Morning Workshops:
9:45 to 11:15 am
A Career in Law EnforcementPresenter: Anna Stephenson, OSU Police Officer, 292-2121, stephenson.1@dps.ohio-state.edu
Location: Blankenship Hall, 901 Woody Hayes Drive (corner of Woody Hayes Drive and Kenny Road)
Age range: 12 to 17
Maximum number: 15
Get an insider's view of the Ohio State University Police Dept. from the OSU police officers. Hands-on experiences will include: being finger-printed, having your picture taken and learning the art of lifting finger prints off of objects.
Presenter: Dr. Shawn Midlam-Mohlar, 247-8650, midlam-mohler.1@osu.edu and Mr. Frank Ohlemacher, 247-6277, ohlemacher.3@osu.edu
Location: Center for Automotive Research - Room 198, 930 Kinnear Road
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 40
Learn about energy as it relates to transportation & Tour of the Center for Automotive Research & Student Projects in the Motor Sports Facilities
Presenter: Dan Rhodeback, 459-4208, rhodeback.1@osu.edu
Location: OSU Horse Barn, 3658 Kays Avenue, Dublin, Ohio 43017
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 50
The workshop will cover basic grooming (brushing, picking out hooves, etc.) and basic horsemanship used for leading the horse.
Presenter: E. Leonard Jossem , 292-6959, jossem@mps.ohio-state.edu
Location: Physics Research Building - Atrium, 191 West Woodruff Avenue
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 30
Playing with toys presents an interesting way of seeing how the principles of physics apply in the real world of everyday things.
Presenter: Barbara A. Fink, O.D., Ph.D., 292-0084, fink.4@osu.edu
Location: Fry Hall - Clinic Reception Area, 338 West Tenth Avenue
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 30
The eye is a very specialized organ that is exciting to learn about. Our eyes enable us to see, and this has tremendous importance to our lives. In this workshop, participants will explore how the eye is examined and some of the important findings of an eye examination. Participants will rotate through four hands-on stations: "Vision in Children," "Contact Lenses and Dry Eyes," "Blinding Eye Diseases and Eye Safety," and "Photographing the Eye." Participants will get to use optometric equipment and receive photographs of the front and back of their eyes. There will be ample to time ask questions of the faculty, staff, and students of the College of Optometry.
Presenter: Dr. Ana C. Berrios-Allison, LPC, 688-3898, berrios.7@osu.edu
Location: Younkin Success Center - Room 150, 1640 Neil Avenue
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 20
Parents and youth will have the opportunity to experience a fun workshop where each one will have the occasion to communicate their knowledge and understanding of each others' career expectations. Youth participants will discover their career tentative goals, learn more about where they are in the career decision-making process, and what steps have they taken to implement their decisions. Parents will learn more about their daughters' career decision-making paths and gain knowledge about their current roles being played during this process. Opportunities to exchange ideas, insights, surprises, and/or agreements with related career topics will be provided. In addition, boys and girls will receive information and different resources to assist them in the planning of their education and selection of their majors, careers, or future jobs. Parents will also receive information and different resources about the career planning model as well as useful parental tips to assist their daughters in their decision-making process.
Adult sponsors are encouraged to participate in this session
Presenter: Kristine McComis, 688-3517, mccomis.2@osu.edu, Dr. Mary McLoughlin, Dr. Jane Flores, Dawn Eblin, RVT, and Tracy Marsh, RVT. Contact person : Krissy Ruth, 292-7958, ruth.27@osu.edu
Location: Veterinary Hospital - Lobby, 601 Vernon L. Tharp Street
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 25 (including adult participants)
Tour the hospital and learn about opportunities in veterinary medicine. Half the group will tour the hospital while the other half observes students, technicians and clinicians treating both companion animals and farm animals in a teaching hospital/clinic setting. Then the groups will switch stations.
Presenter: Cecilia Lammers, 292-5614, clammers@osuairport.org and Candi Roby, 292-5614, roby.32@osu.edu
Location: Airport Administration Building, 2160 West Case Road
Age range: 9 to 17
Maximum number: 15
This session will start with a general airport tour and then participants will have the opportunity to actively participate in three groups: Flight School will put you in a training aircraft and show you how to use weather briefings for flight planning; Simulators will give you the opportunity to simulate flying an airplane and the Tower Visit will give you a chance to observe controllers who manage incoming and outgoing flights.

