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  • Keep cool, stay safe

    begala.4@osu.edu | June 21, 2022
    As the heatwave rolls across Buckeye country, please take a moment to consider how you can keep your program participants and staff cool and safe. Children, especially those who are active in hot conditions, are at higher risk of heat-related illness. The American Camp Association has listed the following tips to help keep your programs operating safely: Provide for frequ...
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  • Guidance for youth programs operating in summer 2022

    begala.4@osu.edu | April 12, 2022
    Ohio State has updated the Safe and Healthy Buckeyes website to provide guidance for youth programs operating in summer 2022. This update includes guidance on safety and wellness monitoring, vaccination policy for youth/minors programs, contact tracing, program approval and other event safety practices. I am thrilled that, under this guidance, university youth activities and pr...
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  • Students, employees required to take sexual misconduct prevention training

    Stephen Begala | March 28, 2022
    Every year Ohio State requires students and employees to complete online training designed to help them recognize, prevent and report sexual misconduct, and to educate them about resources to help those who might have experienced sexual misconduct. All students and employees were notified by email of this requirement in early October 2021. Students, including graduate and professional...
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  • Institutional Equity leadership announcement

    Stephen Begala | August 3, 2021
    It gives me great pleasure to announce that Keesha Mitchell, JD, has been named associate vice president of the Office of Institutional Equity. She has served as interim leader of OIE since November 2020, when she came to Ohio State from the Ohio Attorney General's Office. She was selected for the ongoing role after a national search. As associate vice president of OIE, Keesha oversees the uni...
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  • Title IX Coordinator Selected

    July 13, 2021
    I am pleased to share that Melissa E. Mayhan, J.D., has joined the Office of Institutional Equity as our deputy associate vice president and Title IX coordinator. In this role, she will oversee the university’s compliance with laws prohibiting sex-based discrimination, as provided by the Title IX section of the federal Education Amendments of 1972. Missy previously was senior associate general...
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