Arts and Sciences Student Council
The primary goal of the Arts and Sciences Student Council is to build community among arts and sciences undergraduate students, faculty and administration on the Columbus campus. In support of this goal, the Arts and Sciences Student Council offers a variety of academic, social and service activities. They oversee the annual Outstanding Teaching Awards and the annual Ohio State Graduate and Professional School Fair. In addition, Student Council members serve on various college committees including the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee and the Arts and Sciences Dean's Student Advisory Board.
All Arts and Sciences undergraduate majors are invited to join the Student Council. Meetings are held on a regular basis and offer both leadership opportunities as well as a way for students to meet many of their peers.
Meetings are held on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The Maudine Cow Room is located on the lower level of the Ohio Union.
Locations may change - please check back for any updates.
Spring Semester 2026
All meetings will be conducted in the Suzanne M. Scharer Room on the 3rd Floor of the Ohio Union, with the exception of the meeting on January 28th, which will be in the Round Meeting Room.
- 1/14/2026 - Welcome Back + Pre-Break Committee Updates
- 1/21/2026 - Committee Updates
- 1/28/2026 - Ohio State Guest Speaker; TBD (ROUND MEETING ROOM)
- 2/4/2026 - Retreat Recap + Committee Updates
- 2/11/2026 - Valentine’s Day Blanket Making + Classroom Visit Sign-up
- 2/18/2026 - Campus EMS Workshop + Classroom Visit Sign-up
- 2/25/2026 - Committee Updates
- 3/4/2026 - OTA/OGATA Decision Day
- 3/11/2026 - Pre-Spring Break Game + Officer Application Information
- 3/25/2026 - Meet Dean Horn (TBD)
- 4/1/2026 - Officer Elections
- 4/8/2026 - Leadership Transition (Officers only)
- 4/15/2026 - End of Year Feedback + Games and Senior Sendoff
President — Adam Boogaard
Hometown — Canal Fulton, Ohio
Year — Senior
Major — Neuroscience, Psychology
Email — Boogaard.4@osu.edu
Previous Positions Held — President, Vice President, Dean’s Student Advisory Board
Vice President — Lillian Wang
Hometown — Mason, Ohio
Year — Junior
Major — Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Finance
Email — wang.17018@osu.edu
Previous Positions Held — Executive Director, Curriculum Committee
Executive Director — Gabby Gold
Hometown — Oxford, Pennsylvania
Year — Senior
Major — Molecular Genetics
Email — Gold.232@osu.edu
Previous Positions Held — Vice President, Executive Director, Curriculum Committee
Social Media Director — Destiny Loynes
Hometown — Stony Point, New York
Year — Junior
Major — Criminology
Email — loynes.4@osu.edu
Previous Positions Held — Social Media Director, Executive Director Assistant
Treasurer — Daniel Boudreau
Hometown – Westerville, Ohio
Year – Junior
Major – Political Science, Economics
Email – boudreau.40@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Previous Positions Held – Dean’s Student Advisory Board Representative
Interim Secretary — Sadie Howarth
Hometown — Shelby, Ohio
Year — Sophomore
Major — Psychology
Email — howarth.45@buckeyemail.osu.edu
- Gabby Gold, Graduate and Professional Fair Director
- Sadie Howarth, Executive Director Assistant
- Lillian Wang, Teaching Award Director
- Dylan Gilbo
- Theerthaa Krishnan
- Mahader Mulugeta
- Sofia Markley
- Reed Bushbaum
- Hridita Dey
The Arts and Sciences Student Council hosts an annual Ohio State Graduate and Professional School Fair. This event is open to all Ohio State undergraduate students and offers an opportunity to learn about Ohio State’s many graduate and professional school enrollment options.
Join Arts and Sciences Student Council for free pizza and an informal conversation with members of the Arts and Sciences faculty.
