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 regularly and offer both leadership opportunities as well as a way for students to connect with peers.
2026-2027 Members
Executive Board
Directors and Assistants
- Ethan Strock, Graduate and Professional Fair Director
- Destiny Loynes, Teaching Award Director
Curriculum Committee Representative
- TBA
Dean's Student Advisory Board Representatives
- TBA
Arts and Sciences Senate Representatives
- TBA
2026-2027 Meetings
Meetings are held on Wednesdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Locations may change - please check back for any updates.
Fall 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 Jan. 28, which will be in the Round Meeting Room.
- Aug. 26: 1st meeting (ASSC intro, new member ice breakers)
- Sep. 2: Announce Committee members/reps + volunteering for this semester
- Sep. 9: Resume-building workshop with Ohio State Career Success
- Sep. 16: No meeting, Union booked out
- Sep. 23: Ohio State public safety info session with Ohio State Department of Public Safety
- Sep. 30: Committee updates, (tentative) volunteering (e.g. blanket making)
- Oct. 7: Graduate Student Panel
- Oct. 14: Folder Assembly for Graduate and Professional School Fair
- Oct. 21: Graduate & Professional School Fair
- Oct. 28: Language Minor Panel
- Nov. 4: USG President + VP Q&A
- Nov. 11: No meeting (Veteran's Day)
- Nov. 18: How to De-Stress (pre-Finals) with Sadie's Psych Professor
- Nov. 25: No Meeting (Thanksgiving Break)
- Dec. 2: Final AU meeting, decompressing with games and activities
Note: committee updates will occur periodically during the semester when committee members have gathered enough information.
Graduate and Professional School Fair
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.
Teaching Awards
The two teaching awards given by the Arts and Sciences Student Council are particularly notable because the nomination and selection processes are entirely administered by students. Each year the recipients are honored at the Arts and Sciences Spring Recognition Reception.
Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA)
First awarded in 1947, the Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes an outstanding tenure-track faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Nominate an outstanding teacher
Deadline to submit a nomination: TBD
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.
Deadline to submit a nomination: TBD
Past OTA Recipients
- 2025 — Professor Darryl Wesener, Microbiology
- 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 Science
- 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
Past OGATA Recipients
- 2025 - 2026 — Mattéo Jung, French & Francophone Studies
- 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