The Roads Scholars Tour is sponsored by the Offices of Outreach and Engagement and supported by the Office of the President, the Office of Continuing Education, and OSU Extension.
Stops and Photos from Past Roads Scholars Tours
Each Roads Scholars Tour includes a broad array of stops that showcase Ohio State’s partnership with local communities, businesses, schools, and citizens. The Roads Scholars tours have visited more than 80 stops throughout Ohio.
September 9-10, 2009: Northwest Ohio
More 2009 photos
Photo: President E. Gordon Gee and Xunlight CEO Xunming Deng
Mad River Family Practice (East Liberty), a rural medical practice with Ohio State medical students
Ohio State Lima (Regional Campus)
Xunlight Corporation (Toledo), a Third Frontier partnership with the University of Toledo involving innovative technology
Secor Metro Park (Toledo), site of OSU Extension programs
Maumee Bay State Park (Oregon), dinner with Young Scholars, 4-H members, current Ohio State students, and legislators
Driving tour of Lake Erie and the work of Ohio State's Sea Grant program
Toledo Central Catholic High School, discussion with K-12 students and administrators
Wyandot Fairgrounds (Upper Sandusky), presentation of an emerging "blight to light" project involving solar energy and OSU Extension economic development; links to videos >
Grant Middle School (Marion), where Ohio State students mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters in an ongoing university-community partnership
September 16-17, 2008: Southwest Ohio
More 2008 photos
Blog about the 2008 tour
Photo: Urban Arts Space exhibit about Lazarus Department Store
Ohio State Marion (Regional Campus)
Honda Plant (East Liberty)
Farm Science Review (London)
Procter & Gamble (Mason)
Great Wolf Lodge (Mason)
College of Engineering/Kings Island Partnership (Mason)
South High Clinic (Columbus)
Urban Arts Space (Columbus)
April 12-13, 2007: North Central Ohio
More 2007 photos
Blogs about the 2007 tour
Photo: Alpine Cheese Company
Dentistry OHIO Project (Mansfield)
Ohio State Mansfield (Regional Campus)
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (Wooster)
Young Scholars and 4-Hers (Canton)
Jackson High School (Massillon)
Alpine Cheese Company (Winesburg)
The Sugar Creek Watershed
OSU Extension (Coshocton)
Newark Earthworks Center & Ohio State Newark
September 13-14, 2005: North Central Ohio
More 2005 photos
Photo: Youth Outdoors, Cleveland Metroparks
Ohio State Marion (Regional Campus)
Buurma Farms (Willard)
Ohio Sea Grant Program at Lake Erie
The OSU/Port Clinton Performing Arts Festival
Lorain Southview High School
Philips Medical Systems (Highland Heights/Cleveland)
Youth Outdoors, Cleveland Metroparks (Cleveland)
Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center (Wooster)
September 14-15, 2004: West Central/Southwest Ohio
Transportation Research Center (East Liberty)
OSU Lima (Regional Campus)
Wright-Patterson Airforce Base (Dayton)
Adventure Central (Dayton)
Beavercreek High School
National Afro-American and Cultural Center (Wilberforce)
Young’s Jersey Dairy (Yellow Springs)
GroCo Family Farms (Jamestown)
Clark County OSU Extension Office (Springfield)
Photo: GroCo Family Farms
September 8-9, 2003: Southeastern Ohio
Photo: The Wilds
Ohio State Newark (Regional Campus)
The Longaberger Company (Dresden)
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (Dresden)
The Wilds (Cumberland)
Waverly High School
OSU South Centers (Piketon)
Horizon Telecommunications (Chillicothe)
The Ohio Statehouse (Columbus)
Photo: Hancock County OSU Extension Office
September 9-10, 2002: Northwest Ohio
Ohio State Mansfield (Regional Campus)
Buurma Farms (Willard)
Owens Corning Corporate Headquarters (Toledo)
Bowsher & Waite High Schools (Toledo)
Toledo Botanical Gardens
Bowling Green State University
Hancock County OSU Extension Office (Findlay)
Photo: University of Findlay
Rescheduled from September 2001 due to the events of 9/11.
September 12-13, 2000: West Central Ohio
Photo: Wright Patterson Airforce Base
Robert Rothschild Farm (Urbana)
Ohio State Lima (Regional Campus)
BP Oil (Lima)
Adventure Central (Dayton)
Chaminade Julienne & Stebbins High Schools (Dayton)
Wright Patterson Airforce Base (Dayton)
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (Wilberforce)
Clark County OSU Extension Office (Springfield)
September 14-15, 1999: North Central Ohio
Ohio State Newark (Regional Campus)
SmurfitÐStone Container Corporation (Coshocton)
Coshocton County Memorial Hospital (Coshocton)
Welch Brothers Farm (Newcomerstown)
Firestone & Woodridge High Schools (Akron/Peninsula)
Patterson Fruit Farm (Chesterland)
Downtown Cleveland/Cleveland State (Cleveland)
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (Wooster)
Photo: Ohio State Newark
September 1998: Scarlet and Gray Tours
September 10-11: Scarlet Tour in Southwest Ohio
Robert Rothschild Farm (Urbana)
Afro American Museum and Cultural Center (Wilberforce)
Warren Correctional Facility (Lebanon)
Valley Vineyard Winery (Morrow)
Hughes & Princeton High Schools (Cincinnati)
AK Steel (Middletown)
IAMS (Lewisburg)
Five Rivers Park (Dayton)
September 17-18: Gray Tour in Southern Ohio
Mead Fine Paper Division (Chillicothe)
Piketon Research Center (Piketon)
MACA Plastics-Aeroframe (Winchester)
Lebanon & Kings High Schools (Lebanon/King Mills)
Fort Ancient State Memorial (Oregonia)
Samuel Walker’s and Murphy Theatre (Wilmington)
Peterson Farm (Washington Court House)
YUSA Corporation (Washington Court House)
Fayette County OSU Extension Office (Washington Court House)
September 1997: Scarlet and Gray Tours
September 11-12: Scarlet Tour in Northeast Ohio
The Wilds (Cumberland)
Longaberger Industries (Dresden)
Ohio’s Amish Country (Holmes and Wayne Counties)
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (Wooster)
St. Ignatius & Shaker Heights High Schools (Cleveland/Shaker Heights)
Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland)
Ohio State Mansfield (Regional Campus)
September 18-19: Gray Tour in Northwest Ohio
Honda of America (Marysville)
Transportation Research Center (Marysville)
Indian Lake Watershed (Indian Lake)
Ohio State Lima (Regional Campus)
The Sauder Farm (Archbold)
General Mills
Toledo Waite High School (Toledo)
Put-in-Bay
Buurma Farms (Willard)
