Prepared for this mission
Drawn to complexity, Walter “Ted” Carter Jr., our new president, has a record of excellence and a passion for Ohio State. This issue also looked at Chicago business incubator CEO Betsy Ziegler, Thompson Library and the latest plan for the future of campus infrastructure.
![A stack of the spring issue of Ohio State Alumni Magazine. The cover shows Ted Carter, university president, who is smiling while posing. He’s sitting on a chair, leaning slightly toward the viewer, with his hands loosely clasped. He comes across as a friendly grandpa or an approachable professor—the kind who’s easy to talk to and interesting to talk to.](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3/public/2024-06/OSAM_SU24_stack.jpg.webp?itok=Fa6KPc46)
![In a darkened room, an eye doctor examines a patient’s left retina by holding a small instrument in front of his eye and wearing a headset that is shiny metal and black plastic. The handheld part has a mirror that reflects light into the patient’s eye; the part on the doctor’s head, called a Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope, shows her a closeup view and provides the light.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2023-04/OSAM_SP23_Osman_promo.jpg.webp?itok=NyA1gWqF)
Dr. Mawada Osman and the power of seeing
Inspired by professors and her immigration experience, this compassionate optometrist teaches students to care for the needy.
![In a stock image, three people sit in a park in a relaxing yoga pose.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2024-06/OSAM_SU24_mentalhealth_promo.jpg.webp?itok=JCxja1QJ)
5 studies that will help improve mental health
Across Ohio State, students and professionals focus on a multitude of research topics to help people everywhere live better.
![Betsy Ziegler sits on a modern upholstered chair in a space where many people in the background work or chat at small tables. A wall-size painting in the background adds to the lively feel of the scene, while Betsy poses with a genuine smile at the center of it. The middle-age white woman looks comfortable and stylish, with a chin-length haircut, stand-out glasses, modern-shaped clothes and a striking beaded broach that shines but also looks organically shaped.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2024-04/OSAM_SP24_Betsy_01_2.jpg.webp?itok=evkC4TiK)
Betsy Ziegler: Impact player
Whether helping entrepreneurs, students or her 11-year-old son, the alumna is fiercely committed to making lives richer.
![On an outdoor playground, a college student smiles as she crouches down to zip a child’s coat. She’s also wearing a heavy winter coat (along with glasses and her hair piled in a big bun on top of her head). The boy, wearing a stocking hat and gloves, watches her hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2024-04/OSAM-April-2024-Ohio-State-Child-Care-1200x1200.jpg.webp?itok=JaIRZMDx)
The dual benefits of Ohio State’s Child Care Program
Students have been growing with their young charges for a half-century now at the center that welcomes Buckeye kids.
![A curling path in Ohio State scarlet has squares marked off with game directions appearing every few spaces. Arrows pointing up mark shortcuts gamers can take; fewer pointing down take players back to replay sections of the path. Buckeyes are illustrated all around, related to game scenarios. For example, people pet dogs, throw snowballs and search for a cafeteria seat.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2023-11/gameboard-web_2.jpg.webp?itok=cBd9GSa5)
Looking to play a Buckeye board game? Find it here
Our play on Chutes & Ladders takes gamers from the first day on campus to graduation in the ’Shoe. See if you can make it.
![Patrice Palmer seems proud, thoughtful and friendly but direct as she poses for this photo with a slight smile that nevertheless lights up her face. She seems to be looking the viewer in the eye. She is an older Black woman with shoulder-length hair and wears rectangular glasses, a business suit, a silk scarf and silver rings and watch.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2023-11/OSAM_WI23_Patrice_01_0.jpg.webp?itok=Nt9w3SY8)
‘You give it all you have,’ says Dr. P
The National Social Worker of 2022, Patrice Palmer is breaking the cycle of self-abuse one soul at a time. She began with her own, inspired by faith and family.
![In the bright and cheerful costume studio, a young woman who is a senior at Ohio State tests her costume to make sure she can easily move in it. The costume is a business jacket over a shirt and pants; the student is the star of “She Kills Monsters.” In it, she played a teacher going into imaginary Dungeons & Dragons worlds to fight.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9/public/2023-11/OSAM_WI23_theater_Emily_promo.jpg.webp?itok=w6tZuJu5)
Join us in the new building for filming and fighting
Seniors take us along as they work and play in the Theatre, Film and Media Arts Building during its opening semester.