continuum spring 2011

8/6/2019 Continuum Spring 2011

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More Blue, More GreenSea Grant expert GrowS Lake erie touriSm

Lake Eie touism is goo fo Ohio.

It ceates ew jobs a boosts the

ecoom. So whe Mak Wichell,

executive iecto of the Ashtabula

Cout Covetio & Visitos Bueau,

eee help ampig it up i his

cout, he tue to Ohio Sea Gat

specificall to its Touism Pogam,

pat of OSU Extesio.

Melia Hutle, the pogams

iecto, helpe Wichell lea the

couts fist Touism Summit.

Busiess, commuit, a touism

leaes took pat. Fames, vites

(the aea is kow fo its wies),

a othes i too. With Hutle

as thei facilitato,

the lai the

gouwok

fo a futue

visio

of what

Ashtabula Cout ca be, Wichell sai.

I fall, the olle out thei actio pla.

Shes a tue champio fo evethig

Lake Eie, Wichell sai of Hutle

fom smat gowth a touism pi-

ciples to eviometal a legislative

issues that shape the etie Geat Lakes

egio. Shes ha a pofou impact o

m pofessioal caee.

Base i Sausk, Hutle woks

thoughout Ohios Lake Eie couties:

Lucas, Ottawa, Eie, Loai, Cuahoga,

Lake, a Ashtabula. She keeps two

goals i focus: to icease the ecoomic

wallop of touism thee; a to ietif,

potect, a impove what makes the

lake special. The aim

is beig sustaiable.

As it is, Lake Eie

touism povies

jobs fo 119,000

people i Ohio.

It geeates moe tha $750 millio i

state a local tax eveues a bigs

i eal $11 billio i visito speig

eve ea. Gowig the iust b just

10 pecet woul ceate 12,000 ew

jobs, iel a aitioal $75 millio i tax

eveues, a pump up visito speig

b $1 billio.

Sustaiable touism ivesifies the

ecoom a gives a olla value to the

esouces that make ou commuities

uique, Hutle sai. A that, she

sai, beefits the ecoom, eviomet,

a Ohio togethe.

Fo moe ifomatio, go to h://

g.s.d/BgH.Kurt KnebuSch

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Ascantteaspoonofregularchlorine bleachinonequartofwaterwas effectiveatkilling99.999percentof allthreetypesofbacteriawhenleft onthesurfacebeingsanitizedfor justoneminute.

Undilutedhydrogenperoxideor whitedistilledvinegaralsowere effectiveagainstallthreepathogens afteroneminute,butonlywhenthey firstwerewarmedto150degreesF. (Dontmixthetwosanitizers: Combininghydrogenperoxide

andvinegarcanbedangerous.)

Atroomtemperature,hydrogen peroxidewaseffectiveagainstonly

E. coliandSalmonella,andonly whenleftonsurfacesfor10minutes. ItwasnoteffectiveagainstListeria

monocytogenes.

Atroomtemperature,whitedistilled vinegarwaseffectiveagainstonly

Salmonella,andonlywhenlefton surfacesfor10minutes.

FOOd SAFETy SPECIALIST OFFErS rESEArCH-BASEd GUIdAnCE On KITCHEn SAnITIzInG

Faifiel Cout fame dave Bat aks

a oilsee aish fom his fiel. The cove

cop boasts a tapoot up to a foot log a

thee iches thick. Pictue a goo-sie

buito.

Oilsee aish is atues plow,sai Bat, whos bee gowig cove

cops fo 32 eas a is amae b the

plats abilities. He thaks Ohio State

Uivesits Cosevatio Tillage a

Techolog Cofeece, the biggest a

most compehesive cosevatio tillage

evet i the Miwest, fo itoucig him

to it. OSU Extesio a OArdC ae

two of the evets sposos.

I fist leae about oilsee aish five

eas ago at the cofeece, Bat sai.

A ea a a half afte placig it ito mcop otatio, I saw impove cop iels

a lowe iput costs. What hes picke

up at the cofeece, he sai, helps him

pouce a stoe 100 uits of itoge

a save $50$70 a ace o fetilie.

Othe atteees see simila gais.

Fames value the eucatio the get at

the cofeece at $13 a ace, a $7 millio

total beefit. Cetifie Cop Avises

(CCAs) ate it eve highe, at $16 a ace.

Base o a aveage of 30,000 aces pe

CCA a some 400 CCAs atteig, its

a $12 millio olla impact.Scietists sa cosevatio tillage, i

all, gives a umbe of beefits. Less soil

eosio, less wea a tea o equipmet,

bette soil qualit a bette iels as a

esult a fuel, time, a labo savigs

ae some of them.

This eas cofeece took place at

Ohio nothe Uivesit i Aa i late

Febua. Last ea saw a eco cow of

eal a thousa. This ea, the cow

umbee eve moe: 1,024.

Sai Bat: Thees o bette place thathe Cosevatio Tillage a Techolog

Cofeece (to get) techical ifomatio

a has-o avice fom eseaches

a fellow fames o cost savigs a ag

pouctio maagemet techiques.

Fo moe ifomatio, go to h://cc.

s.d.candace PoLLocK

Big raish, Big Cofeece HelpCosevatio Tillage Fames Save Moe

About 1 i 6 Ameicas suffes fom fooboe illess each ea. Lia Meeios,

foo safet specialist fo OSU Extesio, helps cosumes potect themselves

b offeig guiace o cleaig a saitiig kitche sufaces.

Meeios, wokig with colleagues at Coloao State Uivesit, examie

the effectiveess of commo, iexpesive househol poucts agaist thee

majo fooboe pathoges, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, a Salmonella.

