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January 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

January 5, Wednesday 1:30 PM Newark OSU - Professor Ba Lin Li
January 28, Friday 9:30 AM Jay Martin's graduate students  
   

February 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

February 2, Wednesday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wetland Open House: Ramsar International World Wetlands Day!  
February 22, Tuesday 3:00 -3:40 PM Visitor - Coffman High School Li
February 23,Wednesday 8:00 -9:30 AM Ecological Engineering 618 (45 students) Bill
February 23,Wednesday 12:00-1:30 PM Michael Fraker, Oklahoma State University Bill
February 26, Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 PM Ohio Environmental Council- conference room  
   

March 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

March 26, Saturday 9:30 - 12:00 PM Alumni Conference Room Rental, Trish Rardin- Preston  
   

April 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

April 9, Saturday 11:45 AM Prospective SENR Students, Renee Johnston (20-25 participants) Evan
April 11, Monday 7:30 AM EEOB 322 Introduction to Ornithology (20 participants, Erica Macolley - TA)  
April 12, Tuesday 1:30-3:00 PM "Wetlands: A sustainable way of keeping water quality" PUBHEHS 729 Water Contamination: Sources & Health Impact (Jiyoung Lee jlee@cph.osu.edu) Bill
April 13, Wednesday 7:30 AM EEOB 322 Introduction to Ornithology (20 participants, Erica Macolley - TA)  
April 14, Thursday 7:30 AM EEOB 322 Introduction to Ornithology (20 participants, Erica Macolley - TA)  
April 14, Thursday 3:30 - 4:30 PM The Fats of the Matter: Methane Oxidation in Wetlands (Taniya Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D. Candidate, SENR Soil Science, 60 participants)  
April 16, Saturday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Conference room rental: Sierra Club water quality testing (15 particpants) Sara
April 16, Saturday 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Olentangy River Clean Up, Earth Week Events (100 participants) Brent
April 18, Monday 7:30 AM EEOB 322 Introduction to Ornithology (20 participants, Erica Macolley - TA)  
April 18, Monday 11:00 AM-12:00 PM EEOB 720- Ecosystem Ecology, Jim Bauer and 9 stduents, 4 others Gil Bohrer
April 19, Tuesday 5PM-7PM ENR 510 Natural History of Ohio (Earth Week Events), Sue Rasche.4@osu.edu (20 students) Bill
April 19, Tuesday 10:30 AM Environmental Determination Fund, Karen Cahpmen, EPF P-Great Lakes Bill
April 20, Wednesday 7:30 AM EEOB 322 Introduction to Ornithology (20 participants, Erica Macolley - TA)  
April 20, Wednesday 1:00 PM Meeting with Daniel Mardio, student Bill
April 21, Thursday 11:00 AM Heath Garris from the University of Akron Bill
April 21, Thursday 12:00 - 1:00 PM Green Lunch Series (Earth Week Events) (12 participants) Bill/Li/Kay
April 22, Friday 8:00 - 9:00 am birds watch at ORW Bernie Master
April 22, Friday 10:00 - noon Wild-Goose Egg Hunt and Muskrat Search on Earth Day (Earth Week Events) Sara
April 25, Monday 10:30 AM Brown Family tour (4 participants) Sara
April 29, Friday 1:30 PM Mesocosm Clean-Up (ORW Site engineer and volunteers) (3-4 attendants) Li
   

May 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Monday, May 2 7:30-9:30 AM EEOB322 Introduction to Ornithology, Angelika Nelson Prof. Nelson
Wednesday, May 4 7:30-9:30 AM EEOB322 Introduction to Ornithology, Angelika Nelson Prof. Nelson
Thursday, May 5 7:30-9:30 AM EEOB322 Introduction to Ornithology, Angelika Nelson Prof. Nelson
Friday, May 6 8:35 AM Geography 210: Physical Geography and Environmental Issues ( 6 Students)  
Friday, May 6 10:45 AM Geography 210: Physical Geography and Environmental Issues ( 35 Students)  
Wednesday, May 11 8:30 - 10:00 AM Donald L. Hey, Wetlands Research Inc., Chicago, Illionois "Creating a Riverine National Park: What, Why, and When?"  
Friday, May 13 8:00 - 8:30 AM Dr. Emily Elliott, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh Ron Hendrick
Monday, May 16 3:30 PM Arts and Sciences 500: The Ohio State University and Its World, George Paulson and Chris Zacher, 25 students Bill
Tuesday, May 17 5:00 PM American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Scott Praither.1@osu.edu, 15 participants Bill
Wednesday, May 18 11:00 AM WGTE Producer Ray Miller and HeatherElmer <Heather.Elmer@dnr.state.oh.us>, Ohio Coastal Training Program, Ohio DNR, Division of Wildlife Bill
Thursday, May 19 3:00 PM Brownie troop, John Heywood 2-2265 (10 8-year old girls) Li
Thursday, May 19 5:30 -7:00 PM Columbus Metropolitan Club (Andrew Campbell, 60 participants) Bill
Friday, May 20 2:00 -4:00 PM 3 students sampling (Dr. Pangle Ecology 503.2)  
Saturday, May 21 11:15 AM Prospective SENR Students Tour (Johnston.230@osu.edu) Darryl
Saturday, May 21 10:00 AM Olentangy River Clean-Up, TerrAqua and Sierra Club Brent
Sunday, May 22 3:30-5:30 P.M. Columbus State Community College, Bio 175 Hybrid (Indra Sindhu, 21 students) Li
Thursday, May 26 8:00-8:40 AM Dr. Lixin Wang (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University & School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia), Dr. Eric Toman (SENR) Li
Thursday, May 26 9:00 AM Westerville Senior Center (Chris Shirring, 614-901-6566) Li
Tuesday, May 31 10:45 AM Columbus State Bio 175 (25 participants, Dr. Mort Javadi) Li
     