Past Meetings Have Hosted:
- Dr. Bart Elmore – Department of History
- Dr. Jennifer Lundine – Department of Speech and Hearing Science
- Dr. Benjamin McKean – Department of Political Science
- Dr. Venkat Gopalan - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries - Department of History
- Dr. Karl Whittington - Department of History of Art
- Dr. Deanna Grimstead - Department of Anthropology
- Dr. Justin D'Arms - Department of Philosophy
- Ms. Anita Bucknam - International Studies Program
- Dr. David Steigerwald – Department of History
- Dr. Hollie Nyseth-Brehm – Department of Sociology
- Dr. Trevon Logan - Department of Economics
- Dr. Chris Callam – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Dr. Wendy S. Hesford – Department of English
- Dr. Stephen Kern - Department of History
- Dr. Lauren Squires - Department of English
- Dr. Alexander Wendt - Department of Political Science and Mershon Center
- Dr. Lanier Holt - School of Communication
- Dr. Kentaro Fujita - Department of Psychology
- Dr. Christopher Callam - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dr. Randolph Roth - Department of History & Department of Sociology
- Mr. Dale Gnidovec, Curator - Orton Geological Museum
- Dr. Ted Clark - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dr. Ed Rhine - Department of Sociology & Deputy Director of the Office of Offender Reentry in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
- Mr. Noel Paul - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Dr. Joe Steinmetz - Executive Dean of Arts and Sciences and Department of Psychology
- Dr. Janet Parrott - Department of Theatre
- Dr. Brenda Brueggemann - Department of English
- Dr. Clayton Funk - Department of Arts Administration, Education & Policy
- Dr. Richard Herrmann - Department of Political Science
Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA)
First awarded in 1947, the Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award is particularly notable because the nomination and selection processes are entirely administered by students through the Arts and Sciences Student Council. Each year the recipient is recognized for this honor at the Arts and Sciences Spring Recognition Reception.
NOMINATE AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER
Deadline to submit a nomination: December 10, 2025
To be eligible the nominee must be a regular, tenure-track faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences. Because this award recognizes faculty who excel in teaching given their additional research, scholarship, and service expectations, they may not be a clinical track faculty member, an adjunct faculty member, auxiliary faculty member, visiting faculty member, emeritus, instructor, lecturer, or other title that would not require the research, teaching, and service expectations of tenure-track faculty. Their appointment must be at least 50%. Previous recipients are not eligible. The award includes a plaque and $1,000. Nominations may only be submitted by currently enrolled undergraduate students.
- 2024 — Professor Amanda Hummon, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2023 — Professor Etsuyo Yuasa, East Asian Languages and Literature
- 2022 — Professor Bartow Elmore, History
- 2021 — Professor Jennifer Lundine, Speech and Hearing Science
- 2020 — Professor Benjamin McKean, Political Sciences
- 2019 — Professor Venkat Gopalan, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2018 — Professor Hasan Jeffries, History
- 2017 — Professor Deanna Grimstead, Anthropology
- 2016 — Professor David Steigerwald, History
- 2015 — Professor Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Sociology
- 2014 — Professor Wendy S. Hesford, English
- 2013 — Professor Lanier F. Holt, Communication
- 2012 — Professor Randolph A. Roth, History
- 2011 — Professor Jon Woods, Music
- 2010 — Professor Brenda Jo Brueggemann, English
- 2009 — Professor Richard K. Herrmann, Political Science
- 2008 — Professor Gregor W. Anderson, History
- 2007 — Professor John Beacom, Astronomy and Physics
- 2006 — Professor Susan Warwick Fisher, Entomology
- 2005 — Professor James R. Bartholomew, History
- 2004 — Professor Christopher Callam, Chemistry
- 2003 — Professor Janice M. Aski, French and Italian
- 2002 — Professor Robert L. Arnold, Art Education, Art
