Speaker Series and Workshops
Speaker Series
Hosted by Undergraduate Student Government and The John Glenn College of Public Affairs
Join the Undergraduate Student Government and The John Glenn College of Public Affairs for a free dinner, Q&A with public policy expert Thomas Fodor, and the chance to learn about Social Security's $147 billion crises. Free the Facts is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization that provides young Americans with reliable information about the economic and fiscal policies, programs, and challenges that will impact their lives. Their educational programs and leadership initiatives help students form their own opinions, create solutions, and meaningfully participate in the national debate about our country’s biggest policy challenges.
- Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
- Time: Doors open at 6:00 pm, event begins at 6:30 pm Eastern
- Location: Curl Viewpoint
- Count as Member Development SOE
Hosted by Student Alumni Council
'Five Under Twenty-Five' is an online panel series hosted by the Student Alumni Council featuring OSU alumni, all under the age of 25, who share their experiences and answer questions for current OSU students.
On Monday, November 18th, the session will explore the topic of work-life balance for recent college graduates.
- Date: Monday, November 18th, 2024
- Time: 6:00 pm Eastern
- Location: Zoom Link Here
- Meeting ID: 736 689 5596
Password: 630132
- Meeting ID: 736 689 5596
- Count as Member Development SOE
Workshops
Sponsored by Greek Programming Board
Join Buckeye Careers and the Greek Programming Board to learn more about writing resumes, CVs and cover letters.
- Date: Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
- Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Eastern
- Location: Zoom
- Count as Member Development SOE
REACH© is the name of the OSU suicide prevention in-person gatekeeper training program designed to help the OSU community prevent suicide. This training teaches faculty, staff, and students how to: Recognize warning signs, Engage with empathy, Ask directly about suicide, Communicate hope, and Help suicidal individuals access care and treatment.
Open REACH Trainings are offered throughout the semester for students. After you register for a training session, you will receive a reminder email along with details about the exact location approximately one week prior to the training
Open REACH Training on November 7th, 2024 (for Undergraduates and STEP PDC Participants)
- Date: Thursday, November 7th, 2024
- Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM Eastern
- Location: In-person, Training location shared one week in advance
- Must Pre-Register Here
- Count as Member Development OR Harm Reduction SOE
Open REACH Training on November 13th, 2024 (for Undergraduates)
- Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
- Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM Eastern
- Location: In-person, Training location shared one week in advance
- Must Pre-Register Here
- Count as Member Development OR Harm Reduction SOE
Open REACH Training on November 18th, 2024 (for Undergraduates and STEP PDC Participants)
- Date: Monday, November 18th, 2024
- Time: 5:30 - 7 PM Eastern
- Location: In-person, Training location shared one week in advance
- Must Pre-Register Here
- Count as Member Development OR Harm Reduction SOE
This IFC sponsored event will feature a presentation from MANUAL about mental health resources available on campus, followed by a brief discussion on mental health and how we can promote it in our Greek communities.
- Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
- Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Eastern
- Location: Senate Chamber, Ohio Union
- Count as Member Development OR Inclusive Excellence SOE
- Reach out to Mitch Howard.1690 with questions
Join Dr. Chris Winters and MANUAL to learn more about the importance of sleep and its role in your overall health, both mentally and physically. This IFC sponsored event will feature a FREE catered lunch. RSVPs are required and space is limited.
- Date: Thursday, November 14th, 2024
- Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Eastern
- Location: Sphinx Conference Room, Ohio Union
- Count as Member Development SOE
Leadership and Community Engagement is recruiting students for the Buckeye Wellness Leadership Certificate this Spring! This 6-week, non-credit bearing certificate will help you build leadership skills and incorporate the Ten Dimensions of Wellness into your personal leadership style. Participants will meet weekly on Mondays from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. or Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in cohort-based groups starting the week of January 27 through the week of March 3. This certificate is open to all Columbus campus students including undergraduate, graduate, and professional, and no previous experience in formal leadership roles is required. All students who complete the program will receive the Buckeye Wellness Leadership Certificate.
- Applications are open NOW and are due by Monday, December 2
- Reach out to Austin Ahlborn.6 with questions or interest
- For more information, visit https://go.osu.edu/leadcertificates
- Count at 6 Member Development SOE credits
As part of its Civil Discourse for Citizenship initiative, CEHV offers skill-building dialogue facilitation workshops and workshops on using the 4Cs of civil discourse to navigate difficult conversations. Additionally, CEHV staff are available to facilitate dialogue about important ethical issues.
- Reach out to Associate Director Aaron Yarmel.2 or Civil Discourse for Citizenship Program Director Kathryn Joyce.173 if you are interested in learning more or scheduling a workshop or dialogue session
- Count as Member Development SOE
By introducing the 4Cs of civil discourse — Be Curious , Be Charitable, Be Conscientious, and Be Constructive — this training will help you build civic trust through improved mutual understanding and shared problem-solving, even when you disagree strongly on contentious social and political issues.
