Ohio State Nonprofit Partnerships
09/16/2011
Project Name
Type
Description
Glenn School of Public
Affairs Graduate
Degree Programs
Academic
Degree
Prepares students to assume
management and policy roles in
public and non-profit fields.
Bachelor of Arts in
Public Affairs
Academic
Degree
Undergraduate program built on a
liberal arts foundation with a
professional orientation in public
affairs. Offers three interdisciplinary
policy tracks: urban policy and
management, community
organization and civic engagement,
and nonprofit management.
M.A. in Arts Policy and
Administration
Academic
Degree
Our students undertake internships in
Columbus with a wide range of arts
organizations, including the Columbus
Museum of Art, Opera Columbus, the
Ohio Arts Council, Ballet Met, variety
of musical and public art programs,
etc.
To develop entrepreneurial and
managerial skills necessary to succeed
as creative individuals in the
increasingly complex economic
environment of contemporary artmaking.
Interdisciplinary set of courses to
introduce students to nonprofit
sector. Includes an experiential
component
The Public Policy: Social and
Behavioral Sciences minor requires 24
credit hours: two core courses, two
specialization courses, and a capstone
requirement.
Arts Entrepreneurship
Minor
Interdisciplinary Minor
in Nonprofit Studies
Academic
Minor
Undergraduate Public
Policy minor
Academic
Minor
Nonprofit
Partners
Multiple
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Level
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
http://glennschool.osu.edu/pr
ospective/prospective.html
Graduate
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
http://glennschool.osu.edu/un
dergraduate/index.html
Undergraduate
Multiple
Department of Art
Education and
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
http://glennschool.osu.edu/pr
ospective/dual/dual.html
Graduate
Multiple
Department of Art
Education
https://arted.osu.edu/artsentrepreneurshipundergraduate-minor
Undergraduate
Multiple
John Glenn School
of Public Affairs
Chris Adams
adams.615@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Multiple
Glenn School of
Public Affairs and
College of Social
and Behavioral
Sciences
http://polisci.osu.edu/ugrads/p
policy/
Professor Alan Wiseman
wiseman.69@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Project Name
Type
Description
Ohio State Nonprofit
Advisory Committee
Advisory
Committee
Committee of nonprofit leaders and
key Ohio State nonprofit stakeholders
who set as its mission: Training the
next group of leaders of nonprofit
organizations
Sharing Expertise and Resources
Fisher Professional
Service
Consultant
English 567: Rhetoric
and Community
Service
Course
A rigorous consultancy of the Fisher
College of Business MBA program. It
combines the benefits of an
internship with the advantages of a
multi-discipline team. Using our factdriven approach and top MBA talent,
we are able to deliver client value in
excess of 10 times fees.
~20 students write for and with local
nonprofits on tasks nonprofit
determine
English 367: SecondLevel Writing
Course
~24 students/term tutor CLC adult
immigrant students
Civic Engagement
Course
Course
~10- students attend and participate
in Columbus Metropolitan Club
forums and study the role of civic
engagement in central Ohio
Nonprofit
Partners
See list at
http://oaa.osu.ed
u/communitypart
nerships/ctemem
bers.html
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Level
Office of Academic
Affairs
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Fisher College of
Business
College of Social
Work
College of Food,
Agriculture and
Environmental
Sciences
Fisher College of
Business
Mindy Wright
wright.7@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Graduate
Faculty
From 2002 to
2011, 35+
organizations, 180
students at
organizations
including
Children's Hunger
Alliance,
Columbus Literacy
Council, American
Heart Association,
Ballet Met
Columbus Literacy
Council
Department of
English
Mindy Wright
wright.7@osu.edu
Department of
English
Mindy Wright
wright.7@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Columbus
Metropolitan Club
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Julie Graber
jgraber@instituteonwomen.or
g
Undergraduate
Open to any
nonprofit
http://fisher.osu.edu/centers/f
ps/
Undergraduate
mwright7/wordpress.com
2
Project Name
Type
Description
Pay It Forward:
Strengthening
Communities Through
Student-Led
Philanthropy
Course
Students identify community needs
and assets, develop and an RFP, and
evaluate proposals to make awards
that total $4500 per course.
Nonprofit
Partners
Columbus
Foundation
Ohio Campus
Compact
Multiple
Nonprofits
Social Innovation
Initiative
Business Planning for
Social Enterprise
Course
Course
With local nonprofits, students
define, design, and commercialize
socially-benefitting products. The
program is designed to return
commercial proceeds to the program
to sustain its ongoing development.
Students work in 4-5 person groups
on a business-related (preferably
social entrepreneurial) project that
should take 400-450 hours to
complete. Judy Tansky works with the
nonprofit to determine the project.
