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Committed to enhancing the student experience and promoting student success
Ohio State's Office of Student Life connects the points where the University intersects with students' lives, bringing the experience full-circle from the classroom and professional development to home and play. The overarching goal of the Office of Student Life is to enhance the student experience and promote student success.
Every department in Student Life touches students' lives in a unique way, and the programs and services are designed to accommodate a wide range of student needs.
View a complete list of Student Life Departments.
Student Life Facts and Figures
People:
More than 5,000 employees, including:
- 600 bargaining unit staff (housekeeping, food service, maintenance)
- 300 administrative and professional staff
- 148 Civil Service staff
- 86 Graduate Assistants
- More than 4,000 part-time student employees
Annual budget:
$176.4 million
Buildings:
- 36 Columbus campus residence halls
- 12 off-campus housing units (Columbus)
- 12 residence halls and housing complexes on the Wooster, Newark, and Mansfield campuses, and at Stone Laboratory on Lake Erie
- More than 20 food service locations on Columbus campus, one on Newark campus, and one on Wooster campus
- 7 Columbus campus health, wellness, and student success facilities: Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC); Adventure Recreation Center (ARC); Jesse Owens Recreation Centers North, South, and West; Wilce Student Health Center; and Younkin Success Center
- 6 Columbus campus event centers: the Ohio Union (new facility opening in 2010), the Jerome Schottenstein Center, the Blackwell Inn, Royer Student Activity Center, the Fawcett Center, and the Drake Performance and Event Center
- 5.8 million total square feet, with a replacement value of $1.5 billion