College of Education and Human Ecology Homecoming Weekend
If you have questions about accessibility or wish to request accommodations please email ehe-events@osu.edu. Typically, a notice of two weeks will allow us to provide seamless access.
Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards
Join the 2024 alumni award recipients to celebrate their amazing accomplishments.
When: Thursday, Oct 24, 2024
Time: 6-8pm Dinner and Program
Location: Longaberger Alumni House, 2200 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH
Tickets required.
Adults: $25, Ages 3-12 $15, Ages 0-2 free
Deadline: Oct 23
Questions: advancementevents@osu.edu or 1-800-678-6011, M-Th 9am-5pm; F 9am-4:30pm
2024 award winners to be announced in August
Alumni Football Game
Cheer on the Buckeyes against the Nebraska Cornhuskers
When: Saturday, Oct 26, 2024
Time: not yet announced
Location: Ohio Stadium, 411 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus, OH
Tickets: $106
Deadline: August 26
SOLD OUT
EHE alumni section tickets are sold out. However, game tickets are still available through Ticketmaster.
Questions: athletic.tix@osu.edu or by phone at 1-800-GOBUCKS, M-F 9am-4pm ET.
Alumni Tailgate
Join fellow EHE alumni for great food, entertainment, giveaways and fun!
When: Saturday, Oct 26, 2024
Time: 3 hours prior to game kickoff (game time not yet announced)
Location: Ohio Union, 1759 N High St, Columbus, OH
Tickets required.
*Adult and Young Alumni tickets include buffet and one drink ticket
Adults: $35
Young Alumni (graduating years 2019-2024): $20
*Youth tickets include buffet
Ages 3-12: $15
Ages 0-2: free
Deadline: Oct 21
Questions: advancementevents@osu.edu or 1-800-678-6011, M-Th 9am-5pm; F 9am-4:30pm
University Events
Visit homecoming.osu.edu for a list of Ohio State homecoming events.
Homecoming 2023 weekend may be over, but you can see highlights from all our events. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are nearby hotels?
A link to nearby hotels is available at the University Hospitality District web page. Some hotels may offer an Ohio State discount and/or shuttle service to campus. Please note: hotel rooms are at a premium during homecoming weekend so we recommend making reservations early.
Where can I park on campus?
Please see the CampusParc web page for details on game day parking including accessible parking information.
How close is the tailgate to the Ohio Stadium?
The tailgate is at the Ohio Union on N. High St, approximately one mile from the Ohio Stadium. Walking to the stadium will take approximately 20 minutes.
Where can I find information about entry into the game?
Please see the Athletics web page for details on ticket entry, alcohol policy, bag policy, disability needs, and more.
Who can I contact with questions?
Please email ehe-events@osu.edu
Video transcript for the 2022 Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards, (pressing Enter will reveal the transcript text).
Speaker 1:
Welcome to the 2022 Hall of Fame and Alumni Award Celebration. These awards not only elevate the contributions that each of our alums have made, but also by direct connection elevates the enterprise of the college.
Join me in congratulating and celebrating our Hall of Fame and Alumni Award winners for the current academic year.
This year, the College of Education and Human Ecology and Alumni Society are recognizing five individuals in three different award categories, the Career
Achievement Award, the New Leader Award, and the Hall of Fame Award. The Career Achievement Award honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and a difference in the lives of others. The emphasis of this award is on teaching, mentoring, and sharing their skills and talents with others in their profession.
Three individuals were selected for the 2022 Career Achievement Award. The first winner is Ms. Katherine, Kat DePizzo. We will now hear from the individuals who joined forces to nominate their accomplished colleague.
We a collective team came together representing faculty, co-workers and industry board, to nominate Kat Depizzo for this prestigious award. When we reviewthe criteria for Career Achievement, there was no doubt that she came top of mind, Kat has been transformational in our industry, by taking a brand that was historically a brick-and-mortar and an E-commerce site and actually implementing it and integrating it into Walmart's portfolio. When we think of Kat, not only is she a trailblazer, but she's passionate in what she does and how she does it is really what makes Kat DePizzo shine in the area of achievement.
