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Ohio State Marion News - Updated Monday, Feb. 26, 2018<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<h1><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#events">UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
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</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#speaker">A world-renowned speaker is coming to Ohio State
</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#toc">11th Annual International Festival coming April 2018</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#fair">Opportunity is knocking at the Marion Campus
</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#MCF">Are you a high school senior? Take advantage of this scholarship</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#stone">Did you know that OSU has its own island?
</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong id="events"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES -
<a href="http://osumarion.osu.edu/events/">Complete Campus Events Calendar</a></span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Taste of Soul Food & Jazz Fest<br>
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.<br>
Alber Student Center Gymnasium <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Marion Campus Ag Council Meeting<br>
Thursday, Mar. 1, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.<br>
Maynard Hall, Room 130 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Job Fair Preparation<br>
Thursday, Mar. 1, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.<br>
Maynard Hall, Room 124 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Ukraine</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Presentation
<br>
Monday, Mar. 5, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.<br>
Location TBD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Social Work Club Meeting<br>
Tuesday, Mar. 6, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.<br>
Morrill Hall, Room 219<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Job and Internship Fair<br>
Thursday, Mar. 8, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.<br>
Alber Student Center Gymnasium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Five Nights on Campus<br>
Thursday, Mar. 8, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.<br>
Morrill Hall, Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Spring Break<br>
Monday, Mar. 12 - 16, 2018<br>
No Classes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Drug Abuse Prevention Training<br>
Thursday, Mar. 15, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. or 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.<br>
Guthery Community Room <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In My Own Words<br>
Wednesday, Mar. 21, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.<br>
Alber Student Center <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">_______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em id="otherheadlines"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">OTHER HEADLINES</span></b></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="BHM"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Black History Month Festivities</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
As Black History Month comes to a close, we would like to invite you to one final celebration.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A Taste of Soul Food</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Heavenly Edibles Catering will be supplying delicious soul food to our students on campus and there will be music by Victor Floyd & Trio, Lacosta Mayes, and Keith-Ty Harris. Join us in the Alber Student Center Gym on Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 11:30 a.m. - 2:00
p.m. (music) and 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. (food). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="blood"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Blood Drive 2018</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
The Ohio State University at Marion and Marion Technical College are hosting another blood drive this academic year. Schedule your appointment to donate on Monday, April 2 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the Alber Student Center Gymnasium. Appointments can be
scheduled at <a href="http://osumarion.osu.edu/buckeyebriefs/redcrossblood.org">
redcrossblood.org</a> or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Give blood and help save lives this year.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="wosu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Glenn College and WOSU Public Media present
</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dialogue</span></b></em><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">John Glenn College of Public Affairs and WOSU Public Media are proud to present
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dialogue</span></em>: <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A New Kind of Conversation</span></em> on Tuesday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the Fawcett Center.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The launch of this new series will feature NPR's Sam Sanders discussing "The New Age of Entrepreneurship" with Tanisha Robinson, CEO of BrewDog USA, and Merry Korn, president/CEO of Pearl
Interactive Network. Seating is limited, so register <a href="http://wosu.org/event/dialogue-new-age-entrepreneurship/%20%20">
here</a> as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Literary Awards Competition 2018</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All Ohio State Marion students are welcome to enter their literary creations in this year's Literary Awards Competition. Entries are due Wednesday, March 21 at 12:00 to the
receptionist in Academic Enrichment at Morrill Hall, Room 216. The winner will receive $100 to Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Below are submission specifications and rules. Good luck to all students!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Students may submit:<br>
<i>Fiction and creative nonfiction (The Narrative Prize)</i> - 10 page maximum<br>
<i>Poetry (The Lyric Prize)</i> - One poem will be selected, although you can submit up to six poems per submission (with no more than one poem per page).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A cover sheet with your name, home and email addresses, phone number, and genre must be included on all submitted works. Multiple entries in different genres may be submitted as long as
you turn in a separate cover sheet for each submission. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PLEASE- DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME OR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON ANY OTHER PART OF YOUR SUMBISSION BEYOND YOUR COVER SHEET!
