Author Of Best-Selling Business Book To Appear In Marion County For Daylong Workshop

Richard Hadden, co-author of the best-selling business book Contented Cows Give Better Milk: The Plain Truth About Employee Relations and Your Bottom Line, will present a day-long seminar on May 23.

Hadden's book, which he wrote with Bill Catlette, makes the connection between people and profits. He will present the workshop to teach managers how to build a winning, profitable organization by treating people right. His ideas can help reduce turnover, and increase retention, commitment, and productivity. The workshop is geared toward organizational leaders, executives, senior staff, managers, supervisors, and human resource and health care professionals.

The workshop will be presented at All Occassions, 6989 Waldo-Delaware Road (Ohio 229 one-half mile south of Waldo.)

Hadden's presentation is sponsored by several Marion organizations: The Ohio State University at Marion's Alber Enterprise Center, Ohio State University Extension, the Marion Area Chamber of Commerce, Marion General Hospital, and Marion's Lifelong Learning Consortium.

The cost of the workshop is $100, and includes a continental breakfast and lunch, hand-outs, and a copy of Hadden's book. Continuing education credit is available for nurses and social workers.

For more information or to register for the workshop, contact Maryjo Mundey at the Alber Enterprise Center, (740) 389-6786 extension 6312.

Young Women's Business Academy Planned For Ohio State Marion Campus

Teen-age girls are invited to experience the world of business and learn about entrepreneurship at the "Young Women's Business Academy," sponsored by The Ohio State University's Alber Enterprise Center and Ohio State University Extension of Marion County, with support from the Coleman Foundation.

The week-long Academy will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Marion Campus, 1465 Mount Vernon Ave., June 12 to 16. A dinner followed by an awards presentations will begin at 6 p.m. on June 16.

Young women who are entering their freshman, sophomore, junior or senior years of high school are eligible to apply. The fee is $50, and full and partial scholarships are available, and sponsored by Kroger Co., NaChurs-Alpine Solutions, and the Marion Women's Business Council.

"I believe this program will provide tremendous insight for young women who have an initial interest in a family business, or owning their own business in the future," said Karen Ream, program manager with the Alber Enterprise Center. "The camp will provide a real opportunity to explore their future in a college setting while having a fun time networking with other young women who have the same goals."

"This will provide young women the opportunity to learn about what it takes to begin and run a successful business," said Maria Moore, director of the Alber Enterprise Center.

Academy participants will experience workshops and seminars on business-related topics, and personal growth and self-esteem issues. In small groups, the women will learn about setting goals, marketing plans, business financing, networking, and other timely topics from professional businesswomen. Field trips to area businesses are planned, and will be organized around the participants' interests.

Throughout the week, the young women will work in small groups to formulate their own business plan. At the end of the week, the women will present their business plan to parents and other participants.

For more information or to obtain registration information, contact (740) 389-OSUM, extension 6312.

Bazzoli Arts Institute Ready For Second Successful Year At Ohio State Marion

Artistic middle schoolers will find creative challenges this summer as the Bazzoli Arts Institute for Middle Schools kicks off its second year on the campus of The Ohio State University at Marion. During the one-week institute, professional artists and educators will instruct students in five artistic areas: dance, creative writing, drama, visual art, and music.

"This is a unique opportunity for young people to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the arts, to make connections among all arts, and work with professional artists in an academic setting," said Todd DeVriese, assistant professor of art at Ohio State Marion. He will co-direct the program with Lynda Behan, who is program coordinator of the academic skills center on the campus.

"The responses from last year's participants were overwhelming," DeVriese said. "We have many students who have already indicated that they want to return for a second year, and what better indicator that the program we are offering is not only worthwhile, but also meets an important community need."

Open to current seventh, eighth and ninth graders, the institute will take place daily from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. during the week of June 19 through 23, and will culminate in a celebration of the students' work on June 25. This day will be a festive one because of another event on campus: Celebrate Summer: Marion's Art and Music Festival.

