Arnold Roth: Free Lance
February 15 - May 17, 2002
The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library More Info

Campus Campaign 2002 Kickoff Celebration
March 11, 2002, 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Fawcett Center Ballroom More Info

Opening Reception for Bricker Hall Exhibit
March 12, 2002, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Bricker Hall More Info

Presentation by Arnold Roth
March 17, 2002, 2:30pm
Wexner Center Film/Video Theatre More Info

General Staff Meeting
March 20, 2002
9:30am - 11:00am 090 SEL
3:00pm - 4:30pm 122 Thompson Main Library More Info

Coffee Break with Corner Store Employees
March 22, 2002, 9:00am to 11:00am
122 Thompson Main Library More Info

Scholarly Communication Lecture
April 5, 2002, 10:00am - 12:00noon
OSU Faculty Club Grand Lounge More Info

Web Subcommittee Open Meeting
April 24, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Room 122, Thompson Main Library More Info

OSU African-American Female Performer Exhibit

University Libraries in conjunction with the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, celebrating its 50th anniversary, Frank W. Hale, Jr. Black Cultural Center, and Women's Student Services, commemorate Women's History Month with an exhibit in Bricker Hall. An opening reception is planned for March 12, 2002, from 5:30 pm until 7 pm in Bricker Hall. Many talented professionals in the performing arts have come from The Ohio State University. 75 Years Onstage… recognizes four African-American women whose performance activities have spanned collectively the last seventy-five years.

Ruby Elzy, who graduated from OSU in 1930, created the role of Serena in the American folk opera Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, a role that she played more than 800 times between the opera's 1935 premiere and her death in 1943. Her work included roles on stage and in films, most notably her 1933 film debut as Dolly in The Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson and her 1941 appearance in Birth of the Blues with Bing Crosby and Mary Martin, in which she sang "St. Louis Blues."

Adrienne Kennedy graduated from OSU with a degree in elementary education. Her play Funnyhouse of a Negro won the Obie Award and launched her career as a playwright. Other works include Orestes and Electra, The Alexander Plays, The Ohio State Murders in which she explores the racism she experienced during her college years, Sleep Deprivation Center, and her autobiography, People who Led to my Plays.

Toni-Leslie James, costume designer, graduated from The Ohio State University with the MFA in Theatre design. Among her numerous credits are The Tempest, Twilight... Los Angeles 1992, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, Jelly's Last Jam, Marie Christine, Macbeth, Henry VIII, The Caucasian Chalk Circle as well as work at Lincoln Center Theater, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Royal Court and Chichester Festival Theatre in England, operas, dance, industrials, and television.

Bebe Miller, American dancer, choreographer, and company director, completed the master's in dance at Ohio State in 1975. In 1985 she formed the Bebe Miller Company, which has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe. Her works include Trapped in Queens, Two, The Habit of Attraction, Thick Sleep, Rain, The Hendrix Project, Nothing Can Happen Only Once, Tiny Sisters in the Enormous Land, Blessed, and Going to the Wall. Companies around the world such as the PACT Dance Company in South Africa, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Phoenix Dance Company in England, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company have performed Miller's work. Among her awards are two New York Dance and Performance Awards ("BESSIE") for Choreography.

Miller is on the OSU Department of Dance faculty. She will be present during the reception to discuss her work.

For more information, contact:
Nena Couch (couch.1@osu.edu)
Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute
292-6614

Coffee Break with Corner Store Employees

You are cordially invited to attend a promotional event given by The Ohio State University Store and the Library Business Office. This event offers the chance to see some of the newest office products and supplies that are on the market and available at University Corner Store Department. Be sure to mark this date and time on your calendar. I hope to see you there.

You can view the PowerPoint presentation poster for the event here: Coffee.ppt.

LaTina Moss (moss.3@osu.edu)

Awards, Acknowledgments, Fellowships, Grants, and Publications

Share your good news with the University and the entire community. Please send information about your recent accomplishments to Program Coordinator Chiquita Mullins Lee (Library Communications) at mullins-lee.1@osu.edu.
Libraries' faculty and staff are engaged in exciting work and we want to make it known.

