A&P staff are invited to join Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) Landscape Services team on May 21 for campus "plogging" fun to pick up litter while walking, jogging or running. Time slots are available from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Share your #BuckeyeLove for the environment while enjoying the benefits of physical activity and spending time outdoors.
Register Register for a time-slot and meet on the south side of Meiling Hall to obtain gloves, litter grabbers and buckets from FOD. Not able to stay the full hour? No worries. Stay for...
The Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) Buckeye Wellness Innovator team continues to highlight one of the ten dimensions of wellness . May’s focus is on Career Wellness , which highlights making decisions around a career path and finding meaningful ways to use an individual’s strengths to better the community they engage in.
In early April, A&P’s Performance Excellence team joined other Buckeyes to focus on personal energy management and wellness through Ohio State’s Health Athlete program . Participants spend the day learning about the importance of one’s own personal story, how it can be used to affect behavior changes as well as strategies for maximizing energy and improving wellbeing.
Marci Tuckerman, senior project manager and buckeye wellness innovator , facilitated coordination and scheduling for the A&P Performance Excellence team. “Health Athlete walked us through realizing our best self and aligning our purpose with actions through energy management,”...
April's focus is on environmental wellness , which is the responsibility to preserve, protect and improve the environment and appreciate the interconnectedness of nature and the individual.
Ways to engage in environmental wellness include:
Engaging in sustainable habits such as recycling, donating old items, composting , conserving energy and water when possible. Increasing your awareness of where your food...
Taught by certified instructors, this comprehensive course begins with awareness education, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training.
Class space is limited to 25 participants. Please register online .
Thursday, April 11, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Transportation and Traffic Management Building (2578 Kenny Road)
Please remember that this is an interactive self-defense course. You're asked to wear loose-fitting clothing, workout clothing, or street clothes. Please do not wear open-toed shoes or heels. Athletic shoes are required.
Enhance your career wellness through the Office of Administration and Planning's (A&P) Operational Excellence (OE) / Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training. A&P staff may register to attend two half-day training sessions to learn about OE and to explore their interest in participating on a process improvement team. Sessions are free to registered A&P staff.
Staff should coordinate with their supervisor about participating in advance of registration.
Training Topics: Key principles of OE An overview of the Define Measure Analyze Improve Control (DMAIC) process Methods and tools of OE Hands-on exercises to practice applying some...
With 2024 already off to a running start, Buckeye Wellness Innovator Bryan Shields, UniPrint Optimization Specialist/Lab Printing Coordinator for Managed Print Services , sees the new year as an opportunity to start healthy habits for wellness and exercise.
Being an avid runner, Shields has made the effort to make exercise a priority. “I do the treadmill or run outside any opportunity I can, but also chasing around kids and going for family walks. I think I have started 2024 with a good approach.”
As a wellness innovator, Shields says that he has...
Staff throughout Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) departments teamed up to collect food and toiletries to support Buckeye Food Alliance , Ohio State’s student pantry. 13 locations were available for donation drop-off throughout February. By the end of the collection, 700 items totaling 425 pounds were donated to share some BuckeyeLove with fellow Buckeyes.
