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  • Compost Your Pumpkin This Fall

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | October 17, 2025
    Don’t let your pumpkins haunt the landfill after spooky season is over! Help next year’s pumpkins grow by composting your old jack-o’-lanterns, gourds, and cornstalks. Now through Tuesday, December 2, faculty, staff, and students living off-campus can drop off pumpkins, gourds, and cornstalks in the labeled roll-off dumpster in the Uniprint parking lot located at 2500 Kenny Road. The site is...
    Compost your pumpkins

  • I Know What FOD Operations and OTDI Did Last Summer

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | September 24, 2025
    While The Ohio State University campus quiets down in the summer months for many, it’s anything but slow for Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) and the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI). OTDI spent the summer transforming classrooms into modern, tech-enabled learning spaces, while FOD kept campus running smoothly with essential maintenance and upgrades.At Postle Hall, cr...
    A close-up photo of a vacuum on the carpet.

  • Ohio State Students Help Shape the Future of Zero Waste and Operations

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | September 22, 2025
    Behind every compost bin, recycling audit and sustainability tabling event at Ohio State is a passionate team of student interns working to help make the university a leader in zero-waste practices. These interns are not only gaining hands-on experience, they’re also helping shape a more sustainable campus.For many of the students, the internship is more than just a job.“I am interning with the Z...
    Six interns stand, smiling for a photo outside.

  • Natural Gas Safety

    holman.126@osu.edu | September 3, 2025
    To ensure Ohio State’s natural gas pipeline facilities are safe and reliable, Ohio State Energy Partners follows a regular operations and maintenance program. While this program is designed to identify minor issues with these facilities, it is important that our students, faculty and staff are aware of potential hazards. Learn how to identify and report an issue....
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  • Fort Hayes Student Welds a Bright Future with Facilities Operations and Development

    bartholomew.185@osu.edu | August 27, 2025
    This summer, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center welding student Joseph Friess traded his pencil and paper for a welding torch alongside Ohio State’s Facilities Operations and Development (FOD) steamfitters. A rising senior at Upper Arlington High School, Friess has spent his summer shadowing welders and learning the ins and outs of steam production and distribution across campus. “I’ve...
    A welding student is seen welding a large pipe.

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