While commecial saities ae available, thei elative high cost sometimes

pevets cosumes fom usig them.

We fou ou ca make ou ow saitie at home fo a much cheape

pice, Meeios sai. Saities shoul be use peioicall o coutetops,

cuttig boas, ishes, utesils, a pots a pas. Househols with

membes who ae ue the age of 5, elel, pegat, o who have

choic illess, as well as househols with pets, ae at highe isk a

shoul cosie saitiig sufaces at eve meal o ail, Meeios sai.

Meeios sai that to be effective, saities must be use popel. Fo

example, sufaces must be cleae with soap, ise, a ie befoe

saitiig. Othe guielies ae available i a fact sheet, owloaable at

h://g.s.d/szpDF, a a vieo, at h://g.s.d/

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Extension Plays KeyRole in State, NationalBed Bug Fight

OSU Extesio is

plaig a cucial ole

i eucatio a

eseach egaigthe gowig public

health theat pose

b be bugs ot

just withi Ohio but also

at the atioal level.

Extesio uba etomologist Susa

Joes is a membe of the Joit Be Bug

Task Foce i Ciciati/Hamilto Cout

a the Cetal Ohio Be Bug Task

Foce i Geate Columbus which help

people, ogaiatios, a commuities

lea moe about be bugs, the extet

of the poblem, was to pevet aifestatio, a what to o if be bugs

become a poblem.

At the state level, Joes was heavil

ivolve i aftig be bug maagemet

ecommeatios to the Ohio goveo

a geeal assembl, submitte eal

this ea b the Ohio depatmet of

Healths Ohio Be Bug Wokgoup. The

epot states that be bugs have the

abilit [to] impact eve sigle Ohioa

if left uaesse a that ot ol

must the feeal govemet woktielessl with pesticie maufactues o

a chemical solutio that is safe, effective,

a affoable, but state a local

govemets must wok just as ha i

eucatig Ohioas o awaeess a

pevetio measues.

Joes is also pat of the ecetl fome

natioal Pest Maagemet Associatio

(nPMA) Blue ribbo Be Bug Task Foce.

This goup just came out with a set of

best pactices fo pest maagemet so

that methoolog beig use ca be

staaie, explaie Joes, who

povie lots of iput fo the pepaatio

of the nPMA ocumet, available olie

at h://.sld.g/

blclcy/BdBgs.c.

Fiall, Joes has bee bus o the

eseach fot of the battle agaist be

bugs as well. Alog with colleagues

at the Ohio Agicultual reseach a

developmet Cete, she co-authoe the

fist geetic stu of be bugs, publishe

Jaua 19 i the olie joual PLoS

Katia Halasa bubbles with ethusiasm whe she talks about Ohio 4-Hs

ChickQuest pogam.

We o has-o sciece i the classoom all the time, sai Halasa, sciece

leaig specialist fo Ako Public Schools. But this takes kis though the

scietific thikig pocess, though citical thikig. Its amaig, just amaig.

ChickQuest challeges thi-gae stuets to stu the lifeccle of egg-laig

aimals while moitoig the 21-a icubatio peio of a emboic chicke

egg a obsevig the chicks that hatch. Ulike a taitioal embolog pogam,

it icopoates a ail sciece lesso geae to Ohios acaemic staas.

Halasa fist leae of ChickQuest at a statewie 4-H wokshop i novembe

2008. Whe Ako schools eceive a STEM (sciece, techolog, egieeig,

a math) K8 Excellece Gat fom the Ohio Boa of regets i 2009, Halasa

use pat of the fus to puchase mateials fo ChickQuest a aothe Sciece

Alive 4-H School Eichmet poject, rockets Awa.

To make the ChickQuest pogam wok, Halasa pates with local 4-H pofes-

sioals, paticulal eucato Jackie Kiege.

ChickQuest has establishe a ew staa of excellece whe we look at goup

pojects, Kiege sai. Thi-gaes ae collectig ata, takig measuemets,

makig obsevatios. The ae moe of a paticipat i the leaig istea of a

obseve. Whe some of the classes i the rockets Awa pogam, the wee

quotig newtos Laws of Motio this is the thi gae.

Bob Hoto, Extesio specialist i eucatioal esig a sciece eucatio,

iecte the evelopmet of ChickQuest.

Embolog pogams have alwas bee a geat capstoe-tpe pogam, Hoto

sai. Thees a eal gee-whi facto with the icubato a the uestaig of the

lifeccle. A ow, ChickQuest is built aou the state sciece staas, a it

has the ae beefit of icopoatig techolog a egieeig.

OSU Extesio has sol eal 800 copies of the ChickQuest teache guie

a moe tha 6,400 of the stuet logbook. Both ae available though OSU

Extesios olie stoe, h://s.s-s.g .

Fo moe o ChickQuest a othe 4-H School Eichmet Pogams, see

h://.h4h.g/sccl .Martha FiLiPic

ONE. This stu has pave the wa to the

ietificatio of potetial gees associate

with pesticie esistace a possible

ew cotol methos fo the toublesome

isect. Moe about this goubeakig

stu is available at h://g.s.d/

B.Mauricio eSPinoza

ckQs bgs S L ak Pl Sls

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FACULTy MEMBEr

WInS PrESIdEnTIAL

AWArd

Sv K. Lw has eceive

the highest awa that a ougeseache ca eceive i the

Uite States.

The Ohio State Uivesit

scietist, who is wokig to

uesta the phsical foces

that allow bacteia to stick to

sufaces, is

amog 85

scietists a

egiees

hooe with

the 2010

PesietialEal Caee

Awa fo

Scietists a

Egiees.

He eceive

the awa i a White House

ceemo i the fall.