Tony R. Wells
Foundation
Groundwork
Group
The Adaptive
Adventure Sports
Coalition
Down Syndrome
Association of
Central Ohio
Easter Seals of
Central Ohio
Freshbox Catering
Goodwill
Columbus
A Kid Again
UCP Central Ohio
Mulitple
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Level
Fisher College of
Business
College of Nursing
Department of
English/Marion
Service-Learning
Initiative
Office of
Undergraduate
Education
Office of
Development
College of
Engineering
Bethany Christoff
Chirstoff.17@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Graduate
Peter Rogers,
rogers.693@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Fisher College of
Business
https://eeic.osu.edu/supportservices/siii
Ohio State College
of Medicine
http://socialinnovationinitiativ
e.org/what-we-do/partnerwith-nonprofit-community.php
Fisher College of
Business
Judy Tansky
tansky_1@fisher.osu.edu
Undergraduate
3
Project Name
Type
Description
Glenn School of Public
Affairs/Nonprofit
Management Lab
Course
Internships
Internship
Following the capacity assessment
framework developed through the
Columbus Capacity Building Initiative
(The Columbus Foundation, The
United Way, the Women’s Fund, and
others), students conduct capacity
assessments for local nonprofits.
Students identify areas of strength
and areas for growth, and provide
recommendations and tools to build
capacity.
An internship integrates career
related experience into an
undergraduate education through
participation in planned, supervised
work.
Nonprofit
Partners
Multiple
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Level
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Stephanie Moulton
moulton.23@osu.edu
Graduate
Multiple
Arts and Sciences
Career Services
Scott Kustis, kustis.1@osu.edu
Randy Dineen, ASC
dineen.2@osu.edu
Undergraduate
Fisher College of
Business Office of
Career
Management
Margaret Bogenschutz,
bogenschutz_1@fisher.osu.edu
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Chris Adams
adams.615@osu.edu
Cindy Holodnak, JGSPA
Outreach and Engagement
holodnak.1@osu.edu
College of Social
Work
http://www.csw.ohiostate.edu/fieldeducation/fielda
gency/index.cfm
If taken for course credit, internships
require a faculty sponsor.
Internships
Internship
Students are given a paid summer
internship. For the following year,
they develop a report on a specific
issue related to the work of their
internship site.
Multiple
College of Social Work
Field Education
Field
Education
Structured learning experiences and
quality social work supervision that
are partnerships among agency field
instructors, university education
coordinators, and students in the
College of Social Work over 3
consecutive quarters. Students spend
15 hours/week onsite
~ 600 agency
partners across
Ohio
Graduate
Undergraduate
Graduate
4
Project Name
Type
Description
Nonprofit
Partners
Open to members
of any
organization
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
MAPS (Management
Advancement for the
Public Service)
Professional
Development
One-day seminars (0.6 CEU each) in
the following areas: Communication,
Employee Development, Leadership/
Organizational Effectiveness,
Supervision, Work Relationships
Nonprofit Leadership
Certification Program
Professional
Development
Ohio Certified Public
Manager Program
Professional
Development
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
http://glennschool.osu.edu/tra
ining/maps.html
The Ohio State Office of Continuing
Education and HandsOn Central Ohio
have identified courses and
competencies that workers in the
nonprofit field need to be successful
and have integrated them into the
classes needed for completion of this
certificate program.
In partnership with the Ohio
Department of Administration
Services and other universities across
the state to provide this certificate
program to Ohio's public managers.
Leadership workshops by contract
HandsOn Central
Ohio
Office of Continuing
Education
http://ced.osu.edu/NonprofitL
eadership.html
Certificate
Ohio Department
of Administration
Services
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Cindy Holodnak
holodnak.1@osu.edu
Certificate
Selection through
admissions
process
Limited to young
women
Ohio State
Nonprofit
Advisory
Committee
OSU Leadership
Center
Professional
Development
New Leadership Ohio
Professional
Development
NEW Leadership works to educate
and empower college women to take
on public leadership roles
Undergraduate
Community-Based
Research (pilot
Summer 2011)
Research
Three-way collaboration among
community organizations, Ohio State,
faculty, and Ohio State undergraduate
students to address community
proposed research topics
Multiple
OSU Leadership
Center
College of Food
Agriculture, and
Environmental
Sciences
Glenn School of
Public Affairs
Office of
Undergraduate
Education
Office of
Undergraduate
Research
Faculty from across
campus
Level
http://glennschool.osu.edu/tra
ining/ocpmp.html
http://leadershipcenter.osu.ed
u/
http://glennschool.osu.edu/pr
ograms/new_leadership/new_l
eadership.html
Mindy Wright
wright.7@osu.edu
Undergraduate
5
Project Name
Type
Description
Nonprofit
Partners
Leukemia and
Lymphoma
Society
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Level
Cancer Research
Research
Nationally funded grant project
James Cancer
Hospital and Solove
Research Institute
Dr. John Byrd
Faculty
Initiative in Population
Research
Research
Interdisciplinary center on
population, family, and health
research. Already completed research
is available online as well as ongoing
working groups on particular topics.
Our mission is to develop holistic
solutions for individuals, families, and
communities that help them emerge
from poverty.
The Center fosters intellectual
exchange among faculty, graduate
students, policymakers, and
practitioners, and provides researchbased outreach to those involved in
developing policy on crime and justice
matters.
