For Tracy Palmer, Pelotonia hits close to home. Palmer, a Building Information Modeling Coordinator for PARE, is a breast cancer survivor. She was a virtual rider in the past, and when she heard about Planning, Architecture and Real Estate’s (PARE) team, decided to do it again.
“I always said this was a group (cancer survivor) that I never wanted to belong to, but now that I’m in it, it’s kind of cool,” Palmer said. “There’s just a lot of comaraderie there and support.”
Palmer says she found a lump in her breast the week that she started working...
When lunchtime rolls around on a work day, it’s often easy to drive to the nearest fast food restaurant or even grab something from the vending machine, but employees from Facilities Operations and Development’s Design and Construction (FDC) group are offering a healthy alternative through a new lunch program.
It’s called the Healthy Lunch Club, providing a welcome, nutritious variety to your lunch menus and a chance to connect socially.
Alex Cramer, the club’s founder, is an FDC Contracts Administrator and a Buckeye Wellness Innovator. They promote university-wide wellness initiatives. A couple months ago, Cramer met with A&P...
Living a healthy lifestyle is always on Margaret Bussard’s mind. In the last five years, the Department of Public Safety Administrative Services Manager has lost four siblings to adult-onset Muscular Dystrophy. She says she is lucky to not have the gene sequence, but unfortunately has watched the health of her siblings decline rapidly.
“I know that the older I get, the slower I get,” Bussard said. “If I don’t keep moving, then I won’t keep moving. So, it’s important to me to look at my wellness and be aware of what I can do to improve it.”
Lucille Talbert puckers her lips and shakes her head thinking about the way her body appeared in early 2015.
“I didn’t like myself. I didn’t like how I looked.”
Lucy, as her coworkers call her, works as a first-shift custodian, looking after Derby Hall right off The Oval. Each day when reporting to and from work, Lucy travels past the Baker Systems Engineering Building and Dreese Hall. Both buildings have reflective windows that never fail to give her a full view of her body.
“I began to look at myself and said I’m gaining too much weight....
Whether it’s a job, family or money, we all face challenges that stress us out in life. James Botts, an Inventory Control Specialist with TTM, says there was a time when the ups and downs of life pushed him to the limit.
That’s when he committed to living a healthy lifestyle and learning to channel his energy.
“I read an article in a magazine and I started getting heavily into it,” Botts said. “I started getting books on subjects and started reading the latest literature.”
Botts started running on a regular basis but herniated a disc in...
Department of Public Safety - Communication Supervisor
I joined The Ohio State University in 2011 as Communication Supervisor with the Department of Public Safety Communications and Security Technology Division.
I have been in Public Safety for 21 years, beginning with the Wright State University Police Department while concurrently pursuing my academic career in Human Resources Management at Wright State. Throughout my career, I have served as a Public Safety Dispatcher, a training coordinator, a member of multiple employee and labor relations and contract negotiation teams, lead on recruitment and hiring processes, and in my current capacity as...
During this event, listen to Wall Street Journal's Secrets of Wealthy Women podcast to anchor the conversation on the intersectionality of gender and race and discuss ways to drive inclusiveness. More .
Casey Paris graduated from Tiffin University in 2007 with a degree in Business Administration. Shortly after, she relocated to Columbus and then began her career in radio in 2010. Casey has been with the university since April 2013, working as the radio traffic coordinator for WOSU Public Media. Her tasks include building the on-air radio schedules, managing station inventory and interacting with internal teams to ensure the successful delivery of any on-air content. In addition to Casey's everyday duties, she also Chairs the WOSU Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility team. The team is proud to support WOSU in creating...
Join the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center for a special lunch event with former Ohio State football player Maurice Clarett. He will discuss his new autobiography, One and Done: How My Life Started When My Football Career Ended , touching on identity, mental health, incarceration, the criminal justice system, and his work to improve the lives of struggling student athletes. More .
Dr. Joyce Chen will discuss her recent research on the gender pay gap at Ohio State, specifically focusing on the determinants of existing disparities and future directions for extending and enriching the analysis. She also will discuss her own salary equity appeal and potential policy changes that may help reduce gender and racial disparities in academic institutions. Presenter: Joyce Chen, PhD, Professor in CFAES and member of the President and Provost's Council on Women. RSVP by Nov 24 .