Sciece a techolog

have log bee at the coe of

Ameicas ecoomic stegth

a global leaeship,

ClassMeetsatColumbusZooI HOPE THEy SEE THAT PASSIOn

BOEHM,

dOnnErMEyEr

rECOGnIzEd

FOr TEACHInG

Two college facult membeswee ecogie i novembe

fo outstaig

teachig b

the Associa-

tio of Public

a La-gat

Uivesities.

Ml J.

bm,

fome chai

of Plat

Patholog

a cuetlthe uivesits

vice povost

fo acaemic

plaig, was

oe of just

two ecipiets

of the 2010

natioal Teach-

ig Awa.

Jsp F.

d-

my, a ual sociologist i

the School of Eviomet

a natual resouces, was

oe of six atioall to eceive

egioal ecogitio with the

2010 noth Cetal regioal

Teachig Awa.

These awas ae extemel

competitive; its highl

uusual to see two wies

fom the same istitutio,

sai Bobb d. Mose, college

vice pesiet a ea.

Ou college has a log-sta-

ig taitio of high-qualit

teachig. Wee ve please

to see ou facult membes

ecogie at a atioal level.

Boehm sai the awa took

him b supise: It was like

hittig a ga-slam home

u. Im ve hooe, o

questio, a ve humble.

Lia Mati, the colleges

associate ea fo acaemic

affais, sai Boehms teach-

ig is wol-class.

d. Boehm is oe of the

most exceptioal teaches

a avocates fo stuets

that I have ecoutee

i m ove 20 eas of teach-

ig, she sai.

doemee state his

Ohio State caee i 1979

as a assistat pofesso

with OSU Extesio, a

ow pimail teaches i

the classoom. I 2006, he

evive the iactive Ohio

States Acaem of Teachig

to pomote teachig a

leaig acoss campus.

Ive fou ove the eas

that to be a goo teache,

ou must have a eep

uestaig of ou isci-

plie, ou must kow how

to commuicate that kowl-

ege, a ou must have a

fim gasp of task maage-

met, he sai.

Mati sai that doemee

has povie leaeship i

teachig at all levels of his

pofessio. I m view, o

sigle iiviual has ha such

a positive impact o teachig

pogams at Ohio State ove

the past 30 eas, she sai.

Moe: h://g.s.d/

B4D.Martha FiLiPic

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ACADeMiC PRoGRAMsACADeMiC PRoGRAMs



5/16

SEMESTErTrAnSITIOnLEAdS TOSUBSTAnTIALCHAnGES FOrCOLLEGE

I the College of Foo,

Agicultual, a

Eviometal Scieces,

the tasitio fom quates

to semestes meas moe

tha just eaagig class

scheules. I fact, it has

become a ke momet

i the colleges histo, sai

Jill Pfiste, assistat ea,

Acaemic Affais.

Oufacult

took thei

chage

ve

seiousl a state at the

gou level, examiig ou

pogams a makig some

fuametal chages,

Pfiste sai. depatmets

looke at simila pogams

offee at uivesities acoss

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Pesiet Baack Obama

sai i a statemet. I am

cofiet that these

iiviuals, who have show

such temeous pomise so

eal i thei caees, will go

o to make beak-thoughs

a iscoveies that willcotiue to move ou atio

fowa i the eas ahea.

Lowe, a associate pofesso

i the School of Eath

Scieces a the School of

Eviomet a natual

resouces, ofte collaboates

with meical eseaches,

a has a patial appoitmet

with OArdC.

His eseach coul have

fa-eachig applicatios. Its

possible that bacteia coul

oe a ai eviometal

clea-ups. A octos might

evetuall use Lowes iscov-

eies to bette taget the use

of atibiotics o patiets who

eceive implats o eve

esig implat mateials that

bette esist bacteia.

the cout a talke with

iust, stuets, a

othes to e-evisio majos

a mios.

The ew calea takes effect

i summe 2012. That meas

some cuet uegauate

stuets will have just oe

ea ue the ew sstem,

a othes will have two

o thee eas. To explai

equiemets fo gauatio

ue each cicumstace, the

college evelope cuiculum

sheets fo each majo. Those

ae cuetl goig though the

uivesit appoval pocess

a well shae them as

soo as possible, Pfiste

sai. The itet is to ot

slow stuets pogess togauatio.

The switch to semestes

will likel mea a chage

i campus cultue, Pfiste

sai. Stuets will take

moe classes at a time,

puttig classoom space at a

pemium. Stuets a facult

will have to ajust to classes

both ealie a late i the

a, thoughout the week.

Class-fee Fias will be

a thig of the past.

The ew acaemic ea

will begi i August a

e i late Apil o eal

Ma. That likel will help

Buckee stuets compete

with those fom othe

uivesities fo summe

iteships, Pfiste sai.

At the same time, it ma

pose a challege fo CFAES

stuet goups that o the

majoit of thei fu aisig

at foo booths at Fam

Sciece review i Septembe

uig the fifth o sixth week

of classes whe mitem

exams ma be scheule.

But Fam Sciece review is

thei biggest moe-makig

poject of the ea, Pfiste

sai. I thik thell efiitel

cotiue thei ivolvemet.

Fo moe o the semeste

covesio, see

h://.s.d/

sscs.

hl.Martha FiLiPic

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ACADeMiC PRoGRAMs


Whe Tim Haab took the eis as chai of the depatmet

of Agicultual, Eviometal, a developmet Ecoomics

o Octobe 1, 2010, he kew he face some challeges

challeges that most eveoe i highe eucatio is facig

these as. The epatmet ha shuk fom 31 to 21 facult

membes i ecet eas, but Haab ceits fome chai Ala

raall fo abl halig buget cuts though attitio istea

of laoffs.

now, the top-ake epatmet (no. 1 i Agicultual a

resouce Ecoomics accoig to the natioal reseachCoucil) has hie two ew facult membes a is i the

pocess of bigig i oe moe.