She's a team player, so as she went through the transformation, she didn't just do it for herself, she did it for everyone around her. And when you look at Justice, Justice as the brand and what it stands for internationally on empowering young women, that's what Kat's done. And that's really what makes Kat spectacular in all she does. It's how she does it.
She exemplifies excellence, and we could not be more proud of her career achievement. Kat, I echo what Kristin has said. When I got the announcement that they were looking for somebody for the EHE Alumni Award, you immediately came to mind. I just have so much admiration for how you always reach back to lift other people up.
I think that's one of the things I admire the most about you. What you have done in the face of adversity is just amazing. And you're such a great role model. I really can't think of anybody that deserves this award more than you do. So, congratulations, we are so proud of you. And so, so happy to have you as one of ours.
Kat, I'm here to say how very thrilled I am that you're receiving this award. Because if there's one person that embodies the passion for education, and girls across the world, it's you. You're excited about what you do. You provide enthusiasm for so many people. And you give back to everyone that you touch. Congratulations, Kat, I'm so excited for you.
Kat, my dear friend and mentor, I couldn't be more excited for you to receive this award. When I think about the positive impact that you've had on not only this retail industry, but the lives of so many people that you've come across in this industry, whether it be a friend or a mentor, you've had a huge impact on my life. And I'm so thrilled to be working with you in this brand that really lives to empower girls and their moms. And you really live all the values that we that we preach every day. So, congratulations, my friend. Love you.
The second Career Achievement Award winner is Dr. Marcia Millet. Please welcome her nominator Dr. Lauren Wilson, who joins us to explain why she nominated Dr. Millet for this distinguished award. Hello, I am Dr. Lauren Hurley Wilson. I am honored to recognize Dr. Marcia Millet for the Career Achievement Award. At a young age of 18, I had the privilege of sitting in many of Dr. Millets classes at Tennessee State University in the College of Education. From that first class it confirmed that I was in the right place because of Dr. Millet, her leadership and her instruction.
Furthermore, she showed me that I could wear multiple hats and be successful. I could be a woman that is passionate in the field of education. I could pursue a doctorate degree. I could be a wife, I could be a mother, I could be an administrator in a public school setting. I could wear all these hats and
give my all to everything and do a great job at it.
Dr. Millet is inspirational. She is a role model to so many people. And what is so inspiring to me is that this is just the beginning. She is dedicated to research specifically in STEM. I love the fact that she builds up pre service teachers, teachers who are in programs to make sure they have what they need to be successful.
She is the same person if you see her on the street, or if you see her in a board room leading the meeting. She captures the room. She is the epitome of kindness, character and grace. Congratulations, Dr. Millet. Thank you for being a role model to me.
The third and final 2022 Career Achievement Award winner is Dr. Tracy Nájera. Tracy, through the work that she's doing, at the Children's Defense Fund is helping all of us to be better persons, as members of society, and better citizens, better to one another because she is helping to create policies and conditions that protect the well being of the most vulnerable in our society, our children. And she recognizes as a leader that we need to take input not only from those who are normally not invited to be traditionally at the table, but also from those whose voices go unheard.
Hello, my name is Maria Sanchez and I was one of the nominators of Dr. Tracy Nájera. I've had the distinct honor knowing Dr. Nájera and she is one of the sisters of Alpha Psi Lambda, the nation's first co-ed Latino interest fraternity which was founded here at Ohio State. We are both members of the fraternity and as such she has served as a mentor for me since I was an undergrad. Having a mentor like Tracy has been such a game-changer in my life. When I say that she helped me start my business and that I would not be here had it not been for the advice, and the support and continued guidance of Tracy, I could not be telling the truth anymore. So Tracy, thank you. This award is so well deserved. I'm so proud of you. And I'm hoping that this is just one of many more awards that are coming your way. So congratulations.
