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Student Newsletter: October 14th, 2024

Welcome to Week 9!

CAMPUS NEWS & EVENTS

  1. Spring Break 2025 Global Education

    The Global Education Department is beginning to host information sessions for their Spring Break 2025 slate of offerings. The application deadline for all of these programs is October 15th, 2024. See attachments below for each program! 

INTERNSHIP & PART-TIME ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. Zebrafish Facility Husbandry

    The zebrafish facility has up to 3 student assistant positions available ($13/hour) to join the zebrafish husbandry team. The position is ideal for students interested in animal holding systems, freshwater tropical fish care, veterinary medicine, fisheries, animal husbandry, etc. who would like to gain experience in aquatic animal care and life support systems. They are hiring for Autumn semester and beyond.

LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

  1. Virtual Purina Career Discovery Event

     

  2. Pork Prospect Event

    Pork Prospect is an experience designed to connect undergraduate students with swine production. Their project aims to connect younger first year students with swine production early in their college career so that we can help secure future talent for the industry. Students reported having a better understanding of the swine industry and becoming more aware of career opportunities within the field following participation in this program in the past.

HELPFUL RESOURCES

  1. University Mental Health Resources

    All OSU Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) staff were sent home to tele-commute until further notice.The CCS phone line 614-292-5766 remains available for emergency assistance 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Students can push 2 to reach a mental health counselor at any time.

  2. CFAES Mental Health Counselor

    Did you know that CFAES has hired a counselor to support the needs of their students' mental health?  Dr. Wirt holds counseling sessions in Ag Admin Room 100 four days a week and is in Lincoln Tower on Wednesday. See the attached if you’re interested in making an appointment.

  3. Portfolium Resource Page

    The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences has renewed its partnership with Portfolium.com and will continue to provide ALL students and faculty the opportunity to create a professional, online digital portfolio.

  4. Animal Sciences Career Services Site

    The Career Services page on the departmental site has been redeveloped to hopefully make it more user-friendly. Check out helpful resources for building a resume, writing cover letters and more. There are resume templates that can be used to create a resume in case you don’t know where to start. In addition, there is an option for students to submit their resume and/or cover letters for review, prior to applying for internships or going to the career expo. Check it out!

  5. Ohio State Health & Wellness Resources

    Emergency: Dial 911
    University Police: 614-292-2121
    Student Advocacy Center: 614-292-1111
    Student Judicial Affairs: 614-292-0748
    Counseling and Consultation Services: 614-292-5766
    OSU Suicide Prevention: 614-221-5445
    Campus Advocacy Program for Survivors of Sexual Violence: 614-292-4527

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