- 2001 — Professor Susan B. Hadley, Dance
- 2000 — Professor Terry L. Gustafson, Chemistry
- 1999 — Professor Sebastian D. Knowles, English
- 1998 — Professor Edward H. Adelson, Music
- 1997 — Professor Joseph T. Zeidan, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- 1996 — Professor William A. Jensen, Plant Biology
- 1995 — Professor Linda B. Myers, Black Studies
- 1994 — Professor John P. Bruno, Psychology
- 1993 — Professor Matthew S. Platz, Chemistry
- 1992 — Professor Phoebe S. Spinrad, English
- 1991 — Professor Joseph J. Kruzel, Political Science
- 1990 — Professor David Hothersall, Psychology
- 1989 — Professor Barbara H. Rigney, English
- 1988 — Professor Josaphat B. Kubayanda, Romance Languages and Literatures
- 1987 — Professor Richard Burrows, Dance
- 1986 — Professor Harold Shechter, Chemistry
- 1985 — Professor Frank E. Poirier, Anthropology
- 1984 — Professor Bruce E. Bursten, Chemistry
- 1983 — Professor Jack M. Balcer, History
- 1982 — Professor John F. Sena, English
- 1981 — Professor David Michael Lampton, Political Science
- 1980 — Professor Elliot E. Slotnick, Political Science
- 1979 — Professor Rodica C. Botoman, Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
- 1978 — Professor Lawrence A. Baum, Political Science
- 1977 — Professor John A. Secrist III, Chemistry
- 1976 — Professor Frank E. Poirier, Anthropology
- 1975 — Professor Joseph E. Scott, Sociology
- 1974 — Professor Donald Van Meter, Political Science
- 1973 — Professor Paul Colinvaux, Zoology
- 1972 — Professor Paul Friday, Sociology
- 1971 — Professor John R. Champlin, Political Science
- 1970 — Professor Robert G. Turnbull, Philosophy
- 1969 — Professor Simon Dinitz, Sociology
- 1968 — Professor Louis Nemzer, Political Science
- 1967 — Professor Oskar Seidlin, German
- 1966 — Professor Thomas W. Lippincott, Chemistry
- 1965 — Professor Morris Weitz, Philosophy
- 1964 — Professor Ilsedore M. Edse, German
- 1963 — Professor Clarence Forbes, Classical Languages
- 1962 — Professor Marvin Fox, Philosophy
- 1961 — Professor Dieter Cunz, German
- 1960 — Professor Jack G. Calvert, Chemistry
- 1959 — Professor Harvey Goldberg, History
- 1958 — Professor Alfred B. Garret, Chemistry
- 1957 — Professor Foster Rhea Dulles, History
- 1956 — Professor Anthony A. Nemetz, Philosophy
- 1955 — Professor Paul A. Varg, History
- 1954 — Professor William M. MacNevin, Chemistry
- 1953 — Professor August Carl Mahr, German
- 1952 — Professor Harold R. Walley, English
- 1951 — Professor Harold J. Grimm, History
- 1950 — Professor David Spitz, Political Science
- 1949 — Professor John N. Cooper, Physics
- 1948 — Professor Wayne Harsha, Journalism
- 1947 — Professor E. Allen Helms, Political Science
Outstanding Graduate Associate Teaching Award (OGATA)
Initiated in 2010, the Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Associate Teaching Award recognizes the valuable teaching contributions of Arts and Sciences graduate students. Like the Outstanding Teaching Award, this award is entirely administered by students through the Arts and Sciences Student Council. Each year, the recipient is recognized for this honor at the Arts and Sciences Spring Recognition Reception.
NOMINATE AN OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATE
Deadline to submit a nomination: December 10, 2025
To be eligible, the graduate student must hold a position as a GTA and be pursuing a graduate degree in the College of Arts and Sciences. Previous recipients are not eligible. The award includes a plaque and $1,000. Nominations may only be submitted by currently enrolled undergraduate student.
- 2024 - 2025 — Andrew Lorig, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2023 - 2024 — Rebecca Drager, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2022 - 2023 — Parisa Ahmadi, Comparative Studies
- 2021 - 2022 — Dallas Carpenter, Music
- 2020 - 2021 — Alan van Beek, Political Science
- 2019 - 2020 — Noah Bukowski, English
- 2018 - 2019 — Ziv Bell, Psychology
- 2017 - 2018 — Chad Iwertz, English
- 2016 - 2017 — Duncan Clark, Mathematics
- 2015 - 2016 — Geoff Durso, Psychology
- 2014 - 2015 — Krista Cunningham, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 2013 - 2014 — Eric Egan, Psychology
- 2012 - 2013 — George K. Chow, Design
- 2011 - 2012 — James Collier, Communication
- 2010 - 2011 — Adam Ahmed, Physics