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Staff Overview at the KSA
With a staff of about a dozen people, finding the right person to assist you can seem a daunting task. This document hopes to help you find the right staff member to approach about your needs.
Click on a heading below to read about the staff members who can assist in that area and their specific duties.
Student Issues
Graduate students
Tamara Dunaeff (dunaeff DOT 2, 614.292.1404)
- Serves as the first point of contact for graduate students
- Distributes and receives course enrollment forms
- Receives all required forms for graduate students
- Answers questions from prospective and current students
- Communicates with students about scholarships, graduate stipends and fee waivers
- Looks up class rosters
- Answers questions about the dual degree process
Angi Beer (beer DOT 38, 614.247.7244)
- Communicates course promotions to KSA students
Undergraduate students
Amy Shaw (shaw DOT 229, 614.292.8804)
- Advises undergraduate students
- Coordinates the Honors program and Scholars program
- Receives Change of Grade forms, Add/Drop forms
- Registers changes in course descriptions and new course requests with the Registrar
- Serves as mediator between faculty and undergraduate students
- Provides requested data to faculty about undergraduate students
- Conducts recruitment activities for prospective undergraduate students
- Works with faculty on various student events
- Works with section heads regarding undergraduate students
Angi Beer (beer DOT 38, 614.247.7244)
- Communicates course promotions to KSA students
Human Resources / Employee Concerns
Hiring lecturers, visiting or temporary faculty
Doug Sershen (sershen DOT 2, 614.292.9811)
- Processes Memorandums of Understanding
Carla Sharon (sharon DOT 3, 614.292.5071)
- Processes Letters of Offer
- Receives paperwork relating to lecturers, auxiliary faculty, staff, and federal work study students
- Processes honorariums
Hiring student employees
Carla Sharon (sharon DOT 3, 614.292.5071)
- processes paperwork regarding hiring and termination of student employees
- Receives employee timesheets
Ongoing employee matters
Lisa Routt (routt DOT 6, 614.688.7967)
- Oversees administrative staff
- Assign copier codes for faculty, staff, and students
- Troubleshoots other issues affecting faculty and staff
Carla Sharon (sharon DOT 3, 614.292.5071)
- Receives leave forms for vacation and sick leave
- Receives key requests, disburses keys
- Handles employee terminations
Alumni, Communication, and Development
Communicate within the school
Jeff Shaw (shaw DOT 152, 614.292.5914)
- Maintains several listservs for communication by section, student status, etc
Angi Beer (beer DOT 38, 614.247.7244)
- Communicates course promotions to KSA students
Communicate with alumni
Angi Beer (beer DOT 38, 614.247.7244)
- Collect alumni updates
- Write and publish Alumni newsletter
- Serves as the point of contact for AIA/CES credit for local practitioners
Communicate with donors
Lindsey Margaroli (margaroli DOT 1, 614.292.5564)
- Handles gifts through the Ohio State University Foundation (major focus is gifts of $25,000 or greater)
- Administer the Office Associates program
- Maintain donations to Scholarship Funds
- Act as a steward of all gifts to the KSA
Communicate with the public
Angi Beer (beer DOT 38, 614.247.7244)
- Write and distribute press releases
- Publicize activities and speakers
- Publicize events to various community news organizations
- Assists in organizing events and open houses
- Send broadcast emails
- Primary contact for updating website content in the Newscenter, events calendar, job postings.
- Serves as the point of contact for AIA/CES credit for local practitioners
Matt Bernhardt (bernhardt DOT 7, 614.292.7595)
- Secondary contact for updating website content in the Newcenter, events calendar, job postings, etc.
- Primary contact for updating website content in all other areas.
Lindsey Margaroli (margaroli DOT 1, 614.292.5564)
- Publicize events to various community news organizations.
