Register on line at https://campusvisit.osu.edu to attend any of the following sessions and learn how you can transfer your WSCC credit to OSU:

Transfer Overview and Tour (2 hours)

• Thurs., Feb. 12, 10:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
• Tues., Feb. 24, 2:30-4:30p.m.
• Tues., March 10, 10:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
• Tues., March 24, 2:30-4:30p.m.

Transfer Information Session (1 hour)

• Wed., Feb. 18, 10:30-noon
• Wed., March 18, 10:30-noon

All sessions take place on the Columbus campus.

Gap & gown measurements will be taken on April 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Bookstore entrance.

• Student Support Services for Feb. 2009
• Winter Quarter PASS Sessions
• Earn While You Learn

When a barrel showed up in the Library for the food pantry collection sponsored by WSCC’s Leadership Development class, Team Bobby Flay challenged Team Rachel Ray to a Food Pantry Throwdown. Team Rachel Ray accepted the challenge and agreed to the rules of engagement:

• The team that brings in the greatest number of food and paper items for the WSCC Leadership Development Class Food Pantry Drive is the winner.
• The losing team provides lunch for the winning team.
• The challenge begins now and ends at 4 p.m., Feb. 19, 2009.

Team Bobby Flay members are Georgene Johnson, Linda Tilton, Frank Miracle, Ziad Akir, Lindsay McVey, Karen Peters, Judy Hammond and Judy Verdi.

Team Rachel Ray members are Gary Williams, Dee Standish, Tiffany Laipply, Shirley Carna, Judy Kerns, Dennis Eichinger, Donna Muntz, Lois Lankford, and Deb Goins.

With eight days left to go, cans and boxes of food are piling up and both teams look forward to helping out local food pantries. And enjoying the culinary skills of the losing team!

Bi-annually, Marietta Memorial Hospital hosts a Blood Donor Appreciation Dinner. Washington State was invited this year for being the top blood donor site, having 180 pints of blood donated in the past 2 years. A big thank you to all who participated. MMH is one of the two independent blood banks in the State of Ohio. The blood donations MMH receives are used to care for patients in the Strecker Cancer Center, surgery patients and patients brought in to the Emergency Department.

With just one pint of blood we have the possibility of saving three lives! Please encourage everyone you know to donate, it could save your life or the life of a family member some day!

Washington State’s next blood drive is during Spring Quarter on May 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Whether it’s the bobble head that looks like Rob Kinker or the many sports figure favorites that he owns, his collection has become quite the conversation piece. Just like when Mike Whitnable, registrar, put his presidential collection of bobble heads into the display case in the Main Building, immediately people were stopping to look and talk about the unique figurines.

Mike started collecting the presidential bobble heads about six years ago.“Unlike the sports bobble heads, not as many people collect the Presidents or other political figures. People tend to have strong feelings one way or another towards many of our leaders so they become real conversation pieces. In the last few elections I’ve gotten much more interested in the process,” said Mike.

Sixteen of the 44 presidents make up Mike’s collection. He keeps his eye out for President’s Ford and Johnson, two he would really like to add to the set. While the president collection has become quite the talking piece, his favorite bobble head is his sports hero, Walter Payton.

“I also have an Albert Einstein bobble head I keep in my office to create conversation and inspire deep thought,” tells Mike. That’s the bobble head that everyone likens to Rob Kinker. Now there’s a deep thought!

The Diversity Club met on Friday Feb. 6th to create a display for Black History Month. The display will remain in the lobby of the Arts & Sciences center all month.

The Evergreen Child Development Center will be holding an Art Exhibit and Sale Wednesday, Feb. 11 and Thursday, Feb. 12 from 9 a.m to 4 p.m.

You may browse through the exhibit and place bids in the Center’s Large Event Room. Cake and punch will be served on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. and final bids will be excepted until 4 p.m.

All are welcome. Come and see the beautiful artwork our children have created.

Phi Theta Kappa will be participating in the 25th Annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life to be held May 15 & 16 at Belpre Civitan Park. Students and faculty who wish to participate by walking, raising money, or who would like to buy a Luminaria may contact Becky Myers in Student Services.

Our team has been asked to donate two purses to the Purse Auction and two baskets to the Silent Auction. Donations for these items are welcomed!

Washington State recently achieved national certification for Project Lead the Way – a four course pre-engineering collaboration with Marietta High School. Students who participate take four courses – two at MHS (9th and 10th grade year) then two at WSCC (11th and 12th grade year). This national, project-based learning program is designed to promote interest in the engineering field.

WSCC's Leadership and Development Class is proudly sponsoring a food drive from Feb. 2 through 20 to benefit the Community and Manna Harvest Food Pantries in conjunction with a paper products drive to support EVE, inc. All canned goods, pasta, sauce, cereal, tuna, peanut butter, paper products and toiletries will be accepted. Donation barrels are located in the library, Learning Center and the WSCC Main Building entrance.

