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CULTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY
Buckeye
A buckeye is the nut of the Ohio Buckeye tree, the state tree of Ohio. The term "Buckeye" is used to refer to any member of the Ohio State community. The university's athletic teams are also called "Buckeyes," and their mascot is Brutus, a large walking buckeye. The term "Buckeye" is ubiquitous within the university community. Search the word "buckeye" on the university web site and see for yourself. Some examples: Buck-ID: your university identification card
BuckeyeLink: the registrar's online service for students
Buckeye Pride: a site celebrating school spirit and campus traditions
Buckeye Village: student family housing
Buckeye Net News: news and information for Ohio State students
Buckeye Battle Cry: one of the university's songs, played often at football games. You might also hear it broadcast over loudspeakers by stores along High Street on Saturdays when there is a home football game in the stadium.
Carmen
Carmen Ohio is the university's official anthem. "Carmen" also is the name of the university's online course management system. According to one account, Carmen Ohio, the university's oldest song, was written in 1902 by Fred Cornell, a freshman member of the Ohio State Football team, following a loss to Michigan, 86-0. You can listen to the song played by the Ohio State marching band here.
Ohio State's current football coach, Jim Tressel, introduced a new tradition on the football field during his first year as head coach of the Buckeyes. At the end of every game played in the Ohio Stadium, the football team sings the first verse of this song to the marching band. You can read all three verses of the song, and see other Ohio State School songs (including the Buckeye Battle Cry, mentioned above), here.
About Carmen (the Course Management System)
Named for the School Song, Carmen is an online course management system. It is useful for both classroom and online courses, offering the ability to keep track of grades, submit and grade assignments electronically, create discussion boards for online discussion, collaborate on projects, etc. You can read an introduction to using Carmen here.
Workshops on Carmen are offered every quarter. These include general overviews on how to use Carmen, as well as workshops on special topics such as setting up a gradebook, designing quizzes, optimizing course content, and using Carmen's online communication tools. A Carmen shell is created for every course listed in the Master's Schedule of classes. It is also possible to request Carmen space for other university purposes, such as hosting discussions, sharing files for projects or committees, or department administration. Your students may ask you if you will use Carmen, whether course materials will be available on Carmen, and whether they will have to submit their assignments on Carmen.
"The 'Shoe"
"The 'Shoe" is an abbreviated nickname for the Ohio Stadium, which was built in the shape of a horseshoe. Ohio State has 36 varsity sports (17 men's and 19 women's), most of which play in the NCAA Big Ten Conference (see http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com).
The university has a strong athletic tradition, particularly in college football. People travel from all over Ohio to attend home football games in the 'Shoe. Fans will often wear scarlet and gray, the university's colors, at athletic events. If you are working on campus on a Saturday during a home football game, you will see crowds of people dressed in these colors heading toward the Ohio Stadium.
Some instructors take advantage of the common knowledge of football by comparing concepts in their class to aspects of an Ohio State game. It is not necessary to do this, but if you like football and are familiar with it, it can be useful, given how popular football is with students. For more information, see Ohio State FAQs.
NOTE: Some text in this section has been adapted from other information publicly available at The Ohio State University.
REFERENCES
The Ohio State University Statistical Summary http://www.osu.edu/osutoday/stuinfo.php
National Register of Historic Places http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/
John H. Herrick Archives http://herrick.knowlton.ohio-state.edu/default.asp
Ohio State Library Statistics http://library.osu.edu/sites/libinfo/osulstats.php
Office of International Education http://www.oie.osu.edu/studyabroad
Academic Plan http://www.osu.edu/academicplan/preface.php
Diversity Action Plan http://www.osu.edu/diversityplan/index.php
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