Wooster Campus

This page covers activity that took place before June 27, 2025, when Ohio Senate Bill 1 took effect. CFAES has discontinued diversity, equity, and inclusion activities in compliance with the law.

Tanzania CC flyer

RSVP via https://go.osu.edu/cultcon by Tuesday, April 15

Tanzania: Peak of Africa, Home of the Great Migration and Keeper of Rare Tanzanite

Kottman Hall 102, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus Wooster Science Building 175, Wooster
Tues., April 22 (2025) 12:00-12:55 pm

Food served at 12:00 / Presentation at 12:15

Note the earlier than normal start time (because we don’t have to compete with classes for rooms that day)

Frolence Fidelis, MSc Student, HCS

Amina Kwiya, Visiting Scholar, Plant Pathology

Catherine Mwanjisi, MSc Student, Plant Pathology

?s:

Jason Owens, PhD.

International Coordinator at the Wooster Campus
Room 270, Wooster Science Building

CFAES Wooster

The Ohio State University

1680 Madison Avenue

Wooster, OH 44691 USA

Tel: [+1] 330-202-3581 (forwards to mobile)

owens.1132@osu.edu

www.go.osu.edu/WoosterInternational

also affiliated to:

https://germanic.osu.edu/people/brutus.0

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Cultural Connections: Honduras

Honduras: agricultural education, research and culture at Escuela Agricola Panamericana Zamorano

Kottman Hall 102, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus AND
Wooster Science Building 175, Wooster

Tues., March 18 (2025) 12:40-1:35 pm
Food served from 12:40 / Presentation at 12:55

RSVP for a seat and a free light lunch by Friday, March 14 via

qr code to register

https://go.osu.edu/cultcon or either of these QR codes
[the code on the flyer itself is not an active link]

Or RSVP to livestream.

Or watch later at https://ipa.osu.edu/wooster-campus

Lunch provided via the generous support of CFAES Office of Faculty and Student Affairs

A talk in the series Cultural Connections—where culture meets agriculture

PRESENTED BY FAES INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

?s: (Jason) Owens.1132@osu.edu

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Celebration of Nations 2.26.25

Photomontage 2023 of entertainment and booths

The 14th Annual Celebration of Nations
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Secrest Welcome & Education Center,
2112 Williams Rd., CFAES Wooster

RSVP via go.osu.edu/CelebrateNationsBus to reserve a free seat on a Wi-Fi equipped 55-passenger Ohio State bus from Columbus to the Wooster event and back.
Bus leaves Ag Admin Building at 10 am
and arrives back at Ag Admin at 3 pm

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Uruguay Cultural Connections rsvp owens.1132@osu.edu

Kottman Hall 102, 2021 Coffey Rd, Columbus AND Wooster Science Building 175, Wooster
Tues., January 28 (2025) 12:40-1:35 pm

Food served from 12:40 / Presentation at 12:55

RSVP for a seat and a free light lunch by Wed. Jan. 23 at 3:00 pm via

https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3mesduGABZeVrca

Or RSVP to livestream. Or watch later at https://ipa.osu.edu/wooster-campus

Uruguay: more than meat, soccer and "mate"

A talk in the series Cultural Connections—where culture meets agriculture

Questions: owens.1132@osu.edu

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Dr. Maksym Kolesnikov is the head of the Department of Crop Production & Horticulture at Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University, Ukraine. His scientific interests are focused on the biology of plant stress and on the new agrotechnological methods of growing crops. His teaching experience includes the topics of botany, physiology and ecology of plants, biology of crops, yield formation, and environmental chemistry. In his free time, he likes to grow fruits and vegetables in his country plot. He also enjoys spending time with his family, as well as traveling. He will present from Wooster.

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photos of presenters and the country

Pakistan: Its Crops, Its Cultures

A talk in the series: Culture Connections—where culture meets agriculture

Muhammad Saad, Grad. Research Fellow, Animal Science

Sonia Hussain, Visiting Scholar, Plant Pathology

Nimra Khalid Research Technician, Animal Science

Shuja Majeed Grad. Research Associate, Animal Science

For the 1^st time, a Cultural Connection with locally-prepared international food on both campuses at the same time, with live speakers in both rooms sharing their food and then their presentation.