Basicall, wee a epatmet of teaches, Haab sai.

We teach stuets, we teach othe facult, a we teach

the commuit.

Haab is wokig to stegthe commuicatio both withi

the epatmet a with othe auieces, icluig alumi.

Weve establishe a Facebook pesece to sta i bette

touch with stuets a gauates, a wee eesigig ou

website (h://d.s.d) to be moe iteactive, Haab

sai. We wat to fi moe was to get ifomatio out as

fast as possible, a fi out what people ae thikig. If

oppotuities ae out thee that wee missig, we wat to kow

about them.

Haab hopes the ew effots allow the epatmet to have a

eve geate each.

We have a wol-class facult that oes cuttig-ege wok,

Haab sai. Wee ve iteeste i polic, a we wat to

o what we ca to ifom leaes i settig a iectio fo the

state.The epatmet is teatig the upcomig uivesit-wie

tasitio fom quates to semestes as a oppotuit, Haab

sai. you ot ofte get a chace to eesig evethig.

Stuets a facult ae ethikig what weve oe i the past.

Feeback about the epatmet so fa has bee positive,

Haab sai. But he hopes it keeps comig, paticulal fom

alumi: We wat to kow whee ou ae, what oue oig,

a what we ca o to help, he sai.

Haab ca be eache at [email protected] o 614-292-6237.

Martha FiLiPic

AttheHelmTIM HAAB LEAdInG TOP-rAnKEd AEdE

August 15 Purdue Uverstys Rchard H. Lt begs

as char f Fd Scece ad Techlgy.

October 1 T Haab begs as char f Agrcultural, Evretal, ad Develpet Eccs.

July 1 Uversty f Ketuckys Sctt A. Shearer begs as

char f Fd, Agrcultural ad Blgcal Egeerg.


7/16

I a ew fou-ea, $1 millio stu, Ohio

Agicultual reseach a developmet

Cete scietists ae leaig a effot toeuce vial cotamiatio of fesh pouce.

Viuses, icluig huma oovius,

hepatitis A vius, a otavius, accout

fo moe tha two-this of fooboe

illesses wolwie. yet most eseach o

fooboe illess focuses o bacteia, such

as Salmonellaa E. coli, istea.

Viuses, as the elate to foo safet,

ae ot well uestoo, sai Jiaog

Li, the pojects picipal ivestigato.

Thees a eal gap i the fiel that we will t to fill with this eseach.

The poject, A Itegate Appoach to Pevet a Miimie Fooboe Eteic

Viuses i Vegetables a Fuits, is fue b the U.S. depatmet of Agicultues

natioal Itegate Foo Safet Iitiative. It is esige to take what is leae i the

lab ito the classoom a the fiel.

The eseach potio of the poject will examie how pouce is cotamiate b

viuses i the fist place, whethe its i the fiel o uig pocessig. The stu will

also examie the effectiveess of thee pocessig techologies gaseous ooe,

E-beam iaiatio, a high-pessue pocessig o eaicatig viuses fom

cotamiate pouce.

The, scietists will take thei kowlege to gowes a pocessos. doug

dooha, pouce specialist fo OSU Extesio base at OArdC i Wooste, alea

leas a Extesio Fesh Fuit a Vegetable Foo Safet Team. Fo this poject,

dooha will tai gowes a pocessos to miimie the vial cotamiatio of fesh

pouce.

Also, the eseaches will evelop a ew couse, Fooboe Viuses a Foo

Safet, to be taught i Ohio States depatmet of Foo Sciece a Techolog a

College of Public Health. Couse mateials will be mae available to othe uivesities

thoughout the atio.

Cuetl, if ou look at staa foo micobiolog textbooks, thee is little

metio of viuses, Li sai. If ou look at violog texts, thee is o metio of foo

safet. This poject will help us tai the ext geeatio of foo safet pofessioals.

Goig Vialreseach o vial cotamiatioof pouce to spea fa a wie

rs Jg L ps fll kwlg g

w pv vs-l - llsss

Moe: h://g.s.d/sdc.

Martha FiLiPic

oARD

Spg 2011

Jim reacci, the ew U.S. repesetative

fo Ohios 16th distict (which iclues

Wooste) toue OArdCs campus

last decembe 17 to lea moe about

eucatioal a ecoomic evelopmet

assets i his istict.

Im ou epesetative. So I ee to

kow as much as I ca so I ca epeset

ou the best, reacci sai as he hea

fom amiistatos a eseaches.

Ill stat with the global pictue a come

back ow to the basics. I look fowato wokig with ou.

The tou iclue stops at the

Molecula a Cellula Imagig Cete

(MCIC), which coucts state-of-the-

at biotecholog eseach to impove

cops a fight plat pests a iseases;

quasar energy groups bioigeste

facilit, a public-pivate pateship that

geeates clea eeg fom ogaic

waste; a the Bioeeg a Biopoucts

reseach Laboato, whee scietists

use cop esiue, biofuel bpoucts,

a algae, amog othe thigs, to ceate

ew souces of eewable eeg a

iustial poucts.

We ve much appeciate repese-

tative-elect reacci takig a afteoo

out of his alea bus scheule to visit

with us about the impotace of ou

pogams, sai OArdC diecto Steve

Slack. He cleal likes to wok with facts

a figues i etemiig his appoach to

issues; a appoach that we both applau

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Thit pecet of the 146 millio bushels

of Ohio-gow co use b the states

gowig ethaol iust es up i a

bpouct calle istilles gais (dGS).

dGS is a geat fee fo cattle a sheep

a is also cheape tha co a ha.

