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In a message to the university community, Ohio State provided a summary of what students, faculty and staff need to know to continue the Safe and Healthy approach the community successfully managed together last academic year and throughout the pandemic. The university shared information about: COVID-19 protocols, including testing, masking, quarantine and isolation space; mental health resources; and safety resources , including community events and safety devices. 

COVID-19 Case Reporting Reminder

Submit Flexible Work Agreement online by Sept. 30

As Ohio State continues to support flexible work arrangements, it is important for employees and managers to align on the expectations for any flexible work arrangement. Once a workplan is established, faculty and staff working remotely in any capacity need to complete an online Flexible Work Agreement by Sept. 30 to appropriately document their work locations for tax reporting purposes. Even if a PDF form has already been completed, the information should be transitioned to the online form and resubmitted.

Enrollment Window for Tuition Assistance Now Open for Autumn Semester

Applications for tuition assistance benefits must be submitted each term, and the enrollment window for autumn semester 2021 is June 28- August 27, 2021. Eligible faculty and staff can apply in Workday (recommended) or with paper forms for dependent tuition assistance and faculty and staff tuition assistance.

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

Extension Sustainability Team, Waste-free Lunch Tips

As a new school year approaches, the state-wide OSU Extension Sustainability Team has published Ten Tips for Packing Waste-Free Lunches, a new, easy-to-read guide to help families be more sustainable, save money and reduce single-use items. The Sustainability Team plans to share this new resource with parents, schools, solid waste management districts, recycling outlets and other organizations that promote sustainability. Laura Stanton, the Family and Consumer Sciences Educator who wrote the tip sheet, reminds people that making the small changes necessary to pack waste-free lunches, sustained over time, can lead to big and impactful results.

August's FAST update in the Community Garden

The summer garden is in full healthy harvest right now. Join Growing Franklin for an engaging two minute video for the August 2021 FAST Update in the Community Garden. Learn what is in harvest, what bugs to watch out for and what seeds you can plant right now to keep that healthy harvest going into fall.

Faculty and Staff Appreciation Football Game

Faculty and staff have an opportunity to enter for a chance to be randomly selected to receive four complimentary tickets to the Ohio State vs. University of Tulsa football game on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 3:30 p.m. Eligible faculty and staff are required to "opt-in" by Friday, Aug. 20, at 11:59 p.m. for the opportunity to receive tickets based on a randomized selection process.

Pronouns in CarmenZoom

CarmenZoom users can now add pronouns to their display name and share them across all meetings. To add your pronouns, edit your profile at carmenzoom.osu.edu and be sure to update your Zoom apps to the latest version

Live, Online MS Office Courses

Increase Your Knowledge By Learning Practical Skills You'll Use Every Day

➢ August 26 – Basic Excel

➢ September 2 – Intermediate Excel

➢ September 9 – Advanced Excel

➢ September 16 – Basic Word

➢ September 23 – Access

➢ September 30 – Advanced Outlook

For more information: https://ati.osu.edu/onlinecomputer

Registration Deadline: The Monday of the week of class.

The Supervisor’s Toolbox Certificate Program

Fall 2021 Session Dates: Wednesdays Sept 29 - Nov 17, 2021 : 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

An employee excels at the job she was hired to do, so she gets promoted to supervisor with little or no training about how to be an effective supervisor. A supervisor has been in his role for over a year, but he still struggles when dealing with a difficult employee. A supervisor tells HR about an employee performance issue, but doesn't know how to communicate or document the necessary corrective action.  Seem familiar? More and more employees are taking-on new responsibilities; give them the tools to be effective!

The Supervisor's Toolbox is for frontline supervisors, lead people, those new to supervision and those with minimal experience or training.

Investment: $1485 – Includes all 8 sessions, participant materials, DiSC® assessment and individual report, Time Mastery assessment and individual report.

For more information: https://ati.osu.edu/supertoolbox

Registration Deadline: August 27. 2021

Last Session in the Gardening with Physical Limitations Webinar Series

Please join us on Aug. 31st, 6 -7:30pm ET for the fifth and final part of the 2021 Everyone Can Garden! webinar series. In this concluding session we will look back over the 2021 growing season and identify what worked and didn't work for people who engaged in home vegetable gardening across the state of Ohio. We will address how to use what we learned this year to plan for the next growing season. We will also provide tips for making garden clean up easier, safe, and identify what needs to be done to prep for next year. There will be time to ask the presenters about specific problems. Learn more. 