</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It is also asked that you do not submit your entries on double-sided pages. Entries must be secured with a paper clip or binder clip-- no staples!
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Entries that do not follow these instructions will be discarded.
</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please keep copies of your work, as manuscripts will not be returned.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="reno"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Renovations coming to Ohio State Marion</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Completion of Ohio State Marion's new Science and Engineering Building didn't put an end to improvements on the Marion campus. Coming this spring and summer are projects worth nearly six and a half million dollars that will improve access to the campus, instructional
facilities, recreation, and student life. Read the full story <a href="http://osumarion.osu.edu/events/campus-upgrades18.html">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="scholar"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Apply for University Engagement Recognition Awards</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
On behalf of the university, the Offices of Outreach and Engagement, International Affairs, Service-Learning, Student Life and Undergraduate Education recognize faculty, staff, students and community partners with the University Engagement Recognition Awards
program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Awards will be given in the community engagement, international engagement, service-learning, staff, student, student group and community partner categories. A total of $17,500 will be
awarded. Applications are due Feb. 28. To submit an application go to this link or contact engage@osu.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="media"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2018 Digital Media Composition Award</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
We are currently seeking submissions for consideration in this year's Digital Media Composition Award. Nominations on behalf of faculty, as well as self nominations, are encouraged and welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submit nominations to the Ohio State Marion Writing Program Administrator, Ben McCorkle at mccorkle.12@osu.edu by the deadline, Friday, March 16. Submissions should be submitted in a deliverable
digital format (e.g., .jpg, .mp3, .mov, .swf, URL, etc.). Self-nominations are allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This award can be won by any student enrolled at Ohio State Marion or the Ohio State Marion/Columbus State partnership campus. The submission can be produced as part of coursework in a
particular class, or it could be produce independent of such coursework. Submissions produced for professional contexts (e.g., a web site developed for a private company as part of a freelance job) will not count. Works produced either alone or collaboratively
will be considered. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble Bookstores.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="hc"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications for the 2018 Marion Homecoming Court are now available for submission</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Want to become Buckeye Royalty? Apply for the 2018 Ohio State Marion Homecoming Court. Applications are available on the
<a href="http://osumarion.osu.edu/buckeyebriefs/go.osu.edu/marionhomecoming">homecoming website</a> or you may pick them up and turn them in to Morrill Hall, Room 140. Applications are due by Thursday, March 1 at 5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Kathleen Clemons at clemons.8@osu.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="econ"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Economics Table Spring 2018</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Want to learn more about what's going on in our economy? Join the economics table to have a better understanding of our nation's economy. The table will meet on Mondays from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in Morrill Hall, Room 216 and on Tuesdays from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at
Panera Bread on 1623 Marion-Mount Gilead Road. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="teach"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Economics Faculty Interview</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Mr. Eric Gibbons will visit Ohio State Marion Monday, Feb. 26 to give a teaching presentation open to students, faculty and staff. All are also welcome to meet the candidate at the informal session. The teaching presentation will be from 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. in
Morrill Hall, Room 290 and the informal session will take place from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. in Morrill Hall, Room 288.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="250" height="183" style="width:2.6041in;height:1.9062in" id="_x0000_i1038" src="http://osumarion.osu.edu/buckeyebriefs/image/alina.jpg" alt="http://osumarion.osu.edu/buckeyebriefs/image/alina.jpg"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alina Kiryayeva to Return for Five Nights on Campus</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
We are pleased to welcome back to our stage the gifted pianist, Alina Kiryayeva. Her last performance for Five Nights on Campus earned her a standing ovation! Praised for her powerful command of the instrument, unique interpretations and clarity of sound, her
new program features three sonatas and a rhapsody composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Sergei Prokofiev.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kiryayeva's performance will take place on Thursday, Mar. 8 from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Doors open at the Morrill Hall Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale in advance in Maynard Hall,
Room 240 and at the door. Students will cost $4, adults $10, and seniors (60+) $9. For more information, go to this
<a href="http://osumarion.osu.edu/events/fivenights2018-2.html">page</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="eng"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Come & Get It English Meeting
</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Clamoring to know about what you can do with an English major? Contemplating graduate school, law school, or just plain curious about life beyond Ohio State Marion? Want to know more about the English major and what English classes we offer?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Then come to our informational meeting on, March 1, 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., in Morrill Hall, Room 125. Come, eat pizza with us; meet with real, live graduate students and English professors!