Awards

Achievements

• OSU Course Catalog & Master Schedule
• Library Staff Advisory Council's Web Page
• Library Staff Information Page
• OhioLINK Reference Databases - Access Rights
• Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) - Publisher List

OSU History of Dance Exhibit

The Sills Exhibit Hall, located in the Thompson Main Library, is currently showcasing items related to the history of dance at Ohio State. We are presenting some photographs of the exhibit, which is titled "The Alkire Years: Creating the OSU Dance Tradition." You can click on each photograph for a closer view.

Interview With Library Fund-Raisers

Internationally themed promotional poster for Campus Campaign 2002. Click to zoom in

Recently, we sat down with a couple of the people involved in Campus Campaign 2002, Shannon Tippie and Kaye Madden. We started off the interview by asking for some information about this years Campus Campaign.

Shannon Tippie:
Campus Campaign 2002 is taking an international theme this year. There will be a kickoff party for all students, faculty, and staff on March 11, at 3:30pm in the Fawcett Center. Everyone is welcome, not just volunteers for Campus Campaign. We want library staff to know that volunteers will be coming around soon. Campus Campaign is over 20 years old and is the most successful Faculty/Staff campaign in the entire nation. Most people don't know that only one third of the entire University budget comes from state funding. Another third comes from tuition, research grants, and other fees. The final third comes as donations from corporations, foundations, alumni, other donors, and from Campus Campaign.

Kaye Madden:
It's important to realize that OSU is "state assisted," not "state supported."

Shannon Tippie:
That's why the campaign has been so successful, you can really see the benefits of your gift. With such a strong campaign, deans can go to corporations and show them how much we've helped ourselves. When we can show our own commitment to education it is easier to convince donors to help out.

NEWS NOTES Online:
Do you have any specific goals set for contributions?

Shannon Tippie:
No, we are just trying to increase participation each year. When we focus on participations, the money just follows. Last year participation was at a record high of 35%, up from 25% the previous year. It helps in conversations about renovations to cite such high participation among faculty and staff. It's all about "I Believe In Ohio State."

Kaye Madden:
You can be donor and be counted in that percentage for donating even $1. I believe that pre-tax payroll deduction is the easiest pay to give though. You don't really miss $10 a month, so it's painless to give that way. Just a little bit every month...

Shannon Tippie:
...Isn't so shocking to the system. We have some events planned for Campus Campaign 2002: On April 22nd we'll be having an international lunch buffett and bake sale. We encourage all Library employees to bring in their favorite dish. In late sping, early summer we'll be having an ice cream social again and we'll be having raffle items again also. If anyone has any questions or wants to help you can contact either of us, or Linda Johnson who has been running Campus Campaign for a long time. She's such an energetic person!

Shannon Tippie (tippie.13@osu.edu)
Kaye Madden (madden.66@osu.edu)
Linda Johnson (johnson.78@osu.edu)

Luminous Lucubrations

Last week's entry, "hypobole," is "a rhetorical device of anticipating objections in order to refute them."
This week's entry is "pabulum."

Online resources for this question are available:

• WWWebster Dictionary - brief definitions
• The Oxford English Dictionary - lengthy, historical entries
• The Dictionary of Difficult Words - rarely used, archaic, and difficult words

Laughs

• Calvin & Hobbes Daily Comics
• Cartoon of the Day

In order to comply with University procedures, employees who are applying for listed vacancies must complete a Promotion/Transfer Request (form 8931, Rev 9/97) during the week of the first listing of the vacancy in the University Personnel Posting (green sheet). To ensure awareness of all vacancies which have been posted, applicants should consult the weekly green sheet rather than relying on the listing in NEWS NOTES Online and are encouraged to attach a resume and/or other supporting documents to the form. Prospective faculty and staff applicants who are absent during the five-day posting period and wish to apply should see Toni Morrison-Smith

Library personnel may also review University employment opportunities at http://www.ohr.ohio-state.edu/index.htm