Join Phi Theta Kappa, Habitat for Humanity, and WSCC's Leadership & Development class on Thursday, Feb. 12 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. in the Arts and Sciences Building lobby! OSP's bake-off begins at 1 p.m. and the American Sign Language Club will be selling Valentine's candy. Games, prizes, food, and more! Remember to bring your old cell phones to donate to EVE and canned goods to donate to area food banks. See you there!

The Opportunity Scholars Program’s annual Valentine Bake-Off will take place in the first floor lobby of the Arts and Science building at 1 p.m. on Feb. 12. Just $1 buys you all the sweets that you can fit on a plate.
Come satisfy your sweet tooth with these fabulous desserts. You’ll be able to choose between scrumptious cakes, pies, brownies, and cookies. So mark your calendars and be sure to come to the OSP Valentine Bake-off on Thursday, Feb. 12.

Lab Etiquette

Laboratory safety is an integral component of all of the sciences on this campus. Our faculty and students are trained to be prudent stewards of safety and are expected to follow lab safety policies and procedures at all times.

The health technology programs have their own designated labs. These include practical nursing, associate degree nursing, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, radiology, massage therapy, medical laboratory, biological sciences, and intermediate EMT. Within these labs, students are taught fundamental skills that are necessary in order for them to practice and perform in a clinical setting or on the job. Radiology students are the exception. They receive most of their training in the clinical setting. Universal precautions, one of the most important safety issues, must be practiced by all faculty and students. This involves using personal protective equipment such as eye protection, face protection, gowns, and gloves. In addition, blood borne pathogens, needle stick, hand washing, biohazards, and medical waste policies are covered.

Labs that involve the use of chemicals have different safety issues. Many chemicals are harmful and access to these labs and prep rooms are restricted to trained personnel. All chemicals should be considered hazardous and handled as such. These lab doors must be locked and shut when the labs and/or prep room are not in use.

Microbiology and Medical laboratories are especially vulnerable to blood borne pathogens. These labs are listed as biohazard level 2 and access is restricted.

The cadaver lab is a valuable asset to this institution. Many community colleges in the state of Ohio do not have this type of lab. We use the lab for learning experiences in our anatomy & physiology courses. This lab is not to be used for “show and tell.” These are human bodies and respect must be exhibited at all times. All students and faculty are required to wear eye protection. This also expands to any visitors to the lab. This eye protection is provided in the lab. Also, the lab door must always be closed and locked.

The goal of any lab safety program is to protect faculty and students from accidents. There are many hazards associated with laboratories and it is our goal to practice good safety. With this said, it is important for others to understand that our laboratories can be a dangerous place and access to them is limited.

Ice and weather hazards

Your physical plant staff have done a wonderful job keeping our campus walks, roadways and parking lots in good shape especially given the severe icing conditions of recent days.  In support of these efforts, we use a calcium chloride product that melts ice/snow even if the weather gets to 20 below zero and operate two snow plow trucks and numerous snow blowers. 

However, one disturbing problem has been increasingly familiar this winter, that of people taking down our yellow caution tape and/or moving barricades placed to protect the health and safety of everyone.  When conditions reach a critical state and there is simply not enough man power or time to open all avenues of travel, the staff will close routes deemed least traveled or necessary using yellow caution tape and barricades.  These closed routes are often VERY treacherous and should be avoided.  Routes typically closed include but are not limited to:

• Hillside steps
• Hill roadway sidewalk
• Parking area to the left at top of hill
• Sidewalk beside the B-wing and lower B-Wing entrances (side and rear – entrances not unlocked for ingress)

Pedestrians are strongly encouraged to use the bridge for main building access from the upper lot in these conditions.

Please don’t place yourself and others at greater risk by removing the caution tape or barriers.

Peanut butter recall

With the Safety Committee’s idea of keeping faculty, staff and students informed of safety issues, please see the below link to the FDA on the recent concern over the recall of certain peanut butter items.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

This link will change as more items are added to the list.

• Clothing Sale: Buy one article of clothing at regular price and get the second item 50% off. Discount is on lesser priced item.
• Buyback dates: March 17th, 18th and 19th
• Student account charges: March 25th, 26th and 27th

Away from Her

Director: Cristian Mungiu
Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis Lionsgate; Directed by Sarah Polley Rated PG-13; 110 minutes; 2007

Married for almost 50 years, Grant and Fiona must come to terms with Fiona’s increasing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. She opts for the care of a nursing home but Grant is devastated when after her 30 day orientation to the facility she has all but forgotten him and transferred her affections to another man in the home. Grant must then perform an act of self-sacrifice in order to ensure her happiness.