(But please, leave your pitch forks and torches at home!) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="ruok"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2018 RUOK? Day
</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
The Buckeye Campaign Against Suicide (BCAS) invites all to attend the 2018 RUOK? Day on Thursday, March 1 from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. in the Alber Student Center.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Students will learn more about:<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">R</span></strong>esources around the community<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">U</span></strong>niversity: What OSU has to offer in the mental health area<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">O</span></strong>rganization: The passionate advocates for mental health<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">K</span></strong>nowledge: Students will become more aware about mental health in different cultures
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Erase the stigma and join us for this great event. There will be prizes, food, t-shirts, and games. Contact Leslie Beary at beary.4@osu.edu for additional information and questions.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="brain"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2018 Brain Health Hack</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Join the Stanley D. and Joan H. Ross Center for Brain Health and Performance, Ohio State's Neurological Research Institute and Ohio State's Chronic Brain Injury Discovery Theme for the first Brain Health Hack on March 24-25. The weekend long event will focus
on building and creating real projects to help address various brain health and performance research and clinical needs.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Teams will design, build and demonstrate projects to a live audience of students, faculty and representatives from both the health care and tech industry. Learn more at information session
on February 27 in Dreese Hall from 2-5 p.m. and at <a href="http://osumarion.osu.edu/buckeyebriefs/go.osu.edu/brainhealthhack">
go.osu.edu/brainhealthhack</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong id="speaker"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Spring Distinguished Speaker Series Event</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Join us on Thursday, March 8 from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. (with reception to follow) for our annual Spring Distinguished Speaker Series Event in the Ohio Union Cartoon Room (3rd Floor). Each year we bring a world-renowned researcher to Ohio State to examine issues
related to children's well-being. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our 2018 speaker is Dr. Pat Levitt, Simms/Mann Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles and W. M. Keck Provost Professor in Neurogenetics at Keck School
of Medicine, USC. He will be discussing, "Balancing the Ingredients for Family and Community Success: Factors that Promote or Impede Early Brain and Child Development."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To register, go to the online
<a href="https://www.cvent.com/c/express/c8e97a8a-5846-4438-9783-7e0ed1851275">registration form</a>.
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<strong id="toc"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Save the Date: 2018 International Festival</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
The 11th Annual Taste of Culture International Festival will be held on Thursday, April 5 from 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. A Taste of Culture played host to a multitude of informational booths, live entertainment, food from around the world, arts and crafts, and short
educational discussions, bringing together the customs, traditions, color, and flavor of peoples from diverse ethnicities.
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All Marion Campus Students are welcome to attend this year's Job and Internship Fair on Thursday, Mar. 8 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Alber Student Center Gymnasium. Stop by during your lunch break to see the many opportunities that await you.
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Applications are open now for 2018 classes and workshops at Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University's island campus on Lake Erie. Students can earn two college credits in one week or four credits in five weeks in summer science classes on subjects such
as aquatic biology, behavioral ecology and field zoology, getting up close with the plants, animals, geography and ecosystem of Lake Erie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Introductory courses are open to college undergraduates in any major, while the wide-variety of upper level courses are ideal for science majors looking for practical experience in their
chosen field. Stone Lab awards more than $40,000 in scholarships each year. <o:p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The college scholarship deadline is Thursday, Mar. 1, 2018. Ohio State Dependent Tuition Assistance or Faculty and Staff Tuition Assistance can be applied to Stone Lab courses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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