August 8, 2017 · Outreach
The Faculty Club: Not Dead Yet
Once-exclusive organizations like the faculty club at Ohio State U. have struggled to attract young faculty members. But now, with many professors craving more collegiality, officials at Ohio State and elsewhere see a chance for revival.
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Once-exclusive organizations like the faculty club at Ohio State U. have struggled to attract young faculty members. But now, with many professors craving more collegiality, officials at Ohio State and elsewhere see a chance for revival.
Ohio State University’s faculty club is housed in a 78-year-old building outfitted with chandeliers, dark carpets, and heavy drapes. It’s a space that evokes tradition and exclusivity. Once upon a time, that was precisely the idea. But now, at a time when gaining new, younger members is crucial to the club’s future, the old-fashioned décor strikes professors as stodgy […]