Mammography Screenings Offered by The James Mobile Mammography Unit

Inclusive Excellence in Hiring Webinar

This 90-minute webinar on Sept. 1st, 11am-12:30pm ET provides an overview of best practices for recruiting a diverse candidate pool for faculty and staff positions. Participants will examine the role that various forms of bias can play in screening applicants and identify ways that intersecting social identities create an unlevel competitive job market. Strategies for recruitment of historically underrepresented minority applicants will be addressed. The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences requires that all individuals serving on search committees complete this program every 2 years. Open sessions are offered monthly.

Volunteers Needed: 2021 Back 2 School Bash

The 2021 Back 2 School Bash will be held in person on Thursday, September 2nd from 4:00-7:00 pm. This is the 10thanniversary of Back 2 School Bash. The 2021 event will be held on CFAES Columbus campus. All CFAES students, faculty and staff are invited to attend for free. Registration will be located nearby the CABS bus stop on Woody Hayes Drive (look for the balloons) and other activities, tents, entertainment and games will be located throughout CFAES from the Fyffe Road turnaround to Coffey Road areas. Please remember to encourage all attendees to bring their BuckID so they can register. Registration will be required to receive meal tickets for the food trucks.

There will be games, a collaborative chalk art, steel drum band, photo booth, caricature artists, balloon artists and food trucks for this year’s Back 2 School Bash. We have had an incredible group of students (Animal Science Community Alliance) who have helped to plan this year’s event. We also have support from across the college from clubs and organizations to provide programming funds. These organizations also plan to set up a table display for students to learn about their groups. We are looking for assistance from faculty and staff to put this event on and allow the students to enjoy the fun. We have a variety of jobs to help with including set up earlier in the day and other behind-the-scenes tasks in addition to jobs during the event. Visit this link to sign up to help. Your mailroom information is included on the signup sheet to ensure we deliver your event t-shirt to the correct location. Additional information will be shared with all volunteers during the first week of classes. 

Questions? Contact Mariette Benage.1@osu.edu or Jill Arnett.179@osu.edu.

Identity, Power, and Privilege Webinar

What does it mean to have privilege? What is oppression? How do your social identities, such as race, gender, class, religion, sexuality, etc. grant or deny you privilege? How can we use privilege to transform systems that perpetuate social inequity? This 2-hour interactive webinar on Sept. 2nd, 1-3:00pm ET will explore these questions, providing participants with an opportunity to delve into their social identities - a process that reveals how we all have and lack privilege simultaneously – and discover ways to leverage privilege to achieve allyship with people from marginalized groups.

New Internal Grants Program – Request for Proposals Now Available!

The CFAES Office for Research & Graduate Education is pleased to announce the FY 2022 R&GE Internal Grants Program (IGP) Request for Proposals. Internal Grants Program Awards are intended to accomplish the following objectives:

• Increase the competitiveness of researchers in extramural grant programs 
• Enhance and encourage creative and innovative research needed to prepare competitive extramural proposals 
• Encourage the development of intellectual property 
• Promote the creation of faculty teams to develop competitive extramural grant applications by addressing immediate needs.

The three competition categories open for 2021 include the New Researcher Incentive Program, the Immediate Needs Program, and the Intellectual Property Accelerator Program.

Interested in learning more about IGP? Join us for an information session on:

Wednesday, September 8 from 1:00-2:00 PM – Register Now

Thursday, September 9 from 10:30-11:30 AM – Register Now

Monday, September 13 from 10:00-11:00 AM – Register Now

All proposals will be due Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Please direct all questions to CFAES-IGP@osu.edu or visit http://go.osu.edu/cfaes-igp for more information. View RFP

Distinguished Service Award: Accepting Nominations

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes individuals who have rendered exceptional service to the university in both official and unofficial capacities. Awards are not made on the basis of long, faithful or loyal service alone, but rather for service that is truly distinguished. Nominees may include those who have served in academic or administrative positions at the university, as well as alumni and other non-university individuals. Customarily, no faculty or staff member is recognized until at least one year after retirement. Honorees are recognized at commencement. A brief nomination form is required by Sept. 10. 

Manufacturing Safety Fundamentals Certificate

Every workplace requires an understanding of the essential safety practices that help employees avoid potential hazards. Although every workplace is unique, there are common safety topics that apply to a wide range of industries and occupations. To help your employees learn about these common safety concerns, The Ohio State University ATI, in conjunction with Tooling U-SME, has developed the Manufacturing Safety Fundamentals Certificate.

