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Ohio State earns national recognition for community service

The 2015 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll results have been announced, and Ohio State has once again been recognized for its commitment to service.  The College of Pharmacy helped contribute nearly 10,000 hours to this endeavor. The President’s Honor Roll recognizes institutions that support exemplary community service programs, both curricular and co-curricular.  It is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning, and civic engagement.  Ohio State was recognized for general community service, as well as programs focused on education and economic opportunity.

For more information:  http://www.nationalservice.gov/special-initiatives/honor-roll

Schweitzer Fellowship Application Information

This program is a wonderful opportunity for PharmD students to engage in a year-long service and leadership development program.  More information can be found here: http://medicine.osu.edu/orgs/outreach/albert%20schweitzer%20fellowship/pages/index.aspx   If you have questions or are interested in applying, please contact Jen Rodis (rodis.2@osu.edu).

Recruitment for the 2017-2018 Fellowship Year:
General recruitment sessions will be held at Research Commons—Room 350 (https://library.osu.edu/blogs/researchcommons/) on:
Tuesday, October 18:    10:00-11:00 am
Thursday, October 27:   2:00-3:00 pm

2017-2018 Timeline and Selection Process:
The selection process timeline for the 2017-2018 Fellowship year is as follows:
February 13, 2017:         Written application submission due date
February 14, 2017:         Written applications distributed to ASF Review Team (Please let me know if you would like to review a small number of applications.)
February 23, 2017:         ASF Review Team submits scores/recommendations
February 25, 2017:         ASF applicants notified regarding whether he/she has been selected for an in-person interview
March 6-11, 2017:          30-minute in-person interviews with ASF Review Team  Please complete the following Doodle poll to indicate your availability to participate in the in-person interview process (as we will only interview ≈15 individuals/pairs, not all time slots will be filled)

Funding of $1M for faculty, staff and student engagement

The Connect and Collaborate Grants Program incentivizes faculty, staff, students and their public/private sector community partners to submit concept proposals which have the potential to catalyze engaged, collaborative teaching and research activities benefiting the community and university. Grants up to $100,000 are available. Concept proposals are due Monday, October 3. An information session will be held on Wednesday, September 14 from 9-10 a.m. in the Research Commons.

Read more at https://oaa.osu.edu/ccgrants.html
Contact: engage@osu.edu

Undergraduate students invited to apply for Propel Ohio leadership summit

Propel Ohio is a leadership program that promotes civic engagement and inspires undergraduate students to grow into civic leaders in Ohio. Undergraduate students are invited to apply to participate in Propel Ohio: Collegiate Leadership Summit 2016, which will be held on Friday, Oct. 14 at the University of Dayton. The program will actively engage college students on issues around childhood poverty. The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept. 16.

Read more and apply: https://www.brown.senate.gov/propelohio

2016 University Outreach and Engagement Recognition Awards Now Accepting Applications

The Offices of Outreach and Engagement, International Affairs, Service-Learning, Student Life, and Undergraduate Education have joined together to recognize faculty, staff, students, and community partners with the University Outreach and Engagement Recognition Awards program.  Awards will be given in the community engagement, international engagement, service-learning, staff, student, student group, and community partner categories.  A total of $21,000 will be awarded.  Applications are due Feb. 16, 2016.

For more information: http://outreach.osu.edu/for-faculty-and-staff/awards.html

New Blog Post: Addressing the Misuse of Prescription Drugs While Being in the “At-Risk” Population

by Jason Anderson

Jason-anderson-1njpuyd-150x150As a fourth-year student practicing in the pharmacy, I see the face of addiction every week. The signs of drug addiction are no longer presented as shady drug deals in a dark alley but are now disguised as early refill requests for opioid pain medication and stimulant ADHD medications. The description of the stereotypical drug abuser has changed drastically over the last few years. For example, the highest rate of emergency department visits in 2011 related to drug misuse or abuse was between the age range 18-29. This, coincidentally, is the demographic of the college population. Fifty-one percent of these cases involved non-medical use of pharmaceuticals. The real question is this: how do we overcome these biological changes of addiction to alter prescription drug misuse behaviors?

Read the entire post on the Generation Rx Website.

Generation Rx Featured as a Community Resource

The American Pharmacist Association (APhA) published an article called “Rx drug abuse: Pharmacists part of potential community solution” that highlights how a pharmacist can make a difference in the community. The article highlights Ohio State’s program, Generation Rx.

Read the article here.

I-Corps@Ohio Program RFP Release

The I-Corps@Ohio program is a statewide grant program developed to assist faculty, staff and students from Ohio universities, colleges and community colleges in validating the market potential of technologies and launching start-up companies. The program is managed by Ohio State’s TEC Institute and fully funded by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. I-Corps@Ohio is modeled after and approved by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) successful Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, which has been proven to increase innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry collaboration. To learn more and view the RFP, visit http://icorpsohio.org or contact Nikki Modlich at modlich.5@osu.edu

The RFP is also attached to this message.  The submission portal will open on January 4, 2016 and the registration and pre-submission is due by February 7th, 2016.  We are planning an internal OSU info session on December 2, 2015, and I will send out the invitation when the time has been finalized.  Please contact me with any questions.
Download RFP (PDF)