Wooster Science Building, Room 175/175A, 1600 Wilson Rd., CFAES Wooster
AND
Kottman Hall 370, 2021 Coffey Rd, OSU Columbus

Tuesday, September 17, 11:30-12:25 pm

Food served from 11:30 / Presentation at 11:45

RSVP for a seat and a free light lunch by Wed., September 11 at

https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3mesduGABZeVrca

or the flyer’s QR code.

Or RSVP to livestream.
Or watch later at https://ipa.osu.edu/wooster-campus

Presented by CFAES & FAES International Programs

Lunch provided

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•Two BIG Changes to the Wooster City Route bus after June 29

• June 29 - Last day that the Wooster City Route Bus will stop at Fisher Auditorium and at the intersection of Secrest Road and Campus Drive

• June 29 - Last day that any pass issued to anyone from CFAES Wooster can be used to ride for free.

Please click on the link below to find out about alternatives.

Getting around in Wooster (and to it from Columbus)

OSU charter bus

Click this sentence or point your camera at the QR code above to RSVP for the free bus and/or to volunteer to work at the event

If you would like to help plan this event, email owens.1132@osu.edu

If you did not represent your country (USA included) at CoN 2023 but would like to this time, email Nuris Acosta acosta.26@osu.edu

Those who represented their countries last year have been contacted and invited to once again to perform and/or prepare food and information, with expenses covered by the sponsor of this event (as long as procedures are followed). But anyone can get involved.

If you would like to volunteer your general help on February 28, email me.

A free bus will leave the Ag Admin building in Columbus at 10 am, arriving at Secrest in Wooster at 11:30 am.

Then it will circulate between Secrest and Skou, WSB & Williams.

Leaves/Arrives Skou at 11:50, 12:10, 12:30 1:10.

Leaves/Arrives WSB and Williams a few minutes later.

At 1:30 pm, it will leave Secrest and arrive back at the Ag Admin building in Columbus at 3 pm.

So encourage your friends and colleagues in Columbus to attend!

The 13^th Annual Celebration of Nations

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 11:30 am-1:30 pm
Secrest Welcome & Education Center
2112 Williams Rd., CFAES Wooster

- Meet many of OSU Wooster’s students/ staff/ faculty at tables covered with items from their native lands

- See/hear performances

- Enjoy food from dozens of countries

Presented by FAES International Programs

A BuckID or USDA ID is required for this free event

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Ride The City of Wooster Fixed Route Transit Bus for free

If you would like to get a free Wooster City bus ID with a QR code that will allow you to ride for free, email owens.1132@owens.edu

Here is some background information:

https://www.cawm.org/get-help/transportation/wooster/fixed-route.html

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The 12th Celebration of Nations, Tue. Mar. 21, 2023. 11:30 am-1:30 pm
at Secrest Welcome and Education Center

Ride a free bus from Columbus to Wooster and back (see the link below). The same bus will circulate between Secrest and Skou, The Wooster Science Building and Williams Hall during the event, before returning to Columbus. No RSVP needed.

Leaves Skou at 11:50, 12:10, 12:30 & 1:10 and WSB and Williams a few minutes later.

Leaves Secrest Welcome and Education Center at 11:40, 12:00, 12:20 and 1:00

Here's that link with more info about the bus from Columbus to Wooster and back:

https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4HeYJbe6W0VrZxc

Here’s a video from 8 years ago: Link to Celebration of Nations short promo video We’re now in a venue with more space and instead of having an international restaurant bring food, people sample food from the dozens of nations at each of their tables i.e. booths. But the upbeat atmosphere remains the same.

We are also seeking internationals based in Columbus interested in presenting on their countries at this event or in 30-minute talks each semester. Please contact Jason Owens.1132@osu.edu

If you're interested in anything international on
CFAES's Wooster Campus, please contact me:
Jason Owens https://ipa.osu.edu/people/jason-owens-phd
owens.1132@osu.edu

Especially if you'd like to do a presentation like the following. We seek international students, scholars, staff or faculty to do a 30-minute presentation on their home country's culture and agriculture, with food reflecting that culture, financed by us and prepared by presenters or at local restaurants. We program this monthly (except summer) on either campus and offer via Zoom (without food) at the non-presenting campus. So encourage your compatriots or international colleagues.