Director's Office
Doug Sershen (sershen DOT 2, 614.292.9811)
- Schedules meetings with the Director and the Director's conference room
- Handles all business transactions for the Director
- Arranges travel for the Director
- Manages Director-initiated projects
Fiscal Issues
Strategic planning and budgeting
Lisa Routt (routt DOT 6, 614.688.7967)
- Develops strategic business plans
- Maintains KSA budgets
- Oversees all fiscal and HR transactions
- Works closely with the Director on all business operations
- Approves personnel contracts and memorandums of understanding
- Processes and coordinates grant related information
Business expenses and purchases
Carla Sharon (sharon DOT 3, 614.292.5071)
- Distributes and receives business meal forms
- Orders office supplies
- Receives payments from external clients
- Issues payments to external clients
- Handles all money transfers
- Distrubutes procurement and Blackwell cards and receives receipts and related paperwork
Travel
Carla Sharon (sharon DOT 3, 614.292.5071)
- Arranges travel for KSA faculty and staff
Reimbursements
Carla Sharon (sharon DOT 3, 614.292.5071)
- Processes all requests for reimbursements
Technology
Network and IT resources
James Pease (pease DOT 25, 614.292.8612)
- Oversees student help desk
- Troubleshoots printing issues in computing labs and studios
- First point of contact for student IT questions
Todd Clementz (clementz DOT 7, 614.292.8544)
- Computer and network security issues
- Creation of faculty accounts
- Maintenance of all X drive resources including Homework folders
- Reservations of mobile projection carts and travelling digital projectors
- Wireless access to the Knowlton network, distinct from OSU Wireless network
- Advanced printing issues in the computing labs
- Troubleshooting data and networking problems across the school
Jeff Shaw (shaw DOT 152, 614.292.5914)
- Manages the IT staff
- Maintains servers and network infrasturcture
- Oversees the IT budget, including final purchase authority
- Evaluates new technology for introduction within the school
- Communicates with outside vendors about the technology needs of the school
- Sits on the Engineering IT committee
Software
Matt Bernhardt (bernhardt DOT 7, 614.292.7595)
- Assists faculty and students in acquiring copies of FormZ under the Joint Study Program
- Co-chairs school's technology committee
James Pease (pease DOT 25, 614.292.8612)
- Responds to technical problems with software installations
Instructional Technology
Matt Bernhardt (bernhardt DOT 7, 614.292.7595)
- Developing an instructional technology tool suite for use within the KSA
Lorrie McAllister (mcallister DOT 50, 614.247.6645)
- Developing an instructional technology tool suite for use within the KSA
Digital Library
Lorrie McAllister (mcallister DOT 50, 614.247.6645)
- Supports faculty members through developing and maintaining a multi-media library
- Works with groups outside the KSA on University-wide digital media application development
Digital Fabrication Lab
Matt Bernhardt (bernhardt DOT 7, 614.292.7595)
- Works with interested faculty to develop strategic plan for digital fabrication technologies
- Oversees daily fab lab operations
- Evaluates new fabrication technologies for introduction
Knowlton Web Sites
Matt Bernhardt (bernhardt DOT 7, 614.292.7595)
- Develops new features and capabilities for the school's web presence
Building and Scheduling Issues
Course and resource scheduling
Angi Beer (beer DOT 38, 614.247.7244)
- Schedules KSA classes in Knowlton Hall and elsewhere
- Schedules non-class events in Knowlton Hall, except for Pool Classroom spaces (lecture hall, rooms 190 and 195) and the Director's Conference Room
Doug Sershen (sershen DOT 2, 614.292.9811)
- Schedules the Director's Conference Room
Todd Clementz (clementz DOT 7, 614.292.8544)
- Reservations of mobile projection carts and travelling digital projectors
Problems with the building
Matt Bernhardt (bernhardt DOT 7, 614.292.7595)
- Investigates and resolves building issues
Doug Sershen (sershen DOT 2, 614.292.9811)
- Investigates and resolves building issues
Architecture Library
Jen Henman (henman DOT 4, 614.688.7985)
- Compiles reserved materials for courses
- Oversees maintenance of library collections
- Answers general questions about the architecture library
Other Issues
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