An active and energetic group of fiscal staff members is inspiring health and wellness through their work. The Administration and Planning Fiscal Buckeye Wellness Innovators (BWI), otherwise known as the Fiscal Health and Wellness Team, serve as ambassadors to promote health and wellness initiatives to their team of 20 fiscal staff members. Lindsey McCann, Camille Mack, Ted Tobler and Mary Wehner became BWI’s in summer 2022 and have embraced their roles, implementing creative and inclusive ways to engage in wellness.
Working remotely during the pandemic proved to be a struggle for many, but these innovators...
Ohio State embodies a wellness model focusing on different dimensions of wellness and providing support resources in each area. In 2023, the Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) Buckeye Wellness Innovator team will highlight one of the ten dimensions of wellness each month to provide opportunities to learn ways to engage with each dimension. Resources, tips and activities related to each dimension will be shared with the A&P BWI team during their monthly meetings, in bi-weekly all A&P staff emails and staff sign boards.
The Ohio State University Police Division (OSUPD) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) teams showcased their agility, strategy and teamwork during the Ohio State Faculty and Staff Dodgeball Classic on December 15. Dodgeball uniforms displayed the team names, highlighting OSUPD “Protect and Swerve” and EHS “Slips Trips and Balls”. Teams faced off against each in matches, leading up to a single-elimination bracket until one team emerged victorious.
Paula is an alumna of both The Ohio State University and Columbus College of Art & Design with a BS in psychology and BFA in interior design. She joined PARE in 2013 and enjoys working with academic units to create unique solutions to space problems. She is responsible for working with academic colleges and support units on space utilization, analysis of existing and potential interior environments and sourcing available space for departmental expansion. Paula manages scoping projects, programmatic analysis, master planning efforts as well as space planning. She enjoys supporting the academic vision of the university by creating space...
Put your health first while enjoying a friendly competition between the Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) and the Office of Student Life (SL). The Winter Wellness YP4H Step Challenge runs from January 17 to February 10!
Create or join a team of up to 10 people via Virgin Pulse beginning January 9. Teams can be formed with a combination of A&P and SL staff, A&P staff only or SL staff only. Be sure to view team name guidelines below prior to signing up. Once you login via Virgin Pulse, the challenge can be...
Cedric Johnson graduated from The Ohio State University in 2011 with a degree in Family Resource Management. That same year, he began working full-time as a bus supervisor for Campus Area Bus Service (CABS). Cedric as been with working with the university since 2007. In his current role, he manages over 150 employees and is responsible for scheduling and logistics. He collaborates with other transportation leadership to develop service strategies to meet university and Wexner Medical Center needs, and supervises and plans daily transit operations.
As a member of the A&P Diversity Council, Cedric is an excited...
Bruce Allen was sworn into The Ohio State University Police Division as an officer in 2016 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 2019. He graduated from Ohio State with an undergraduate degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies and earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs.
In hiscurrent role, Bruce supervises OSUPD's records unit, crime analyst, personal protection team, special events, and most importantly – community engagement. In 2021, he led a public safety diversity training team that focused on the history of policing in America, implicit bias, facilitating...
Rachael Dorothy is the facilities engineer manager for The Ohio State University FOD Operations Wexner Medical Center District. She oversees various engineering initiatives including utility programming, feasibility studies, new construction, renovation, restoration and utility energy conservation programs. Rachael graduated from the University of Dayton with a BSME, worked as a consultant in private sector while also serving as a local city council member. In addition to helping deliver high quality projects for the university, Rachel wants to help cultivate a flexible, collaborative and inclusive work environment that leverages diversity and enables all individuals to contribute to their full potential....
