Claiming Our Space in the Work Place: Narratives, Strategies, and Pathways to Success! ... As we continue to reflect on the historic 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, the number of individuals who are employed continues to be low. There are even fewer individuals with disabilities represented in managerial and upper level leadership positions. As a means of closing the employment disparity gap, come join a conversation with members of the disability community who are employed at Ohio State and the Columbus area. Learn valuable strategies to navigate such...
Career Coaching opportunity for ASFW members. Interested in a new career? Wondering what your next step should be? Need a resume review? Preparing for your annual review? This is your chance to meet with an on-campus professional career coach for a free confidential 45-minute coaching session to address any career-related questions or concerns you have. Please Sign-Up-Here and select ONE time-slot. The times, meeting locations, and the names of the career coaches are provided on this sign up. Please email Leigh ...
Farah Godrej, associate professor of political science at University of California-Riverside, will speak on "Gandhi, Yogic Self-Control, and Food Justice" at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. Her talk will explore intersections between Gandhi's thought and contemporary discourses of food politics, highlighting how Gandhi's writings on food anticipate contemporary concerns. More & Register .
Michael Barnett, professor of international affairs and political science at The George Washington University, will speak about his latest book, The Star and the Stripes: A History of the Foreign Policies of American Jews (Princeton, 2016). The book discusses foreign policy beliefs of American Jews since the 19th century. More and register .
Vanita Reddy will give a talk based on her book Fashioning Diaspora: Beauty, Femininity and South Asian American Culture (Temple University Press, 2016) in the Alonso Family Room. The presentation will highlight how diasporic subjects’ encounters with and material uses of Indian beauty and fashion produce embodiments and social connections that put pressure on neoliberal practices of national and transnational belonging. Co-sponsored by the Sexuality Studies Program and Asian American Studies Program. Contact .
Ellen Samuels will focus on the ways social media provides a window into broader social perceptions of disability, highlighting incidents involving Kanye West, George Takei and police killings of African American and Native people. Samuels will discuss the ways that these events bring the intersections of race, disability and policing into stark focus, resulting in policies that affect economic benefits, accommodations and civil rights for disabled people. Sponsored by the Disability Studies Program. More . Contact .
April 8, 2016 - 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - 062 Hagerty Hall
Ao Wang, assistant professor of Asian Languages and Literatures at Wesleyan University, will present on "The Shifting Shapes of Local Knowledge: Tang Literature and the Tujing" as part of the Institute for Chinese Studies (ICS) Lecture Series. The lecture is free and open to the public. More .
April 14, 2016 - 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. - RPAC Meeting Room 3
Join the Association of Staff and Faculty Women for a book discussion series based on the book, "Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office," by Lois Frankel. Although you may not be aware of it, girlish behaviors such as working nonstop, backing down too easily, and asking for too much advice before making a decision could be sabotaging your career. Learn how to recognize “girl” behaviors and change them into “woman” behaviors as they discuss different topics from the book at each session. ...
The Student Life Multicultural Center will present the 38th Annual African American Heritage Festival (AAHF). This legacy event features a week filled with excitement, celebration and education. This year's theme is "Mshikamano," the Swahili word for "Solidarity." With the tagline "Hand in hand, we stand," the festival will focus on solidarity and unity within the African and African American community and will be an integral theme of this week of celebration. Event schedule .