The Bazzoli Institute teachers are professional artists who are faculty from Ohio State University and other area institutions and organizations. Bazzoli teachers and their areas of expertise are :

• Creative Writing

  Terry Hermsen, a poet who has worked for 20 years teaching poetry to students of all ages via the Ohio Arts Council's Artists in Education program and in schools with OSUM's Writing that Connects program. He is a recent recipient of the Columbus Literary Award for Poetry from the Greater Columbus Arts Council; and Stuart Lishan, associate professor of English at OSUM, publishes poetry in magazines such as Kenyon Review and Chicago Review. He is a recipient of the Ohio Arts Council's Individual Artist Fellowship and OSU Alumni's Distinguished Teaching Award.

• Dance

  Kelly Gottesman, a master's student at Ohio State's nationally ranked Department of Dance, has taught several summer workshops in Cincinnati, including the Playhouse in the Park and the Wyoming Fine Arts Center. He has extensive teaching experience with elementary school children.

• Drama

  Tira Palmquist, a writer, director, and actor, has directed a number of plays for Total Theatre in Columbus and the Children's Writing Project with Columbus Children's Theatre. She also works with students through the Ohio Arts Council's Artist-in-Residency program.

• Music

  Thom Priest, assistant professor of music and music education at OSUM, has taught students from Boulder, Colorado to Jerusalem. An avid bassoonist, Thom has performed in ensembles in North and South America and currently is a member of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra; Bradley Sowash, an accomplished composer, recording artist, and solo piano entertainer who has worked with some of jazz's most noted artists around the world; and Bill Walker, a vocal and instrumental music teacher who has developed digital multimedia projects with this students. Bill is a composer in residence for the Ohio Arts Council and a flutist in a Celtic band, Heartstone.

• Visual Art

  David Picard, who received his M.F.A. from New York University, has exhibited throughout the U.S. Currently working in graphics here in central Ohio and illustrating a children's book, he's an avid science fiction and comic book fan; and Michael Rodriquez, a sculptor and instructor at the Columbus College of Art and Design's Saturday Morning Program.

  Interested students must apply by May 15. Registration is open to any students in Central Ohio, but is limited to 75 students. The $125 fee includes all materials. Scholarships are available. For more information, contact Sue Kofsky at (740) 389-6786 extension 6279.

Author Lee Abbott To Read His Fiction As Part Of Five Nights On Campus Series

Two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Lee Abbott will read selections from his most recent works of fiction on April 27 at The Ohio State University at Marion. The event, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is part of the Five Nights on Campus cultural arts series.

Abbott is a professor of English and is the past director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at The Ohio State University in Columbus. He was a 1987 and 1989 nominee for the Pulitizer Price in Fiction, and has won numerous other writing and literary awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and a Major Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council.

He will be reading selections from his most recent works of fiction, Wet Places at Noon (1997) and Living After Midnight (1991), as well as some of his earlier stories.

Reviewers have called Abbott a writer of stories that "go pop bang, stories dense with detail and loopy with lyricism." He describes his writing as stories about the lovelorn tug-of-war between men and women, about the potent relationships between fathers and sons, as well as that between friends.

Tickets are available at the door and are $7 for adults and $3 for students. Advanced ticket sales are available by calling Ohio State Marion Office of Community Relations at (740) 389-6786 extension 6279.

At the conclusion of Abbott's reading, refreshments will be provided by the Ohio State University Alumni Club of Marion County. The audience members are invited to meet Abbott view the current exhibit in the Wayne and Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery featuring works by Ohio State University Department of Fine Arts Printmaking Program.

This year's Five Nights on Campus series has received financial support from the Ohio Arts Council, the Whirlpool Corp., Bun's Restaurant in downtown Delaware, GTE, Marion Steel Co. , Wyandot Inc., and WDIF Radio.

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