THE COLLEGE DILEMMA: CHOOSING WHETHER TO LIVE ALONE OR WITH ROOMMATES

College opens many doors for students, including the one into their first off-campus space.

For the first three years of college, I lived with roommates. Now, I live alone in a studio apartment. I won’t say the transition from living with others to living alone was easy, because it presents a new environment that you have to face alone.  

GOV. DEWINE AND PRESIDENT JOHNSON CELEBRATE OHIO STATE’S INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FACILITY

Placement of a final structural beam, covered in signatures of those involved, marked the completion of Ohio State’s Interdisciplinary Research Facility at a ceremony Wednesday. 

The beam topping ceremony featured Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, University President Kristina M. Johnson, President and CEO of JobsOhio JP Nauseef and Executive Vice President for Research, Innovation and Knowledge at Ohio State Grace Wang, all who  acknowledged the important research that will take place once the building and the rest of the Innovation District is complete. The building is expected to open June 2023.

PROFESSORS PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ONLINE FALL SEMESTER

The question on many students’ minds right now is whether or not they will be able to return to campus for fall classes at Ohio State, and although the plan is unclear, professors are preparing for the worst-case scenario.

Ohio State announced the cancellation of all in-person classes for the remainder of the spring semester on March 12, and since then, summer classes have also been moved online. A Friday Ohio State press release announced the creation of a task force to direct the return of “appropriate on-campus operations” once the COVID-19 outbreak has been contained, and faculty and administration are taking precautions in case in-person fall classes are also forced to transition online.

STUDENT KROGER EMPLOYEES ON FRONTLINES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Every 30 minutes, Kroger cashier Audrey Leopold, a second-year in social work and sociology, and her coworkers shut down their registers, wash their hands and wipe the registers down with sanitizer. These are just some of the precautions Kroger stores are taking to protect their employees and the community since the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Amid a COVID-19 response that has shut down most nonessential businesses and activities across the state, grocery stores remain open. Grocery store employees are now on the front lines of the pandemic. Lives now depend on the diligence of these low-wage workers.

NEW COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY FACILITY INCREASES ADMISSIONS

Beginning this summer, College of Dentistry students will have a new place to call home after four years of development.

The $95-million project, which was approved by the Board of Trustees in 2016, will add 130,000 square feet to Postle Hall.

NEW SCHOLARSHIP TARGETS DENTAL CARE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

Ohio has 149 locations designated as in need for dental health care practitioners, and in order to remove that designation, 299 more dental practitioners are needed, according to 2019 data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Ohio State College of Dentistry program is working to prepare students to work in those underserved communities. 

COMPUTER SCIENCE ADDED TO OHIO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program offers scholarships for business collaborations and higher education at 35 colleges and universities to advance Ohio’s position in world markets such as aerospace, medicine and — beginning this fall — computer science.

“IT WAS ELECTRIC”: CREW OPEN NEW STADIUM WITH WILD COMEBACK

After 22 years at a distance from downtown Columbus, the Crew christened its brand new downtown stadium, Lower.com Field, July 3 against the New England Revolution. 

Despite falling into an 0-2 hole early in the match, the Crew were able to ride the enthusiasm from the crowd to open the new stadium with a come-from-behind draw. Head coach Caleb Porter expressed excitement about the new stadium and Ohio State students shared what the opening meant to them as Crew fans.

NEW BIOMEDICAL AND MATERIAL SCIENCE BUILDING TO WELCOME STUDENTS THIS FALL

Students in biomedical engineering and material science and engineering will have a new complex to further support student learning and research on campus this fall.

The Mars G. Fontana Laboratories construction is part of the university’s strategic Framework 2.0, which aims to enhance teaching and learning by improving facilities and support spaces, Dan Hedman, university spokesperson, said in an email. The $59.1-million project, approved by the Board of Trustees in 2016, is the renovation of the former Koffolt and Fontana laboratories and adds an additional 20,000 square feet to the north side of the facility.

DIGITAL FLAGSHIP HEATS UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

Jeffery Suchy plugs in a small, rectangular double-lensed camera into the charging port of his iPad to immediately see the heat emissions in his classroom displayed like a colorful X-ray.

Suchy, a lecturer of construction systems management, moves the iPad around the classroom to show the heat radiating off student’s bodies and demonstrate heat conductivity by using the Flir One Thermal Cameras provided through the Digital Flagship program.

OHIO STATE CONSTRUCTION CREATES NEW HOME FOR GROWING MAJOR

New building, new set. Students in the Moving-Image Production program will have a new place to call home and express their talent through moving images for the first time in fall 2022. 

MIP is focused on developing critical skills in different areas to better understand the film industry, independent cinema and visual culture. Despite the long-term construction project launched in 2017, the first class to receive degrees from the MIP program will be in spring 2021.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CELEBRATES STRENGTH IN FACE OF OPPRESSION

All of the artists showcased in the exhibition practice Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong — a spiritual and self-cultivation practice. The student organization, Falun Dafa Practice Group, is presenting the exhibition.

The Falun Dafa Buddhist revival movement started in China at the end of the 20th century and was banned in 1999. Brutal and violent persecutions followed thereafter, placing citizens in prison camps when the movement became too large.