Department Roundup

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COLLEGE OF FOOD, AGRICULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Department Roundup 2015 07 06

Welcome to the Department of Animal Sciences newsletter. The newsletter is now known as the Department Roundup instead of the Monthly Roundup.

We will be moving to a more frequent format to communicate shorter bits of news as they happen. Send along your submissions, and they'll go in the next version.

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Ongoing Training for Faculty and Staff at Ohio State
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A Good Day for a Party

Dr. Mike Day is retiring!

Spring Dean’s List

Find out who made the Dean's List for Spring.

Art Meets Meat

How do art and agriculture relate? At Ohio State, that question is being considered under its Discovery Themes, and Dr. Lyda Garcia was involved in the conversation. Read about this and more about Dr. Garcia, our second-most-recent faculty hire.

JAM 2015

It's time to JAM! Ohio State is well represented in presentations at the upcoming ADSA-ASAS annual meeting.

News and Events

Sheep Day is coming up, and alumni and students are making the news.

Recently Published

Sakomura NK, Silva EP, Dorigam JCP, Gous RM, St-Pierre N. 2015. Modeling amino acid requirements of poultry. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 24(2):267-82.

Personnel Updates

Dr. Ron Kensinger retired June 30. Dr. Eric England started July 1. Ms. Sarah Hancock started June 8.

EngageOSU Now Available

OSU Libraries Research Commons offers a new tool to "explore the breadth of research expertise that Ohio State has to offer".

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.

CFAES Mental Health Counselor

Did you know that CFAES has hired a counselor to support the needs of their students' mental health? Dr.

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 cre

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.