And now for the New Leader Award. This award is granted to alumni who are aged 36 or younger and have already made significant professional accomplishments. Recipients of this award show great promise for continuing their contributions to their professions, the college and society. This year's award winner is Dr. DeLeon Gray. Dr. Gray was nominated by two individuals, Dr. Eric Anderman and Dr. James Moore.
I am so pleased and honored to announce Dr. DeLeon Gray as this year's recipient of the New Leader Award. I had the pleasure of serving as Dr. Gray's dissertation chair and advisor when he was at Ohio State. He graduated in 2012, and I have had the grand pleasure of watching him become truly internationally recognized as one of the leaders in the world in the study of motivation in diverse populations, particularly focusing on adolescents. His contributions to research theory and practice have been extraordinary, but I think what's most important is that his work has positively impacted the lives of so many youth. So often our research doesn't impact people directly and his truly does.
The number of recognitions besides this one that Dr. Gray has received throughout his career, in his short career has been phenomenal, and I've never had somebody whom I've mentored has been so incredibly successful, and I'm so proud of him. I can't think of any early career scholar who's more deserving of this award. It's my honor to call DeLeon Gray my student, my colleague and my friend. Congratulations Dr. Gray. I am delighted to be here today. It's always a pleasure to be able to celebrate a deserving awardee such as Dr. Gray. Dr. Gray is one of my most beloved mentees. I've watched him from a undergraduate student soar to now a tenured professor. He's certainly one of the towering leaders In higher education, I believe that we haven't seen the most of, of his achievements.
This is just a small sample size of the many awards that he will receive in the future. On behalf of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and its fabulous staff, we just want to wish you well. We want to congratulate you on receiving the New Leader Award in the College of Education in Human Ecology. I'm quite confident that you will continue to receive many other awards so continue to make excellence a priority in your professional journeys, and as we say at Ohio State, Go Bucks!
And now, to cap off this celebration of the 2022 award winners, we turn to the Hall of Fame Award. Induction into EHEs Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the College and Alumni Society. Those who are chosen for this award must have made significant contributions to education and human ecology, and serve as a role model for all others in their fields.
They must be former college faculty members, administrators, or graduates from an education or human ecology program. This year's award winner, Dr. David Magill, is presented by Ms. Judy Magill. I am Judy Magill and I nominated my husband Dave Magill, for this recognition from the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University. Dave began his career in an urban school and ended up at the University of Chicago, one of the largest independent schools. On the journey in between he did a little bit of everything. He was superintendent at 34, the youngest in the state to be a superintendent.
Everywhere he went, he found that he needed to improve facilities in order to improve the content of the curriculum.
He was successful in raising $92 million at the laboratory school for a large overall facilities improvement and the building of an art center which would take care of the new technology, and filming and so many future things ready to go for students. The arts building was named after Gordon Parks, the first building on the campus of the University of Chicago to be named after an African American person.
All the architecture that was done for the school included students, parents, it was done as a collaborative of all the people who care. He is most proud of all things other than the testimonies of students who tell their stories after they leave the school with the practice that he had in hiring good leaders and then asking of them, "Give me five of your best years. And after that, I'm going to send you out and we're going to make more great educators to help more children." And he did. Dave ended his career at a school founded by John Dewey, the great philosopher and educator who is known as the progressive father of education. And then Dave was called back after being retired for six years to come and lead the school through the pandemic.
Dave and I met at Ohio State. On our first date, he took out an album of pictures of children who were from Variety Club Camp where he had begun working at 15 years old. He said to me as he told each story, this is my life. And I will end by saying, thank you Dave, because it's my life too now for 52 years and it has been a wonderful, rich, rewarding life and I'm so glad it happened. Go Bucks!
What an amazing group of awardees.
On behalf of the College of Education and Human Ecology, the more than 100,000 alumni across the globe and the EHE Alumni Society Board of Governors, congratulations to Kat, Maria, Tracy, DeLeon and David. These amazing awardees have made contributions to their communities, to their professions and to society at large. They truly embody the core mission and values of the College of Education and Human Ecology. To those of you who have tuned in, thank you so much for sharing in this special moment with our awardees and with us. And of course, Go Bucks!