On the first day of February, Transportation and Traffic Management (TTM) staff spent time with their new friend, Radar, a Labrador Retiever with the Buckeye Paws therapy dog-handler program. TTM Buckeye Wellness Innovator Christy Miller coordinated the visit as way to bring joy to the team and brighten the day, while supporting staff wellness.
Buckeye Paws visits may be requested and scheduled by emailing BuckeyePaws@osumc.edu . Additional informaiton is available online.
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) provides and maintains a safe and healthful work environment for the university community. They also find fun and creative ways to promote healthy lifestyles for their team.
In January, EHS Buckeye Wellness Innovator Cathy Black hosted a healthy food presentation for EHS staff, sharing a variety of healthy snacks and recipes for treats including peanut butter protein balls, healthy cookie dough dip and roasted chickpeas. Cathy also provided information about the purposes and benefits of healthy snacking. Recipes were previously shared by OSU Health Plan Health Coach Jessica Hernandez during ...
An active and energetic group of fiscal staff members is inspiring health and wellness through their work. The Administration and Planning Fiscal Buckeye Wellness Innovators (BWI), otherwise known as the Fiscal Health and Wellness Team, serve as ambassadors to promote health and wellness initiatives to their team of 20 fiscal staff members. Lindsey McCann, Camille Mack, Ted Tobler and Mary Wehner became BWI’s in summer 2022 and have embraced their roles, implementing creative and inclusive ways to engage in wellness.
Working remotely during the pandemic proved to be a struggle for many, but these innovators...
Ohio State embodies a wellness model focusing on different dimensions of wellness and providing support resources in each area. In 2023, the Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) Buckeye Wellness Innovator team will highlight one of the ten dimensions of wellness each month to provide opportunities to learn ways to engage with each dimension. Resources, tips and activities related to each dimension will be shared with the A&P BWI team during their monthly meetings, in bi-weekly all A&P staff emails and staff sign boards.
The Ohio State University Police Division (OSUPD) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) teams showcased their agility, strategy and teamwork during the Ohio State Faculty and Staff Dodgeball Classic on December 15. Dodgeball uniforms displayed the team names, highlighting OSUPD “Protect and Swerve” and EHS “Slips Trips and Balls”. Teams faced off against each in matches, leading up to a single-elimination bracket until one team emerged victorious.
Paula is an alumna of both The Ohio State University and Columbus College of Art & Design with a BS in psychology and BFA in interior design. She joined PARE in 2013 and enjoys working with academic units to create unique solutions to space problems. She is responsible for working with academic colleges and support units on space utilization, analysis of existing and potential interior environments and sourcing available space for departmental expansion. Paula manages scoping projects, programmatic analysis, master planning efforts as well as space planning. She enjoys supporting the academic vision of the university by creating space...
Put your health first while enjoying a friendly competition between the Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) and the Office of Student Life (SL). The Winter Wellness YP4H Step Challenge runs from January 17 to February 10!
Create or join a team of up to 10 people via Virgin Pulse beginning January 9. Teams can be formed with a combination of A&P and SL staff, A&P staff only or SL staff only. Be sure to view team name guidelines below prior to signing up. Once you login via Virgin Pulse, the challenge can be...
Cedric Johnson graduated from The Ohio State University in 2011 with a degree in Family Resource Management. That same year, he began working full-time as a bus supervisor for Campus Area Bus Service (CABS). Cedric as been with working with the university since 2007. In his current role, he manages over 150 employees and is responsible for scheduling and logistics. He collaborates with other transportation leadership to develop service strategies to meet university and Wexner Medical Center needs, and supervises and plans daily transit operations.
As a member of the A&P Diversity Council, Cedric is an excited...