Speaker Series and Workshops
Speaker Series
Dr. Letisha Engracia Cordoso Brown, a sociologist from the University of Cincinnati, will be presenting her research on “Hair Matters: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Black Hair in Sport.”
- Date: Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
- Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Eastern
- Location: Journalism Building, 360
- Count as Inclusive Excellence SOE
Workshops
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.
- Date: Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
- Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Eastern
- Location: Houston Stripe Art Studio - Houston House on North Campus
- Count as Risk Management OR Harm Reduction 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
Ohio State offers Listen. Learn. Discuss. courses, workshops, and events to improve skills to navigate challenging conversation and situations in respectful, safe and productive environments.
- Count as Member Development SOE
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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
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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 OSU Votes and Student Activities
View upcoming workshops that seek to educate and encourage chapter members to vote.
- Count as Member Development 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