I the past, utitioal equiemets

limite the use of dGS to 25 pecet

pe atio. This euce potetial

savigs, emplomet oppotuities,

a pofitabilit fo ethaol plats.

OArdC eseach is chagig that.

Aimal scietists Steve Loech aFacis Fluhat have evelope a

utitio stateg that allows pegat

beef cows a sheep to be fe up to

80 pecet dGS, a gowig heifes

a feelot stees up to 70 pecet

dGS moe tha oublig potetial

use of this feeig i Ohio.

Likewise eseaches at OArdC have

evelope techologies fo moifig

dGS fo o-umiat foo aimals such

as swie, futhe expaig the maket

natual plat compous help cops potect themselves agaist iseases a isects. The ae also the

souce of moe tha 70 pecet of huma meicies a health-pomotig foos. I the past the have

bee ha to fi a usuall scace. But ot fo log.

OArdC plat pathologist Te Gaham is usig a pocess calle metabolite miig to ietif ew

compous eve befoe see i plats, paticulal sobeas. Usig sobea as a moel, Gaham

a colleagues iscovee that plats make the majoit of peviousl ukow atual pouctsuig peios of stess o whe efeig agaist attackig pests.

The scietists use a hebicie, lactofe, to attack sobea plats a stimulate thei

isease-esistace mechaisms. As a esult, the plats pouce moe tha 30 ew

atual poucts five eve befoe epote i sobeas a two eve fou i a

othe plat. All of these atual poucts have potetial to gow ew Ohio busiesses.

This eseach, howeve, oes ot stop with sobeas. Gahams iteisciplia

team, icluig eseaches fom Ohio States College of Phamac, is usig the same

pocess to evaluate a wie age of plats fo valuable atual poucts that coul be

use as hebicies, isecticies, o ati-cace ugs.

d. Gahams eseach o sobea a othe plats, paticulal i the aea of plat

efese, has le to a bette uestaig of thei oles i pest esistace, sai douglas

Kigho, Jack L. Beal Pofesso a Chai i the College of Phamac. due to ou mutualacaemic iteests, d. Gaham a mself, alog with othe colleagues o campus, ae

collaboatig to t a etemie if plat secoa metabolites with kow efese

fuctios also have potetial as aticace agets i humas.

Moe ifomatio ca be fou at h://g.s.d/6z.Mauricio eSPinoza

distilles Gais reseach HelpsLivestock, Co, Ethaol Iusties

a pofitabilit of ethaol pouctio.

dGS has move fom beig a bpouct

to a highl value co-pouct with a

maket value of $180 millio i Ohio aloe.

As tight as pofit magis ae ight

ow, we cat affo ot to use istilles

gais to euce ou feeig costs a

emai i busiess, sai Sta Smith,

owe of Smith Simmetal Fam i

Caal Wicheste a a OSU Extesio

pogam assistat. Ohio States eseach

is helpig us o that.

Estimates iicate that icease useof the 1.2 millio tos of istilles gais

geeate b Ohios ethaol iust ca

euce feeig costs b 2050 pecet

compae to usig co a ha; ecease

maue output b 50 pecet, cotibutig

to eviometal qualit; a eal

elimiate the ee to teat gaig lambs

fo iteal paasites, geatl ehacig

pofitabilit of the sheep iust.

Aitioall, this eseach ca lea to

Ohio cattle pouces savig ove $100

auall pe cow, fo a total of $20 millio;

a suppot cotiue ethaol a co

pouctio i Ohio, ceatig ew jobs a

ehacig ecoomic stabilit i multiple

sectos of agicultue.

Moe ifomatio ca be fou at

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9/16

CFAES will pate with Seegals Uivesit Gasto Bege (UGB) to buil up that

West Afica atios agicultual eseach a outeach capabilities, thaks to a$1.1 millio gat fom the U.S. Agec fo Iteatioal developmet (USAId) a

Highe Eucatio fo developmet (HEd). The poject esulte fom two highl

competitive gat selectio pocesses of the AficaU.S. Highe Eucatio Iitiative.

Last ea, Ohio State successfull compete fo a $50,000 plaig gat (thee

wee 20 ecipiets out of 300 applicats atiowie). I phase II of the iitiative, the

Ohio StateUGB pateship was oe of 11 pojects chose out of 33 applicatios

atioall. The $1.1 millio awa povies suppot fo two eas, with the possibilit of a aitioal thee-ea

eewal. Ohio State will wok with the ewl ceate agicultual sciece pogam at UGB, taiig its 17-membe

facult o eseach a outeach activities base o the U.S. la-gat moel. Ultimatel, UGB will establish a

expeimet-statio a outeach etwok simila to OArdC a OSU Extesio, espectivel. Weve ha

a elatioship with UGB fo the past few eas, tavelig thee to elive lectues a helpig them set up theiagicultual pogam, sai picipal ivestigato a poject co-iecto richa dick, a pofesso of soil micobial

ecolog i the School of Eviomet a natual resouces who has moe tha a ecae of expeiece wokig

i Seegal. This gat will allow us to fomalie a activel collaboate with UGB i the fomatio of ew egee

pogams a a ew agicultual eseach a extesio cete. Specificall, the Ohio StateUGB poject calls

fo the ceatio of a ago-ecolog pogam fo sustaiable foo pouctio, aessig the sevee eviometal

egaatio i the fagile Afica Sahel egio a evelopig the emegig iigate fuit a vegetable expot

iust i othe Seegal. This pogam will ivolve the evelopmet of compehesive associate a bachelo

egees a use of e-eucatio techologies.Mauricio eSPinoza

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not all of ATIs stuets walk

the paths of the Wooste

campus. Sometimes ATI goes

to them.

