2011 OAGE Conference
Announcement and Registration
Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education
35th Annual Ohio Professional and Student Conference on Aging
April 15, 2011
at
The Ohio Union
The Ohio State University
Advocating for Change: Empowering Older Adults and Their Families
From the OAGE President
We hope you will join us at the new Ohio State University Union for our 35th annual conference on April 15. This year we are partnering with the Ohio Council on Family Relations and the OSU Doctoral Student Association to present “Advocating for Change: Empowering Older Adults and Their Families.” Westminster Thurber Retirement Community has also invited us to join them for an opening reception on Thursday evening and for the President’s Dinner on Friday evening.
So there will be lots of great opportunities to be involved and to meet new friends in the field of aging. Please join us in Columbus on April 14 and 15, 2011.
- Meg H. Teaford, Ph.D.
- OAGE President
- Associate Professor-Clinical
- Chair, Honors and Research Committee
- OSU School of Allied Medical Professions
- 406 Atwell Hall
- 453 W. 10th Avenue
- Columbus, OH 43210
- (614) 292–8152 – Voice Mail
- (614) 292-0210 – Fax
We invite you to also visit the OAGE website.
Conference Location
The beautiful new Ohio Union is located at 1739 North High Street, on the corner of 12th Avenue and High Street on the OSU Campus. The Ohio Union website has further information regarding their location and parking.
The Opening Reception on Thursday evening, April 14, and the President’s Dinner, on Friday evening, April 15, will take place at Westminster Thurber Commnity, which is located just south of the Ohio State University campus, at the intersection of Neil Avenue and Collins Avenue. The main entrance and parking are off Collins Avenue. See directions.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved for the nights of April 14 and 15 at the Hyatt Place, 795 Yard Street, Columbus, Ohio 43212. Phone: 614-280-1234. Fax: 614-280-1224. Rooms must be booked by March 1 in order to receive the $109 group rate. For more information, visit the hotel website. For other hotel accommodations in the University area follow this link.
Student Awards
Cash awards will be given for the outstanding student paper in each of the following categories:
- Jerome Kaplan Award for the best graduate student paper
- Arnedia Smith Award for the best undergraduate student paper
- Outstanding Student Paper on conference theme
- Papers and posters may be created specifically for the conference or may be modification of current work such as a class project, paper, thesis, or dissertation. Students whose abstracts are accepeted may submit the final paper for consideration for an award by Tuesday March 1, 2011. If a student wishes a poster to be considered, a paper must be submitted based on the poster.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, April 14, 2010
- 7:00 p.m.
- Opening Reception at Westminster Thurber Community
Friday, April 15, 2010 at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University Campus
- 8:00–9:00 a.m.
- Registration OpensStudent and Continental Breakfast
- 9:00–9:15 a.m.
- Welcome
- 9:15–10:00 a.m.
- Mildred Seltzer Keynote Address given by Bill Sundermeyer from AARP — Sponsored by the Ohio Council on Family Relations
- 10:00 a.m.
- Break
- 10:15–11:45 a.m.
- Presentations and Posters
- 12:00 Noon
- Luncheon, Annual Meeting and Awards
- 1:30–2:45 p.m.
- Presentations and Posters
- 2:45 p.m.
- Break
- 3:00–4:15 p.m.
- Presentations and Posters
- 4:15 p.m.
- Concluding session
- 5:30 p.m.
- Conference Adjourns
- 7:30 p.m.
- President’s Dinner at Westminster Thurber Community
Questions about registration, payments, purchase orders, etc., please contact Sandra Buty at 614-293-4815 or by e-mail at sandra.buty@osumc.edu.
REGISTRATION
| Early Registration Before April 1, 2011 |
Registration After April 1 |
|
|---|---|---|
| (Includes membership in OAGE) | ||
| Professionals | $70 | $80 |
| Students | $35 | $45 |
| Continuing Education Fee | $20 | $30 |
| President’s Dinner | $35 | $35 |