Fwd: A Dinosaur for the Orton Geological Museum

[Brian Winer]

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From: Ausich, William <ausich.1 at osu.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:46 PM
Subject: A Dinosaur for the Orton Geological Museum
To: "Winer, Brian" <winer.12 at osu.edu>


Dear Dr. Winer,



I am the Director of the Orton Geological Museum in the School of Earth
Sciences at Ohio State University. The Museum is in Orton Hall is free and
serves a major function in STEM outreach to students from throughout the
State of Ohio. We host more than 20,000 visitors each year, many of whom
are visiting as part of various Arts and Sciences courses.


The Museum is embarking on an ambitious crowdfunding project in March to
raise funds to purchase and build a dinosaur in the lobby of Orton Hall. We
will be erecting a skeleton of the carnivorous dinosaur * Cryolophosaurus*,
that was found in Antarctica by David Elliot, now an emeritus faculty
member of the School of Earth Sciences.


March is *Cryolophosaurus* Month! http://buckeyefunder.osu.edu/dinosaur


We invite you to share this exciting project with faculty, students, and
staff in your Department. This is a challenging project, but we hope that
your Department will share in the important mission of enhancing STEM
outreach in Ohio. As we like to say, every 3rd grader is a paleontologist,
many of whom grow up to become scientists of all kinds.


To contribute to this project online, visit http://buckeyefunder.osu.edu/
dinosaur


To learn more about the Orton Geological Museum visit
ortongeologicalmuseum at osu.edu. Please stop by Orton Hall and visit the
Museum, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.


Thank you very much.


Cheers, Bill





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Common Sense is not so common -- Voltaire, 1764
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William I. Ausich
Academy Professor
University Distinguished Scholar
Director, Orton Geological Museum
School of Earth Sciences
125 South Oval Mall               e-mail: ausich.1 at osu.edu
The Ohio State University      phone: 614-292-3353 <(614)%20292-3353>

Columbus, OH  43210           FAX: 614-292-1496 <(614)%20292-1496>
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