ATIs Busiess Taiig a

Eucatioal Sevices pogam

offes cotiuig eucatio awokfoce taiig, ofte goig

o the oa to exte its each.

I Jaua, a $117,000 gat

fom the Ohio Boa of regets

has povie a boost to its Foo

Pocessig Taiig Cosotium.

We state the cosotium

last ea whe we bega to

ecogie a eal ee amog

iffeet foo pocessig

compaies fo the same kis

of taiig, sai iecto KimSaes. These compaies

ofte ca pull ol a haful of

people off the lie at the same

time a still keep pouctio

goig, so i oe to get a lage

eough goup fo a taiig

pogam, we wok with all of

the compaies to scheule a

pogam the ca all take pat

i. The compaies split the

cost a eap the beefits.

Its fee fo compaies to

joi the cosotium, Saes

sai, which cuetl cosists

of Fito-La, Wooste; Gebes

Poult, Ic., Kio; JM

Smucke Compa, Oville;

Saige Foo Copoatio,Meia; a Smith dai,

Oville. Taiig pogams

focus pimail o iustial

ees, icluig haulics,

peumatics, iustial electicit,

PLCs (pogammable logic

cotolles), iustial motos

a moto cotols, welig,

a toubleshootig. But

ATI also offes pogams o

othe tpes of skills, such as

wokplace commuicatio aLEAn pocess impovemet

taiig.

While the regets gat

specificall suppots the foo

pocessig cosotium, ATI

offes taiig fo a wie vaiet

of pofessios.

We have pogams fo all

tpes of maufactuig, ot just

foo pocessig, Saes sai.

A we offe taiig fo the

sevice iust. nusig homes

have aske us to o LEAn

pocess impovemet taiig,

pouctivit sessios, stategic

plaig, a leaeship

evelopmet. Sometimes these

pogams lea to oe-o-oecoachig fo a coe goup of

supevisos.

I aitio, though a

pateship with the Ohio

Lascape Associatio a

the Ohio nuse & Lascape

Associatio, the ATI pogam

amiistes atioal cetificatio

testig fom the Pofessioal

Lacae netwok (PLAnET)

fo pofessioal lascapes

to become Lascape IustCetifie Techicias.

Busiess Taiig a

Eucatioal Sevices state i

1989 as a cotiuig eucatio

am of ATI. Fo moe, cotact

Saes at [email protected] o

330-287-0100, o like Ohio

State Uivesit ATI Busiess

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11/16

Li Sao was a hose sciece majo at ATI whe she ecie

to appl fo a iteship with quasar energy group i Wooste

because she it wat to go home i the summe. The Clevelaatives pla ha bee to tasfe to Ohio States mai campus

upo gauatio i 2010. This all chage, howeve, whe she was

offee a full-time positio with quasar which us a gee eeg

eseach lab a a biogas plat i collaboatio with OArdC.

I he time with the compa, Sao wet fom feeig small

eseach igestes to leaig fom OArdC gauate stuets how

to u the machies a o testig. Although much iffeet tha

he itee majo, she saw the techolog as a positive step fo

the futue with amaig possibilities.

The igestes take waste poucts o oe else wats a

tus them ito usable eeg, sai Sao, who is ow a seio lab

techicia. This is the leaig ege of techolog ight ow.

A Clevela-base compa, quasar is the fist teat of OArdCs

BioHio reseach Pak, a iitiative put ito place to commecialie

techolog with ecoomic evelopmet potetial. The compa

has also patee with ATI to ceate a eewable eeg cuiculum

to teach stuets about biomass a cosevatio techologies.

I aitio quasar is offeig iteships a, sometimes, jobs to

cuet ATI stuets.

This pateship (with ATI) allows us to combie agicultue a

biological eseach with a emegig iust i Ohio, sai quasar

lab maage Mak Sucha. The ATI stuets we have hie have

bee pofessioal, willig to lea, a have tul cotibute to the

success of ou gowig compa.Athu Stolle, a seco-ea ai sciece majo at ATI, took

geeal emplomet as a lab techicia ove a iteship because

it woul ot cout towa his majo. The (biomass covesio)

techolog is still immatue i the Uite States, while it is highl

evelope i Euope, but it has huge possibilities, he sai.

Stolles avice to othe stuets: Although it ma ot be ou

caee choice, ou ca lea fom a iteship a ceate lastig

coectios i othe iusties, which late o ma pove to be

helpful.Siera Marth

ATI STUdEnTS FInd

InTErnSHIPS, JOBS

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EnErGy SECTOr

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(with ATI) allows

us to combine

agriculture and

biological research

with an emerging

industry in Ohio.

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12/16

THE CECIL AnddOrOTHy SMITH

EndOWEd

SCHOLArSHIP

FUnd SUPPOrTS

STUdEnTS FIrST,

STUdEnTS nOW

CAMPAIGn

Cecil Smiths

love of

agicultuea Ohio

State ispie

him to

establish The

Cecil a

dooth Smith

Eowe

Scholaship

Fu. The fu was appove

b the Boa of Tustees i

Octobe 2010.

At a ve oug age, Smith

bega helpig his fathe gow

cops o the famil fam i

Oiet, Ohio. Fo seveal

eas, he also opeate the

famils ai busiess with

his paets a siste. He

was a outstaig membe

of Ohio FFA a 4-H,

wiig coutless ibbos

at the Ohio State Fai. Afte

gauatig fom Gove Cit

High School i 1939, he was

awae the FFA degee of

Ameica Fame (1940) a

a scholaship to the College

of Agicultue at Ohio State

whee he eae a bachelos

egee i aimal sciece.