Produced by CEHV in partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences Office of Distance Education, this training is free and open to everyone: students, educators, and citizens alike.
- Count as Member Development SOE
Complete the Online Training Here
OSU Votes offers a variety of workshops to all members of the Ohio State community. These presentations can range in time from 10 minutes to one hour and can cover topics such as how to register to vote in Ohio, being an informed, voter early and absentee voting, voting rights, day-of-voting practices, and civic and community engagement.
- Submit a OSU Votes Workshop Request Here at least two weeks before your preferred presentation date
- Count as Member Development SOE
Hosted by Green Buckeyes
New this semester, this program will teach and lead discussions about climate change and your chapter’s potential impact on our changing environment. This presentation will provide data about the ongoing changes in the global climate and present strategies on how your chapter and its members can reduce their footprint and become more responsible stewards of our natural resources. This program is highly adaptable and can focus on any sustainability-related topics, including climate change, water use, waste reduction, or energy efficiency!
- Reach out to Monnin.95@osu.edu with questions
- Count as Member Development SOE
CompDrug offers free sexual health presentations to any interested organization or group. Sexual health presentations may include sexual health education, free resources such as condoms, lube, dental dams, internal condoms, and condom compacts, and free STI testing. CompDrug is happy to work with group leaders to tailor presentations to the needs of their specific group.
- Reach out to lrobertson@compdrug.org to schedule
- Count as Risk Management OR Harm Reduction SOE
Hosted by Buckeyes for Harm Reduction
Help save lives with Buckeyes for Harm Reduction! Buckeyes for Harm Reduction at OSU is committed to saving as many lives as possible this year and stopping preventable overdose deaths. They offer training sessions that cover harm reduction, naloxone, and instructions on administering the nasal spray, along with providing naloxone to all participants. Be a part of the numerous student organizations already equipped with Narcan and actively working to prevent overdose deaths.
- Reach out to Frankel.112@osu.edu or OSUBHR on Instagram to schedule
- Count as Member Development OR Harm Reduction SOE
The Student Wellness Center offers a variety in-person and Zoom educational presentations to organizations and groups. Below are the current presentation offerings.
Count as Member Development SOE:
- Financial Education: Budgeting and Credit Basics
- Financial Education: Investing and Debt Repayment
Count as Member Development OR Harm Reduction SOE:
- Nutrition Education: Fueling for Life
- Stress Management: Life's Tough, and So Are You!
- Safer Sex: Let's Talk About Sex
- Alcohol and Other Drugs: AOD 101
- Body Image: All Bodies are Good Bodies
- Nutrition Education: Fueling for Fitness
- Stress Management: Digital and Social Wellness
- Relationship Education: Healthy Relationships
To request a presentation, Please fill out the Student Wellness Center Presentation Request Form at least three weeks in advance of your requested date. Please reach out to wellness@osu.edu with any questions.
Are you interested in a presentation that is not listed above? Email wellness@osu.edu with details of your request and a member of their team will be in touch with you. Please note that special presentation requests require a five week notice.
Sponsored by Student Wellness Center
- ScreenU Alcohol is a free, confidential alcohol risk assessment based on evidence-based strategies called SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment). ScreenU Alcohol is very brief (three to five minutes to complete on a computer, laptop or mobile device) and offers immediate, personalized feedback. Chapters that sign up for this will revive a chapter or council-specific assessment. Member can then use data to have strategic conversations with members and set goals.
If your chapter or council is interested in ScreenU Perscription Drugs (Rx) or Screen U Cannabis please reach out to Elise Nelson.1608@osu.edu in SFL
- Count as Harm Reduction SOE
Sign Up and Get More Info Here
Sponsored by Leadership and Community Engagement
View upcoming workshops to strengthen your personal and chapter's leadership capacities.
- Count as Member Development SOE
Sponsored by the Center of Belonging and Social Change
View upcoming workshops that focus how issues surrounding social identity, stereotypes, and bias affect our community.
- Count as Member Development OR Inclusive Excellence SOE
Sponsored by Off Campus and Commuter Student Engagement
Willie J. Young Sr. Off-Campus and Commuter Student Engagement (OCCSE) together with Student Legal Services (SLS) provide off-campus housing workshops to any and all groups at The Ohio State University. OCCSE and SLS work with residence hall students, academic classes, etc. to discuss the housing search process, including what steps to take before moving in and out of a rental property. OCCSE and SLS offer these workshops to any interested OSU group including but not limited to student organizations, the Greek community and regional campuses.
- Off-Campus and Commuter Student Engagement also offers workshops focusing on off-campus fire safety, personal safety and home security.
- If you are interested in scheduling a workshop for your group, please visit go.osu.edu/occsepresentationrequest to request a presentation or workshop (a minimum of 15 attendees is required).
- Counts as Member Development SOE