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June 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Saturday, June 4 10:30 AM CBE 772: Principles of Sustainable Engineering (29 participants) Bhavik
Monday, June 13 10:00 AM Ed and Patti Zink, Animas River Wetland Bank, Durango, CO Bill
Tuesday, June 14 10:00 AM-noon TERI University MA in Public Policy and Sustainable Development, India (12 participants) Bill
Thursday, June 16 9:00 AM-noon L.H. Newcomb - Ag. Teachers Conference, 3 hour Conference room rental then tour around 11 AM (2-6909) Bill
Friday, June 17 11 AM - 1 PM Intellectually Disabled Adults tour (Terry Heds, 679-5173) Jorge
Thursday, June 23 6:00 - 8:30 PM Ohio House Rabbit Rescue Fundraiser, wine tasting and tours (Mary Rose molinaro.3@osu.edu) (In the Lobby)

Jorge/Evan

Monday, June 27 5:00 PM Meeting with Bob Martin Bill
Thursday, June 30 9:30 AM Visitor Dr. Jennifer Dungait, senior research scientist in the Sustainable Soils and Gressland Systems Department of the Rothamsted Research Center in Devon, UK Li
Thursday, June 30 9:30-11:00 AM Women and Engineering tour (Troy Vogel, vogel.104@osu.edu, 32 9th grade girls) Kay/Darryl
Thursday, June 30 1:30 PM Chinese Delegation tour Li
   

July 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Tuesday, July 5   Visiting Professor from Emory University (Song Liang, sliang@cph.osu.edu) Li
Wednesday, July 6 10:00 AM Digital Animation: A Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women tour, (Maria Palazzi, palazzi.1@osu.edu, 15 7th and 8th grade girls) Evan
Wednesday, July 13 1:00 PM Veterinary Students Summer Research Program tour (Michele Morscher, Michele.Morscher@cvm.osu.edu, 35-40 participants) Darryl/Blanca
Saturday, July 23 10:00 AM -Noon River Cleanup, Sierra Club Ohio Chapter (30 participants) Li
Tuesday, July 26 10:30 AM Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts tour (Mindy Bankey, mindybankey@ofswcd.org, 30 participants) Jorge/
Tuesday, July 26 3:30 PM Creation and Restoration Short Course tour (15 participants) Bill
Tuesday-Thursday, July 26-28 all day Creation and Restoration Short Course Bill
   

August 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

       
   

September 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6-7 3:00 PM Capital State University Ecology tour, (26 students)  
Friday, September 9 11:00 AM Green Buckeyes tour, (approximately 12 people, Kai Landis-program manager, landis.81@osu.edu) Evan
Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11 9AM-5PM Reservation of Conference Room, EARTH Center Student Group (Josh Beniston, 740-818-8422)  
Friday, September 16 1:15 PM Metro Early College High School tour, (Tammy Beilke, 22 students) Jorge
Friday, September 16   Upper Arlington High School tour, 100 students  
Tuesday, September 20 10:00 AM Honeysuckle Removal (50 plus students) Li
Wednesday, September 28 1:30 PM Art & Environment tour (Shelly Casto, SCasto@wexarts.org, 17 high school students) Bill
Friday, September 30

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Geography 210 tour (2 tours, Rae Choi, choi.621@osu.edu) Blanca/Darryl
   

