OHIO UNIVERSITY LANCASTER Submitted by Jennifer LaRue,
Campus Relations Coordinator, Ohio University Lancaster
Enrollment is up at the Lancaster Campus and the Pickerington Center a combined four percent. More than 500 students are now enrolled at the Pickerington Center.
To help meet the needs of the larger student body, Campus Dean MaryAnn Janosik announced in mid-November that University and Campus officials, as well as members of the Campus’s Coordinating Council, agreed that securing renovations for the Hannah V. McCauley Library and gymnasium outweighed the need to move forward on the building of a new community conference center. Plans to construct a conference center have been postponed indefinitely to, as Janosik stated, “focus on two of the campus arms that most effectively embrace community outreach: the library and the gym.”
Other noteworthy events include the “new front door” at the Lancaster Campus, which opened in time to welcome hundreds of voters. In addition to a new entrance, the renovation of Brasee Hall includes a bi-level lobby with a vending area and gathering space on the second level; a new, highly visible welcome desk; a theatre vestibule for light and sound lock; new gym and library entrances; and space for a bookstore.
A new partnership with Fairfield County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities established the Lancaster Campus as a training and employment site for food service and vending. October sales produced the highest revenue in two years for The Zone, located on the lower level of the Campus.
Lancaster and Pickerington
Jeanne Galbraith joined the Faculty as Visiting Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education. Linda Trautman continues as Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science. Faculty searches in Communication, English, Health Services, and Sociology/Criminology and (Group II) searches in Biology and Interdisciplinary Arts are underway.
The Ohio Center for Essential School Reform, now located at the Pickerington Center, partners with higher education to offer professional development for teachers and principals. UORC and OUCOM staff also established offices at the Pickerington Center.
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