Ohio University Today, Spring 1999 - Across College Green

The Ohio University Emeriti Association, in partnership with the university, is embarking on a campaign to establish Emeriti Park on the Athens campus.
A new entrance gate, gardens and patio are being constructed in the four-acre area near South Green and Oxbow drives along the old Hocking River. A pond was added to the area last fall.
Facilities Management has allocated $100,000 to build and maintain the park, and the Ohio University Foundation has contributed $50,000 to build a brick and wrought iron entranceway in honor of William Kennard, the university treasurer and vice president for finance who retired in 1997.
Retired faculty and administrators who have been given the emeritus title by the Ohio University Board of Trustees are assisting in a campaign to r aise $100,000 to equip the park.
A gazebo, waterfall, flower beds, benches and trees will be added as gifts are made. If the campaign generates enough interest, the park may be extended to include an arboretum running farther west along the old riverbed.
For additional information or to contribute, contact the Ohio University Development Office at 1-800-592-FUND.
Ohio University’s new Horn Mill Project is presenting more than 80 educational programs, seminars and concerts in southea stern Ohio schools — and touring China and Europe — to generate interest in horn music.
Coordinators John Gerber and C. Scott Smith initiated the professionally managed horn quartet in hopes of attracting professional musicians inter-ested in pursuing graduate studies at the university. With funds from an anonymous foundation in Minnesota, the quartet was formed in September and will remain active through June 2000.
Members include Gerber, full-time manager and player; Smith, associate profess or of music; and graduate students who will be rotated into the group over the course of the project.
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the design for an expansion of the Ohio University Airport from 4,200 feet to 5,600 feet, a project that eventually may allow for the establishment of commuter service and spur economic development.
An environmental assessment to determine the impact of the expansion on the region is under way and should take about eight months, said Pam Parker, assistant vice president for external relations.
The airport expansion will allow larger jets and small commuter aircraft to land at the airport.