October 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Tuesday, October 4 3:00 PM Aspects of Art and Technology Tour (Amy Young, 614-733-9445, 10-15 students) Evan
Thursday, October 6 1:45-2:45 PM 14 Chinese visitors from Hefei, China at ORW (Canceled) Bill
Monday, October 10 3:45 PM Worthington High School AP Biology tour (Jason Cervenec, 10 students)(Canceled) Kay
Tuesday, October 11 10 AM SENR Review Team, Mark Brunson (Utah State) and Mark Rieger (U of F) with Ron Hendrick (3) Bill
Wednesday, October 15 2 PM Energy pond meeting and tour. Mengjia Li, Bill Wolfe, Tarunjit S. Butalia, Lynn McCready, Bill Mitsch Lynn
Friday, October 14 8:30 AM Energy Policy Discussion, at John Glenn School of Public Policy, Caroline Wagner (20) Bill
Friday, October 14   Upper Arlington High School, 105 students in 4 groups  
Friday, October 14 2:00 PM Denison University Wetlands class tour (Doug Spieles) Bill
Friday, October 14 11- 11:45 AM Thinkbuckeye SENR tour Darryl
Sunday, October 16 11:00 AM Ohio State's Swamp: A Tour of the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park for Parent & Family Weekend Bill
Tuesday, October 18 12:45-2:15 PM Tree of Life Christian Schools Ecology class tour (35 high school students, Lisa Koval, koval@tolcs.org)  
Thursday, October 20   Dr. Mike Pace, University of Virginia with Jim Bauer, EEOB  
Saturday, October 29 2:00 PM Buckeye Village tour Li
   

November 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Friday, November 4 12:00 PM Thinkbuckeye SENR tour, Rene Johnston  
Tuesday, November 8 3:00 PM CE 610: Analysis of Natural & Polluted Waters, Dr. Lenhart, Kerrie- Ann Kubatko (2 students) Bill
Saturday, November 19 10:30 AM Environmental Biotechnology class tour (Mansfield Campus, 8 students, Tamela Brown, brown.3047) Li
   

December 2011

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

   

January 2012

 

Date

Time

Program

Lead person

Wednesday, January 25

11:15 AM High School Students SENR tour (Renee Johnston, .230, 12 people) Bill
   

February 2012

 
Friday, February 3 10:50 AM Africentric Early College School Tour Evan
Wednesday February 8 8:00 AM CE/FABE/ENR 618 Ecological Engineering Sciences tour (Gil Borer, 30 students) Bill
Wednesday February 8 7:00 PM FLOW Green Columbus seminar (40 participants) Lynn
Monday, February 27 9:30 AM Emily Caldwell, Office of Research Communication Bill
Monday, February 27 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Worthington Presbyterian Presentation, 773 High Street, Worthington (Scott Holmes, 30 participants) Bill
Tuesday, February 28 10:30 AM-12:00 PM ENR 355 Water Quality Management tour (Karrie-Ann Kubatko, 50 students) Bill
Tuesday, February 28 2:00 PM- 4:00 PM Tour, Brian Huberty, National Wetland Inverntory Coordinator, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Bill
   

March 2012

 
Saturday, March 31 10:00 AM-12:00 PM River Clean-Up, Sierra Club and Terraqua  
   

April 2012

 
Monday, April 9 7:30 AM-10:00 AM EEOB 322: Introduction to Ornithology students bird-watching (20 students)  
Wednesday, April 11 7:30 AM-10:00 AM EEOB 322: Introduction to Ornithology students bird-watching (20 students)  
Wednesday, April 11 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM ENR 510 Natural History of Ohio tour (Susan Rasche, 30 participants) Bill
Thursday, April 12 7:30 AM-10:00 AM EEOB 322: Introduction to Ornithology students bird-watching (20 students)  
Friday, April 13 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Faculty and Staff tour (Judy Kauffeld, 8 people) Bill
Saturday, April 14 11:30 AM SENR Tour (Renee Johnston, up to 50 students) Bill
Saturday, April 21 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Earth Day Celebration! with the Olentangy River Wetland Reseach Park, Sierra Club, Ecological Engineering Society at OSU, Ohio State, and TerrAqua  
Saturday, April 28 12:00 PM-5:00 PM Conference Room Reserved for Ohio Environmental Board of Trustees Meeting (Lisa Estrella)  
Monday, April 30 7:30 AM-10:00 AM EEOB 322: Introduction to Ornithology students bird-watching (20 students)  
   

May 2012

 
Wednesday, May 2 7:30 AM-10:00 AM EEOB 322: Introduction to Ornithology students bird-watching (20 students)  
Thursday, May 3 7:30 AM-10:00 AM EEOB 322: Introduction to Ornithology students bird-watching (20 students)  
Friday, May 4 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Geography 210: Physical and Environmental Issues Tours (19 students at 8:30 AM and 39 students at 10:30 AM, Rae Choi) Jorge
Friday, May 11 8:30 AM Metro High School Tour (24 students) Darryl
Tuesday, May 15 7:30 PM Environmental Hydrology 224 Tour (Jeff Bates) Julie Cronk/ Bill
   

June 2012

 
Friday, June 1 1:45 - 3:15 PM Mathematical Biosciences Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Program Lab Tour Bill