CFAES Faculty and Staff Highlights

Wellbeing Wednesday: Brought to you by the CFAES Buckeye Wellness Innovators

The OSU Health Plan is here to support your wellness journey!
The OSU Health Coaching and Wellness Teams offer online educational programs and group health coaching series available at no cost to you. View upcoming programs in the August/September Wellness Flyer.

IT Updates

Updates and Impacts to Storage Limits and University Email Services 
Ohio State is making changes to storage allowances for email, OneDrive, and Teams. In addition, email account forwarding policies will be changed. 

On Dec. 31, 2024, email account forwarding to outside email services will be discontinued. Learn more.

On June 1, 2025, new storage limits will become effective for current university faculty, staff, and students. If you exceed the required limits for email, you will no longer be able to send email and if you exceed the required limits for OneDrive, you will no longer be able to save to OneDrive. Learn more.

Back 2 School Bash – Thursday, August 29, 2024 

Back 2 School Bash will be held on the CFAES Columbus campus and we are looking for volunteers to help. Please sign up here:  Volunteer Sign Up.xlsx, if you are available. The set up will look slightly different in 2024 due to construction, however we plan to emphasize our student organizations which will all be more closely configured. We will again offer food trucks and lots of great opportunities for entertainment at the event. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend for free. We hope you will be able to join us. Registration will be along the sidewalk (look for the balloon arch). There are a variety of volunteer jobs including set up throughout the day of the event. Any questions can be sent to Benage.1@osu.edu or Arnett.179@osu.edu.

The Ohio State Leadership Center Upcoming Workshops

August 6 - Change Style Preference online
Change is both inevitable and frightening but can also help increase a team’s efficiency if handled correctly. Are you equipped with the necessary tools to effectively handle change within your team? Register for our August 6th workshop to discover your change style preference and learn how to recognize and understand others’ change preferences to achieve more success in times of flux. Jeff King is facilitating this workshop. For more information, click here. 

August 22 - The Dark Side of Leadership: How to Avoid Becoming a Toxic Leader online 
We have all seen examples of toxic leaders, either in the media or in our personal lives. Together, let’s dig deeper and pinpoint those characteristics to further define toxic leadership. Then, we can ask ourselves how do we avoid becoming one? How may our actions effect the people around us? Join us for the August 22nd online workshop to learn how to avoid being a toxic leader. Click here for more info. 

August 29 - Mission Possible: Positive Leadership
Are you a positive leader? Organizations that have a positive culture are more productive, have happier employees and most importantly, happy and satisfied customers. No matter what the current situation is, or who is causing the negativity in your organization/team, it is vital that you create positive strategies that keep the team/organization strong. Join Beth Flynn, of the OSU Leadership Center for this August 29th in-person workshop.  For more information, or to register click here.

CFAES 2024 Teaching & Learning Community Gathering

Monday, August 12 at 1:00 p.m.
Kottman Hall, Columbus Campus

Please save the date and plan to participate in the CFAES 2024 Teaching & Learning Community Gathering. This collaborative event between the college and the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning will focus on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in the Teaching and Learning Exchange. We hope you will plan to join other members of the college’s teaching community for insights and dialogue on this evolving topic.

As a component of the Community Gathering, we hope to share some findings regarding the college’s current attitudes and utilization of generative AI within the teaching and learning exchange, so we would also like to encourage all to complete the Engagement Survey: Attitudes About AI: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eA443gc9CwDbKaG.

CFAES Student Employment Fair

Monday, August 26 from 3-5:00 p.m. in Kottman Hall Lobby in Columbus
Market, promote, and recruit for your student employment needs for the 2024-25 year.

How to Sign-Up: Please fill out this short registration form to participate. 

Who can participate? Any CFAES unit, faculty, or staff member who is looking to hire students for AU24, SP25, or SU25 semesters.

Not Located In Columbus? No Problem! If you are not in Columbus or can’t make it to the in-person event…we will still promote your open positions through additional marketing to all CFAES students on all campuses. Still sign-up to get your openings promoted!

Questions can be directed to cahill.71@osu.edu.

Gardening for Conservation Webinar Series

Join the Nature Conservancy and Ohio State University Extension for a webinar series to learn about ways to have a positive impact on nature from your own backyard.

• Wednesday, August 28th - The Good, The Bad and the Hungry: Dealing with Wildlife in the Garden

2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue

The World Food Prize Foundation is now accepting applications for side events and exhibitor booths for the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, themed Seeds of Opportunity: Bridging Generations and Cultivating Diplomacy. This event will focus on integrating past wisdom with current innovations and future needs through agricultural technology and intergenerational collaboration. Side Events and Exhibitor Applications are due August 1, 2024.

Join OLÉ for a Fall Semester Welcome gathering!

OLÉ will be hosting a fall semester welcome gathering with breakfast on Friday, August 16th from 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in Fontana Labs Room 2020 at 140 W. 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210.

CFAES Principles of Community 

We affirm our conviction that racism and inequality have no place in CFAES. Our CFAES Principles of Community serve as a base for managing these actions. We all contribute to our community and our collective experience. You are encouraged to download and post the principles, discuss them during meetings, share them with others, and most importantly, use them as a guide in all that we do to sustain life.

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