February 3, 2000 Soap Operas Educate Audiences Around the Globe Trustees Meet at 'Cybercampus' New Campaign Unveils Drinking Misconceptions

• "Virtual Universities: Online and On Target?" is the topic of a live, interactive teleconference presented by PBS from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in Alden Library 315 (the Friends of the Library room). The teleconference is free and open to the entire university community. Read more about it.
  
  
• Blood Drive in Honor of Bryce Chesser continues from noon to 6 p.m. in the Jefferson Hall Library. Call the American Red Cross at 593-5273 or Lindsay Levenson at 589-7003 to make an appointment. Read more about it.
  
  
• A Presentation on "The Status of Women in Ohio" at 7:30 p.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church, 69 Mill Street. Cosponsored by Ohio University's Women's Studies Program and the Athens branch of the American Association of University Women. Free and open to the public.
  
  
• "Painters Who Make Prints" exhibit continues at the Kennedy Museum of Art.
  
  
• For more, please visit the online Calendar of Events.
  

• OU-COM Offers Free Childhood Immunizations
  
  
• Three Career Workshops in February Leading the Multicultural Career Fair Feb. 22
  
  
• Institute for the African Child Teach-In Feb. 4-5
  
  
• Public Surplus Auction February 5
  
  
• Saturday's Basketball Game to be Televised
  
  
• Campuswide Administrative Building Inspections to Go On/Please Close Your Office Windows
  
  
• Seniors, Sign Up Now for the Senior Class Trip and Free Yearbook Photos
  
  
• Training for Web-based Teaching Tool Now Available
  
  
• Microsoft Products Available to Ohio University Students, Departments, and Employees
  
  
• How to Get Your Bobcat Basketball Tickets
  
  
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus available

Ohio University Ranked 22nd Nationally in Producing Peace Corps Volunteers Ohio University is ranked 22nd in the nation in the annual listing of universities that produce the most graduates who go on to serve in the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps ranking is based on the 44 graduates of Ohio University currently serving in the Corps. Topping the list is the University of Wisconsin with 117 graduates in the corps followed by the University of Colorado with 91. Eighty percent of Peace Corps volunteers have graduated in the last three years and serve in 78 underdeveloped nations worldwide, including Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, according to Brendan Daly, a spokesman for the Corps. Ohio University Peace Corps Coordinator Brian Francisco recruits students at information sessions in Alden Library, class talks, career fairs and through professors advising students. Volunteers sign on for two-year stints, receiving an average of $200 a month for living expenses. An additional $225 is deposited in a bank account for use after the volunteer leaves the corps, Daly said. Interest in the corps has increased over the last few years, and Daly said he expects the number of volunteers to increase from 7,000 to 10,000. "It is great we are getting this kind of interest when the economy is doing so well," Daly said. "It belies the myth of Generation X being selfish. People don't join the Peace Corps for money." For more information, please read the full text of this news release.