TV: Upcoming University Programming on Big Ten Network – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | General
“24OSU” and “iMix” episodes to air this month on BTN. Latest “24OSU” features a story on the Buckeye rowing team.
24OSU Airs on Big Ten Network
A repeat episode of 24OSU will air on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday, June 2 at 6:30pm; Thursday, June 4 at 5pm; and Friday, June 5 at 8:30am. This episode features The Ohio State Women’s Crew Team as they practice their run down the banks of the Olentangy, and a behind-the-scenes look at Ohio State’s Department of Danceone of the top university dance programs in the country. Also included in this episode is OSU’s campus newspaper The Lantern; The Ohio State Center for Neuroscience where students and researchers study various motor-neuron diseases; and the greenhouse that’s hidden atop The Ohio State Medical Center’s parking garage K. For more information, visit www.wosu.org/television/24osu/.
Eye on Alumni Airs on Big Ten Network
A repeat episode of Eye on Alumni will air on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday, June 9 at 6:30pm; Thursday, June 11 at 5pm; and Friday, June 12 at 8:30am. This episode focuses on alumni who have “paid it forward” in their careers and their communities. Featured are Archie Griffin ’76, a two-time Heisman Trophy winner and president and CEO of The Ohio State University Alumni Association; Stefanie Spielman ’89, a breast cancer survivor who has raised over $5 million dollars for breast cancer research; Tom Wheeler, former Cable Television Association president, cellular phone pioneer, and a transition team leader for the Obama Campaign; and Keith Herron, president of Target Excellence, and an after-school program working with Title I students (California’s poverty level families) in the Sacramento, CA area. Video questions from alumni & students include questions from Lake Erie surf documentary producer Tom Heinrich, and former OSU basketball standout Greg Oden, among others. For more information, visit www.wosu.org/eyeonalumni
iMix Airs on Big Ten Network
A repeat episode of iMix will air on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30pm; Thursday, June 18 at 5pm; and Friday, June 19 at 8:30am. Hosted by Chris Forbes, this episode will explore the relationship between The Ohio State University and NASA. Ohio State Alum Diana Blaney explains the Mars Rover project and the collaboration with Ohio State’s Mapping and GIS Laboratory led by Professor Ron Li. Also featured are Ohio State aerospace engineering students conducting experiments in zero gravity aboard NASA’s “Weightless Wonder,” and Ohio State’s work on a Lunar GPS-like system to be used by astronauts on the moon. Lastly, the episode features a web project, Synchronous Objects for One Flat Thing, reproduced, which world-renowned choreographer William Forsythe developed at Ohio State in collaboration with the Department of Dance and Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD). For more information, visit www.wosu.org/imix
24OSU Airs on Big Ten Network
A repeat episode of 24OSU will air on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday, June 23 at 6:30pm; Thursday, June 25 at 5pm; and Friday, June 26 at 8:30am. Five Ohio State University students are featured in this episode, including Matthew Heller, a Landscape Architect student who is dotting the “I” at the Michigan-Ohio State football game; Alex Darr, a second-year law student who teaches rock climbing at the Adventure Recreation Center (ARC); Bol Aweng, a Fine Arts major who was one of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan; Deanna Hinkle, a member of the design team for Ohio State’s Solar Decathlon; and Kristin Couts, a fourth-year student in the College of Veterinary Medicine. For more information, visit www.wosu.org/television/24osu/.
Best of iMix Airs on Big Ten Network
A repeat episode of iMix will air on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday, June 30 at 6:30pm. Follow Ohio State’s student-led Buckeye Bullet 2 team as they attempt to break a land speed record for a hydrogen fuel cell car; visit the Urban Arts Space in a historic downtown building where 30 students mastering in Fine Arts are exhibiting their work; and look at a new OSU initiative called Scarlet, Gray, and Green that puts sustainability at the forefront of Ohio State’s building and energy plans. Each segment is followed by a Web Connect interview updating you on the activities surrounding each story. For more information, visit www.wosu.org/imix