Multiple
Initiative in
Population Research
Dr. Randall J. Olsen, Director
olsen.6@osu.edu
http://ipr.osu.edu/
Faculty
International Poverty
Solutions
Collaborative
Research
Multiple
~ 80 faculty, staff,
and students from
13 colleges
Melissa Briggs-Phillips
briggs-phillips.1@osu.edu
http://poverty.osu.edu/
Multiple
See list of fundedprojects at
http://cjrc.osu.edu/
research.html
Dr. Ruth Peterson, Director
peterson.5@osu.edu
http://cjrc.osu.edu/
Undergraduate
Graduate
Faculty
Staff
Faculty
Criminal Justice
Research Center
Research
Center for Urban and
Regional Analysis
(CURA)
Research
Offers a wide range of research
support services relating to
issues/problems that apply to urban
and metropolitan areas, rural areas,
and broader regional issues. Research
initiated by faculty at Ohio State
publications and periodical
roundtable discussions open to the
public.
Multiple
Center for Urban
and Regional
Analysis
Daniel Z. Sui
sui.10@osu.edu
http://cura.osu.edu/
Faculty
Sports Medicine
Partnership
Research
Addresses the special needs of the
performing artist – the dancer, the
musician, the theatrical artist and the
performance athlete.
Ballet Met
Ohio State Sports
Medicine Center
http://sportsmedicine.osu.edu
/outreach/performing_arts/bal
let_met/
Faculty
6
Project Name
Type
Description
Seeds 4 Social Change
Student
Organization
Student-led social entrepreneurship
program funded by Tony R. Wells
Foundation. Students form issuedriven groups that work with a local
nonprofit to develop a project.
Nonprofit
Partners
Multiple central
Ohio nonprofits
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Level
Fisher College of
Business Business
Builders Club
Megan Colgan
colgan.megan@gmail.com
Undergraduate
Students across
campus
Fisher College of
Business
seeds4socialchange@gmail.co
m
Students Consulting
for Nonprofit
Organizations, Ohio
State Chapter
Student
Organization
Offers strategic consulting for local
non-profit clients free of charge.
Student associates add value to nonprofit clients by translating the
knowledge they have gained in the
classroom and through their own
employment experience to real world
problems that non-profit companies
face every day.
Multiple
http://www.scnoosu.org/
Undergraduate
TWiCE Women in
Engineering
Student
Organization
Student-led organizations that work
on specific projects proposed by
community groups.
Multiple
College of
Engineering
http://www.cse.ohiostate.edu/~bbair/TWICE/servic
es.htm#Community
Fisher Board Fellows
Student
Organization
Multiple
Fisher College of
Business
https://groups.cob.ohiostate.edu/fbf/
Graduate
PayItForward.osu.edu
Volunteer/
Community
Service
Any central Ohio
nonprofit
Office of Student
Life/Ohio Union
http://payitforward.osu.edu
Undergraduate
Graduate
Faculty
Fisher/OSU Tax Clinic
Volunteer/
Community
Service
Graduate business students partner
with nonprofit boards. The students
serve as non-voting fellows and work
on fixed-length, strategic projects.
Each participating student receives
the full support and partnership of a
board member who also serves as a
mentor.
Recruiting tool for nonprofit and
other community organizations.
Organizations register and monitor
opportunities. May be one-time or
long-term
Provides free tax preparation services
to low-income taxpayers living and
working in the Columbus metro area
Fisher College of
Business
Coordinator William A. Raabe
http://fisher.osu.edu/departm
ents/accounting-and-mis/taxclinic/
Faculty
Graduate
7
Project Name
Type
Description
Linden/Columbus City
Schools/Ohio State
Partnerships
Collaboration
Collaborative that shares
Weinland Park
Collaborative
Collaboration
information, identifies new
partnership opportunities,
troubleshoots problems, plans for
sustainability, insures that all
partners benefits communicates
partnership news
To improve quality of life in Weinland
Park
Nonprofit
Partners
College of
Education and
Human Ecology
College of
Engineering
College of Arts
and Sciences
Office of
Academic Affairs
College of
Education and
Human Ecology
International
Poverty Solutions
Collaborative
Ohio State
University
Extension
Schoenbaum
Family Center
Ohio State Partners
Contacts
Greater Linden
Development
Corporation
St. Stephen’s
Community House
Columbus City
Schools
OEA
Mindy Wright
Wright.7@osu.edu
Campus Partners
City of Columbus
The Columbus
Foundation
JPMorgan Chase
Foundation
United Way CO
Central Ohio
Workforce
Investment
Corporation
Columbus City
Schools
Columbus State
Community College
Community
Properties of Ohio
Management
Services
CPO Impact
Corporation
Godman Guild
Habitat for
Humanity of
Greater Columbus
Wagenbrenner
Development
Corporation
Weinland Park
Community Civic
Association
http://www.weinlandparkcivic.
org/WPCCA/Collaborative/Coll
aborative.html
Level
8
9