Psychiatry, College of Medicine
Executive Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
145 Newton Hall | 1585 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-4844 Office
President, the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities (NCBHAC)
Editor, Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing
melnyk.15@osu.edu
http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/index.html
twitter@bernmelnyk

2018 Community Engagement Conference Call for Proposals

Proposals are now being accepted for Ohio State’s inaugural Community Engagement Conference, taking place January 24-25, 2018 in the Ohio Union. Building on the success of the Extension Annual Conference and the university’s Engagement Forum, the conference will bring together faculty, staff, students and community partners to focus on professional development and networking, while exploring new potential engagement partnerships. The theme of this year’s conference is Partnering to Advance Health and Wellness. Proposals are due October 30, 2017.

Submit a proposal and learn more at engage.osu.edu/conference.

Contact: lewis.485@osu.edu or morrison.332@osu.edu