The Nutshell
Jul 26, 2015
The Nutshell is the official e-newsletter for Ohio State alumni club and society officers and board members. We encourage you to share the information with your members via your own newsletters or websites. The current issue is also available athttp://www.osu.edu/alumni/communities/clubs-and-societies/thenutshell.
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July 17 |
Alumni volunteer opportunity with Undergraduate Admissions go.osu.edu/6Ux |
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July 24 |
Alumni volunteer opportunity with Undergraduate Admissions go.osu.edu/6Uz |
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July 25 |
Ohio State Day at Crew FC go.osu.edu/OhioStateDayCrew15 |
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July 31 |
Society year-end report due |
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July 31 |
Club and society award nominations due go.osu.edu/clubsocietyawards15 |
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July 31 |
Alumni volunteer opportunity with Undergraduate Admissions go.osu.edu/6U3 |
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Aug. 1 |
Outstanding Club or Outstanding Society Award Spreadsheet due |
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Aug. 1 |
Nominations for Best Buckeye, Outstanding Society Leader and Outstanding CARL Award due |
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Aug. 4 |
Tackling tough issues in the interview, 6-8 p.m. Longaberger Alumni House go.osu.edu/6wV |
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Aug. 7-9 |
Pelotonia15 pelotonia.org |
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Aug. 22 |
American Heart Association Heart Walk go.osu.edu/heartwalk2015 |
OSUAA NEWS
Ohio State community says #thanksArchie
Archie Griffin stepped down as alumni association president and CEO at the end of June. To recognize the occasion, the Buckeye community shared its appreciation by sharing their thoughts through the #thanksArchie social media campaign. This was just one way the community expressed its gratitude.
MORE: go.osu.edu/extraordinaire
OHIO STATE COMMUNITY SAYS THANKS: go.osu.edu/thanksArchie
BOARD CHAIR LOOKS FORWARD AND BACK: go.osu.edu/ito
Detroit club boasts strong track record
Jim Vanderbrink stands out as one of Grace Sheng’s first Buckeye connections. They met at the Alumni Club of Detroit’s spring banquet, where she was awarded a scholarship that helped cement her decision to attend Ohio State.
MORE: go.osu.edu/detroitclub
Alumni connection benefits Ohio State students
Tom Wheeler made a promise to Ohio State students when he came to campus to deliver his first policy speech as FCC chair. “The door is open at the FCC,” he said. Eddie Pauline, director of the Office of Student Life’s Buckeye Leadership Fellows program, knocked right away.
MORE: go.osu.edu/FCCfellows
Support Pelotonia through the Team Buckeye virtual rider challenge
Back by popular demand! Your Ohio State University Alumni Association club or society is invited to join Team Buckeye in Pelotonia ’15 by creating a unique club or society peloton to participate in this year’s event.
MORE: go.osu.edu/challenge15
PELOTONIA: pelotonia.org
Save the date: Club and Society leadership symposium
Sept. 24-Sept. 25, 2015
Please mark your calendars for the 2015 Club and Society Leadership Symposium. We have a lot of information to share with you, so this year the conference will be one-and-a-half days, beginning Thursday afternoon, Sept. 24. There will be no cost to attend and no limit to the number of officers or board members you wish to register. We are currently working on a block of hotel rooms and will send information in the save the date email to presidents next week.
MORE: go.osu.edu/symposium15
Report your summer send-offs
Alumni clubs around the country will be celebrating the start of new school year by holding Summer Send-Off events for incoming Ohio State freshmen in their area. If your group is planning an event, please send details to Nadine Holmes as soon as possible. Details include: Type of event (cookout, picnic, lunch, etc.); Time, date and place; RSVP information (club RSVP contact and RSVP deadline).
Social media tip: Use social media to promote summer send-offs
Summer send-offs are a great way to connect incoming students with alumni. Use social media to keep multiple generations of Buckeyes connected to your club or society.
-Create a Facebook event for your Summer Sendoff. Facebook events are a great way to both promote an event and introduce attendees to one another. Learn more about creating a Facebook event.
-On Twitter? Use it to promote your Summer Sendoff by rallying around the #new2OSU hashtag. This tag is used for incoming students, and is a great way to connect with new Ohio State Buckeyes. Learn more about using hashtags on Twitter, or check out Ohio State’s list of hashtags.
-Encourage Summer Sendoff attendees to keep in touch with your club or society on social media. This could include friending one another on Facebook, or encouraging both students and alumni to follow your organization on Facebook or Twitter.
For questions or more information on all things social media, contact the Alumni Association’s Michelle Morgan.