He avace the futue

of agicultue while sevig

Fakli Cout a the

State of Ohio uig a 40-

ea caee with Soil a

Cosevatio Sevices a

the Agicultual Stabiliatio

a Cosevatio Sevice

(ASCS). He evetuall

became a pouctio/

compliace specialist, a

positio that he hel fo

20 eas. Smith was kow

fo his soli wok ethic a

his willigess to alwas

take the oa less tavele,

which, fies sa, mae

him all the wise.

He met his wife, dooth

doahue, late i life. She

live o he famil fam ea

Fowle, Iiaa, util the

maie i 1979. The shae

the same love of famig.

Sal, dooth became ill

a passe awa afte ol

fou eas of maiage.

Smith passe awa i

novembe 2009 at the age

of 88, but his memo will

live o though his geeous

estate gift. He kew the

impotace of a goo

eucatio a wate to

pass alog to othe oug

people the same ki of

assistace that ha meat

so much to him i futheig

his eucatio a expaig

his oppotuities.

Half of the aual istibu-

tio fom the fu suppots

oe o moe scholaships fo

fist-ea CFAES stuets

fom public schools sevig

esiets of Pleasat Tow-

ship i Fakli Cout,

Ohio. The othe half suppots

oe o moe scholaships fo

stuets fom Jackso

Cout majoig i aimal

scieces (fist pefeece)

o cop scieces.

The scholaships fist

ecipiets will be selecte

i Apil 2011.KeLLY Votino

cl dy Sm

DeveloPMent


GenerouS SuPPorterS heLP to Fund theO Septembe 16, 2010, a toao touche ow o Ohio States Wooste campus, with the

Secest Aboetum & Gaes suffeig sevee amage. Soo afte the toao hit, Ohio State

aouce the ceatio of the Secest Aboetum Fu, a the geeosit of suppotes has

bee temeous. As of Febua 2011, 461 oos ha give a iceible$277,750, all of

which will iectl suppot the aboetums eewal.

The poposal iclues the ceatio of a few ew aeas icluig The Buckee Foest,

a active leaig eviomet fo chile of all ages, featuig pogammig o bis, flowes,

toas, butteflies, beetles, it, a mu. I aitio, chile a outh will lea about gaeig

a foos fo a eible ecosstem a health lifestle alog Eiths Gae Pathwa aou

the discove Pavilio.

Also popose is a ew ative woolas aea featuig Ohio ative tees, uesto shubs,

a hebaceous plats. I aitio, leaes hope to ajust joggig pathwas to allow fo coss-

cout skiig a sow-shoeig.

despite the tage of the toao, Secest Aboetums iecto, Ke Cocha, is excite

about the oppotuities fo eewal a impovemet. The geeous outpouig of coce

a suppot to eew Secest is tul humblig a gatifig, Cocha sai. Befoe the

toao hit, we ha bee wokig o ew plas fo Secests Seco Cetu, as it was

foue i 1908, a the toao cofime the immeiac to implemet such plas.

To make a oatio to the Secest Aboetum Fu, visit h://g.s.d o cotact

the CFAES developmet Office at 614-292-0473.

Fo the latest ifomatio o the OArdC Wooste Campus toao ecove, please visit

h://dc.s.d/d.KeLLY Votino


13/16

eWaL oF SecreSt arboretuM

the arboretums miss

to provide programs

experiences for peopl

learn, explore, won

connect has inspir

leaders to develop

action plan, includi

Renew the Secrest Landsfor the well-being of hum

and community to makeimpact on the lives of oth

Plant trees, grasses, forand other vegetation

Manage for sustainabilitydiverse biological activi

Extend pathways andrecreational/health-rela

land use.

Create theme areas anprogramming for childr

and youth.

Partner with individuagroups, organizations, a

communities to recruvolunteers and suppor

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CAMPAIGn TO A

CLOSE

The uivesits Stuets

Fist, Stuets now

campaig was kicke off

b Pesiet E. Goo Gee

i Jaua

2009 as

oe wa

to esue

cotiue

access to eucatio fo

cuet a futue Ohio State

stuets. The Stuets Fist,

Stuets now vetue is

compehesive, ivolvig

scholaships, loas, ai, a

emegec fus. While the

uivesits commitmet to

puttig stuets fist is eve-

eig, the campaig itself is

wappig up o Jue 30.

The uivesits fu-

aisig goal fo this iitiative

is $100 millio, a as of

decembe 31, it aise$96,024,682, o 96pecet

of the oveall goal. CFAES

was challege to

aise $2.8 millio; as of

decembe, the colleges

geeous suppotes

ha give $2,642,042, o

95pecet of the goal.

These ollas ae solel fo

scholaships a emegec

fus fo stuets who ee

immeiate fiacial help to

sta o tack towa thei

egees.

Thee is still time to make

ou gift to the Stuets Fist,

Stuets now Campaig.

Although the ealie fo the

campaig is Jue 30, ou ca

alwas make a gift to help

stuets i ee.

To help Ohio State a

CFAES put Stuets Fist,

Stuets now, please visit

h://g.s.d.

Fo moe ifomatio, cotact

the colleges evelopmet

office at 614-292-0473.

KeLLY Votino


14/16

Cogatulatios to the followig six stuets who eceive $500 FAES Alumi

Societ Uegauate Scholaships fo 20102011 base o thei acaemic

a leaeship abilities.

Stuets selecte wee:

Js rsll, a seio i AEdE fom rossbug. Justi is active i the

Agibusiess Club, the nAMA Maketig Team, Alpha zeta Pates. He woks

as a stuet eseach assistat at the Ohio Biopoucts Iovatio Cete a

o the famil fam. He seve two iteships with Cagill a Scotts. Justi

plas to atte law school this fall to pepae fo a caee epesetig ag-base

compaies, fames, a the iust.