The Manufacturing Safety Fundamentals Certificate Program provides a general foundation of safety information that is relevant for every individual in the workplace. The classes include an overview of the major safety topics relevant to manufacturing companies and also identify OSHA requirements that may affect the employer or employee.

This certificate program includes 23 one-hour online courses (to be completed over a 3-month period) covering topics manufacturing experts identified as relevant for manufacturing safety. After successful completion of all 23 online courses (passed with an 80% or higher) students will receive an electronic certificate of completion.

Course Completion Window: September 10 - December 9, 2021

Cost: $199.00

For additional upcoming course offering dates, contact Zac at burkey.56@osu.edu or 330-287-7511.

OSU Leadership Center Workshops

August Workshops
August 19: Communicating to be Understood online
How we communicate with each other, whether it is a co-worker or spouse, can make or break a relationship. In this workshop we will explore how people communicate differently and how you can use your strengths to build relationships with your team and increase people's feeling of being heard. Join Emily Buck on August 19th for this online workshop, for more information, or to register, please click here.

August 20: Coffee and Conversation online
For more information, or to register click here.

August 26: Best Boss Ever online
Do you want to be the best boss you can be? What are the qualities that make a high-performing boss? Why is it important to be a good boss? We all know that employees leave bosses, not organizations. Do your employees consider you to be a good boss? Come join Beth Flynn, of the OSU Leadership Center on August 26th ,to learn what makes a great boss. For more information please click here.

September Workshops

September 1:Coaching and Mentoring Are Two Different Things

Coaching and mentoring are two different ways of working with employees. Plan to attend the September 1stworkshop hosted by the OSU Leadership Center, and learn which style works best for you. During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn how coaching and mentoring affects employee motivation, as well as learn more about the GROW model of coaching. Brian Raison is facilitating this workshop. For more information, or to register click here.

September 9: CliftonStrengths online

Do you know your five strengths? 

According to the Gallup Organization, "we spend too much time focusing on our weaknesses, trying to make them stronger rather than recognizing our strengths." When you focus on your weaknesses, you miss out on utilizing what you do best for your organization. Join Beth Flynn of the OSU Leadership Center for this workshop and learn about your strengths, and how to use them to increase your effectiveness as a leader. For more information, please about this September 9thworkshop, click here.

September 10: Coffee and Conversation online

For more information, or to register click here.

September 16: Flex Your Leadership Style online

Learn how to “flex” your behavior based on various situations. DISCflex ™ helps increase professional success by providing insight into how an individual’s behavior impacts the people around her/him. This workshop includes an on-line assessment, a report of results and a 360º view based on input from others you select to rate you. Plan to attend the OSU Leadership Center’s September 16th workshop. Beth Flynn is facilitating this workshop. Click here for more information.

September 20: Coffee and Conversation online

For more information, or to register click here.

September 23: Trends and Issues that May Impact Extension

This past year COVID-19 has altered our way of living and thinking. New trends and norms have emerged in practically every aspect of the way we work and in our home life. The Extension system is not immune to these alternations. Therefore, how do we stay relevant? For more information, please click here. 

September 29: Give'em the Pickle: Customer Service online

Who are your customers?

Good question. As employees, we represent the University when providing service to students, the public and even our co-workers. Our job is to serve our customers. How do we do that? By giving them the pickle. Pickles are those extra things you do to make people happy. Join Beth Flynn of the OSU Leadership Center for this September 29th workshop and determine what pickles you are going to give. For more information, or to register, please click here.

September 30: Applying Your Personality Style to Build Your Leadership Skills online

Moving from recognizing and understanding to appreciate and effectively using differences is a challenge because we all have a natural bias for our own way of seeing things and making decisions. It can be hard to recognize our own biases, especially when they are reinforced by the cultural attitudes within which we live and work. That is what you will learn to do in this September 30th workshop with Jeff King. For more information please click here.

Lean on Your Land-Grant Children's Incentive

We have a few packets left. If you have not signed up for a packet yet, visit: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6KhsnVuAUYgj97D. Want to help share some positivity – about our college, your family, and our response to the virus? Post photos of your children with their Lean on Your Land Grant COVID-19 Task Force “Essential Teammate” rewards on Twitter and Instagram. Use the hashtag #LandGrantTeammate. Let’s recognize all the good your children are doing in helping us continue to do our work—teaching, researching, securing Ohio’s food supply. 

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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