Share your group’s good work
Remember to share your club and society accomplishments and points of pride for consideration in Ohio State Alumni magazine. A new submission form makes the process simple and quick. The deadline is Friday, July 17, to have items considered for the September-October Buckeye Buzz page.
MORE: go.osu.edu/BuckeyeBuzz
Share your volunteer opportunities
Have a great volunteer opportunity you’d like to share with fellow alumni and friends? Ohio State’s Office of Volunteer Relations can help through VolunteerMatch. Learn how to use this valuable tool with our step-by-step training guide and checklist.
TRAINING GUIDE: go.osu.edu/VolunteerTrainingGuide
CHECKLIST: go.osu.edu/VolunteerChecklist
Visit our job board
Are you looking for a new job opportunity? Are you an employer looking to hire fellow Buckeyes? Did you know that there is an active job board for Ohio State alumni? If so, the Alumni Association’s Lhota Office of Alumni Career Management can help.
JOB SEEKERS: go.osu.edu/AlumniCareerConnection
POST A JOB: go.osu.edu/osualumniconsortium
Join the Ohio State heart walk team
Join the fight against heart disease and stroke by signing up for the 2015 American Heart Association Heart Walk on Aug. 22. There is no cost to sign up and all participants that sign up by August 3 receive a team Ohio State t-shirt to wear the day of the Heart Walk. Contact Natalie Brown with questions. To sign up, please follow the these steps: Visit www.go.osu.edu/heartwalk2015/Scroll down to Alumni/Select Create New Team/Select Start at Team
Select New Team Name Under Company/Choose Alumni under Ohio State University.
MORE: http://go.osu.edu/heartwalk2015
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Speaker profile: Cheryl Achterberg TOPICS: Nutrition, dietary guidelines and what is human ecology? |
Apple Alumni Discount program
The Apple Alumni Discount program makes the Apple Education Price available to Ohio State alumni. In addition to exclusive Apple pricing, purchases through the Alumni Discount Program will directly fund university programming. Alumni can purchase the products they want and need, at exclusive prices, while supporting their alma mater.
MORE: alumni.techhub.osu.edu
CAMPUS NEWS
Becoming a Buckeye
For many Ohio State students, their time as a Buckeye started when they attended summer orientation on campus. Take a look back at the roots of this university tradition through an interactive timeline that tells you the whole story about orientation.
MORE: go.osu.edu/orientationtimeline
High Points: July 2015
Whether it’s research, academics or student success, High Points give you a quick and easy way to catch up on all the latest and greatest things happening at Ohio State.
MORE: osu.edu/highpoints
RESEARCH NEWS
Studying life in America
A recent $52 million contract renewal ensures that Ohio State will continue leading a survey that examines the lives of everyday Americans, which provides invaluable information to social scientists about the way we learn, work, raise our families and more.
MORE: osu.edu/features/2015/studying-life-in-america.html
Center helps battle water-quality issues
When summer arrives in Ohio, public and private conversations about water quality—or lack thereof—are not far behind. This summer is no different, with recent media coverage focusing on algal blooms in several prominent Ohio lakes and high nitrate levels in drinking water.
MORE: go.osu.edu/waterqualityissues
Zoo diet not helping black rhinos
A new study shows that captive black rhinos – but not their wild counterparts – are at high risk for two common health problems suffered by millions of humans: inflammation and insulin resistance.
MORE: go.osu.edu/blackrhinohealth
ATHLETICS NEWS
Meet Ohio State’s top student-athletes
Katie Borchers and Kevin Metka — Ohio State’s 2015 Big Ten Medal of Honor winners — were in good company as contenders for the achievement. Read about all 10 finalists.
MORE: go.osu.edu/scholarathletes15
Register your game-watch parties
The Buckeye football season is less than two months away. That means it’s time to make plans for your fall Ohio State game-watch parties. If you have any changes to your group’s location, please notify the alumni association’s Susan Long.
MORE: go.osu.edu/game-watch
ALUMNI TRAVEL
Ohio State at Rutgers
Oct. 22-25, 2015
$1,439 (New York City)
New York City is home to Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Broadway and much more. Times Square—iconified as the Crossroads of the World and the Center of the Universe—is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world’s busiest pedestrian intersections and a major center of the world’s entertainment industry. For detailed information, please visit http://go.osu.edu/OhioStateRutgers15or contact Amy Stoneking at Ohio State Alumni Tours by phone at 614-292-2372/1-800-852-8687 Ext. 2, or by email at stoneking.9@osu.edu.
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