Ly wschy, a seio i Foo Sciece fom Ottawa. L is active i the

foo sciece club, the Miwest Sectio of the Istitute of Foo Techologists,

whee she is plaig to host a egioal stuet evet, a ve active as a

CFAES Ambassao. She epesete the college at seveal egioal a atioal

evets. She itee with Hiel Caig Compa a Smith dai. She plas a

caee as a foo techologist.

elzbh Bc, a seio i Huma a Commuit resouce developmet

fom Waswoth. Eliabeth is active i the Ag E Societ, Collegiate 4-H, a

the Ohio State Weste Equestia team. She woks pat-time i HCrd as a

uega eseach assistat a as a 4-H outh evelopmet summe pogam

assistat. Eliabeth plas to teach a pehaps u a equie maagemet

pogam at a caee cete.

m Gb, a seio i Huma a Commuit resouce developmet

fom Vesailles. Maia is active o the CFAES Ambassao Team a epesete

the college at the 2010 natioal Ag Ambassaos Cofeece, pesetig a

semia o Excellece i Leaeship. She also was co-chai of 2009 Scalet a

Ga da, is o CFAES Stuet Coucil, a Sale a Siloi. She plas toteach agicultue a avise a FFA chapte.

Sh nl, a seio i Aimal Scieces fom noth Cato. Stephaie is

active i the Buckee dai Club, OSU dai Jugig team, a Sale a Siloi

sevig i seveal leaeship positios i each. She is a Ag Ambassao a

a Alpha zeta Pate, agai sevig i seveal leaeship positios. She was a

teachig assistat i aimal scieces spig of 2010. She has itee at Ohios

Country Journala Ohio Ag Net. She plas a caee i law followig gauatio.

Lydsy mhy, a seio i Ag Commuicatio fom Mechaicsbug. Lse

is a Ag Ambassao, seceta of the Ag Commuicatos of Tomoow, a

is pesiet of the CFAES Stuet Coucil. She seve peviousl as public

elatios chai of Coucil, Scalet a Ga da meia chai, a is also a

HCrd ambassao. She woks as a stuet emploee i the deas officea has woke at ABn, a Ohio Fam Bueau as a ite. She plas a caee

i some commuicatios fiel i agicultue as a meiato betwee fames

a cosumes.

Cogatulatios agai to these excellet alumi scholas!

Fus fo the scholaships come fom eaigs o the FAES Alumi Societ

Uegauate Scholaship Eowmet that cuetl has a picipal value of

eal $83,000. If ou ae iteeste i cotibutig to this fu o othes i

the college, o wat to establish ou ow ame fu, please cotact the Ag

developmet Office at h://cs.s.d/l-d-ds/ds/.

raY MiLLer

AluMni


Meet Jim Leoa, ou ew CFAES

Alumi Societ pesiet fo 20112012.

Jim is sevig his seco tem o the

alumi boa epesetig the depatme

of Plat Patholog.

Leoa gauate with a BS i Agoom

a a MS i Plat Patholog. He seve

30 eas i the U.S. Am active ut, eti-

ig as a coloel. He was a ecoate comb

vetea a was awae the distiguishe

Flig Coss, thee boe stas, a five

ai meals.

His seco caee was as vice pesiet

fo Battelle Memoial Istitute, ow etie

Leoa is a lifetime membe of the OSU

Alumi Associatio, the Pesiets Club,disable Ameica Veteas, Ameica

Legio, a Az, ATz, a Famhouse

Fateities Alumi Societies.

Sevig ou CFAES alumi is a geat

hoo, Leoa sas. M goal is to ico-

poate moe alumi i committee wok

with ou societ a to establish a boae

pogam of activities a evets that ou

alumi ca paticipate i. We have a ee-

getic a iteactive boa a we wat to

exte the oppotuit fo moe alumi to

paticipate i the boa a alumi activities

Let us kow what ou woul like the CFAEAlumi Societ to o fo ou, a we will

give all iput ue cosieatio.

Cotact Jim Leoa at leoaje@aol.

com o ra Mille at [email protected] to

shae ou ieas o to volutee fo commit

tee wok o a of the thee staig com-

mittees: recogitio a Alumi relatios

(awas a othe), Avacemet (stuet

ecuitmet, a fies a fu evelop-

met), o Fellowship/Social (Fallfest a

othe athletic evets).raY MiLLer

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Spig Tailgate, OSU Spig Game

Lacosse game at 11:00 a.m., football at 1:00 p.m.

Buch will stat at 10:30 a.m.

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Toast to seios at gauatio. Stats at 10:45 a.m.

Spig CFAES Alumi Boa Meetig (followig

Seio Toast)

upCominGaLumni eventS

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Fallfest at Fech Fiel House stats thee hous befoe kickoff. Toleo vs.

the Buckees. Watch the website a the summe issue of Continuum fo

etails. PLEASE nOTE: All football tickets must be sol ol to membes of the

OSU Alumi Associatio. If ou ae ot a OSU Alumi Associatio membe a wat

to appl fo the Fallfest game lotte, ou must be pai b Jul 1, 2011.

Sb 2022

Fam Sciece review Alumi Hospitalit Tet, coe of Kottma a Fia

i the cete of the gous.

Spg 2011

CFAES Alumni SocietyPresents Annual Awards

The College of Foo, Agicultual, a Eviometal Scieces

Alumi Societ ecogie 17 iiviuals at its aual alumi

awas lucheo o Mach 5, 2011. Cogatulatios to all of

ou ecipiets.


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