March 16, 2007
1. Call for Student Posters!
2. Summer Research Internships Can Earn You $2500.00!
3. College Table Tennis National Championship at OSU!
4. Alternative Media for Spring Quarter 07!
5. Calling All Art!
1. Call for Student Posters!
The Seventh Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability Conference is seeking undergraduate and graduate student research; performance, writing or visual art; or applied and community service projects for a poster session and reception on Monday April 3, 2007. Please visit: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences for more information on the conference.
Posters that relate to this year's conference theme “Rights, Responsibilities & Social Change” will be given preference in the review process.
Posters can take several forms:
§ Print material mounted on poster board or display panels or arranged on a table
§ PowerPoint, web page or video presentation from laptop (10 minute length recommended)
§ Presentation materials must fit on a 3’x6’ table or along 6’ or less of wall space
§ Presenters must provide their own equipment
Posters are being solicited to represent the broad interdisciplinary approaches to disability. Awards and recognition will be given at the undergraduate and graduate level in four categories:
§ Class Projects & Papers
§ Independent student research (independent study, thesis, grant sponsored or dissertation)
§ Community Service, Outreach, and Applied Problem Solving
§ Art & Performance
Visit these sites for information on how to present at a poster session:
§ http://airweb.org/page.asp?page=586;
§ http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm
§ http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/posters.html
Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster display of their project must send the following information to ADA-OSU@osu.edu no later than March 19, 2007.
§ A title and a 50 to 500 word description of their proposed poster
§ E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of primary presenter
§ As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student organization affiliation
§ A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor associated with the project
Submissions will be reviewed as they arrive; selected participants will be notified within 2 weeks of submission and no later than by March 23, 2007. Conference fees will be waived for all accepted presenters.
For more information contact: L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator
ada-osu@osu.edu or 614-292-6207 (voice) or 614-688-8605 (tty)
Rights, Responsibilities & Social Change
2. Summer Research Internships can Earn You $2500.00!
The University Honors & Scholars Center has announced that it will award several Summer Research Internships, in the amount of $2500, to especially promising Honors Students so that they will have the opportunity to enhance significantly the quality of their Senior Honors Research and Thesis Projects. Selection will be made by a University-wide committee with the charge of evaluating the student's research proposal, the student's academic performance and promise, and the faculty mentor's commitment to the project.
Students in the College of Biological Sciences are eligible to apply for Mayers Summer Internships, in the amount of $2600, and will be evaluated using similar criteria. Candidates for either award should assume that, if selected, they will spend approximately forty hours per week doing research over a ten-week period and that this research will provide the basis upon which to do more intensive research during the senior year.
Applications for both awards (students should apply for only one of the two awards) are available at the University Honors & Scholars Center (220 West 12th Avenue, 292-3951) as well as online by visiting the following links:
http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/current/documents/2007MayersSummerResearchApplication.rtf
http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/current/documents/2007SummerResearchApplication.rtf
The deadline for submitting proposals is April 6. Contact Lisa Abrams at abrams.34@osu.edu with any questions.
3. College Table Tennis National Championship at OSU
March 30-April 1, OSU will be hosting the College Table Tennis National Championships, including an event for disabled athletes. It's a great opportunity and very convenient for OSU students. They don't need to be table tennis pros. I know that people that competed in the past had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the experience.
Below you'll find some more specifics on the event. So if you know of anyone that might be interested or you have a relevant email list you could forward this to, I'd appreciate it. It would be great if several students from OSU could participate.
Thanks in advance for your help,
David Del Vecchio
Chair, Disabled Athletes Committee --National Collegiate Table Tennis Association
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Event Description
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The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is hosting its National College Disabled/Paralympic events as part of the 2007 College Table Tennis National Championships at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. This is the second straight year for these events as we hope to build upon last year's initial success. It should be a very fun event and part of a great weekend of College Table Tennis for both players and spectators.
Please seriously consider participating if you are currently a college student in the wheelchair or standing disabled divisions. If you know of others that might be interested in playing for a national title please forward this email to them.
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Event Details
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What: College Table Tennis National Championships, includes Singles,
Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Team and Disabled/Paralympic Events
Where: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
When: March 30-April 1, 2007, the Disabled Events will be held on Friday, March 30
More information can be found at the Championships website:
http://www.buckeyettc.com/nctta2007
Interested participants can register online, go to the Players Info section of the website for registration instructions. Sign up today!
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact
David Del Vecchio at treasurer@nctta.org
4. Alternative Media for Spring Quarter 07
Students using Alternative Media for Spring Quarter 07 will need to submit their request to Sarah Terry.5@osu.edu for processing as soon as your courses have been scheduled.
5. Calling All Art! Submit it to the Disability Awareness Month Art Exhibit
In April, ODS will be kicking off its annual Disability Awareness month with the opening of a Disability Art exhibit. Artwork will be displayed on the second floor of Bricker Hall the entire month of April. The opening reception will be on Wednesday, April 4. If you are an artist and would like to have some of your work exhibited, please contact Lois Burke (burke.4@osu.edu).