5th Annual
Out of the Darkness Campus Walk
Columbus, Lima, Marion, and Wooster campuses
Friday April 5th, 2024
5:30pm-7:30pm
RPAC and Oval
Help prevent suicide at Ohio State by captaining or joining a team for the annual spring Ohio State Suicide Prevention Program Out of the Darkness Campus Walk! This collaborative event with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is a journey of remembrance, hope, and support and an opportunity to unite our Buckeye community – a time to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental illness have affected our lives and our loved ones. All undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to participate.
To become a team captain or register as a walker on a team for ALL campuses: http://go.osu.edu/ootdcampuswalk
Guest Speaker
Kevin Cullen, Colonel, US Air Force (Retired) is the Assistant Vice Provost for Military & Veterans Services. In that role, he supports the 2,100 military, veteran, and family member students attending the university including the Navy, Army, and Air Force ROTC departments. Kevin also serves in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs as the Interim Executive Director of the Battelle Center for Science, Engineering & Public Policy. Additionally, Kevin consults for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a Strategic Systems Analyst.
Columbus:
What to Know in Advance:
- To volunteer: Columbus Volunteer Registration – Helka Casey (helka.casey@osumc.edu)
- Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT): Find out how you would fare in the United States Military! Along the walk path will be different fitness events for participants to try including a deadlift, a medicine ball power throw, push-ups, a sprinting event, and a plank. Each station represents a part of a typical Army Combat Fitness Test. Wear tennis shoes, bring a water bottle, dress comfortably to try the ACFT!
- Service animals: Only service animals (not emotional support animals) are permitted in Recreational Sports facilities and must be wearing a vest at all times. Service animals are defined as “any animal that assists a person with a disability.” Questions can be directed to recsports@osu.edu.
Day of Event:
- Evening agenda and guest speakers coming soon!
- Volunteer check in: 4:00pm, RPAC, Tom W. Davis Gym
- Team captain check in: 5:30pm, RPAC Tom W. Davis Gym
- Walk route: RPAC, Oval, RPAC
Lima:
- To volunteer: Samantha Haudenschield, (haudenschield.11@osu.edu)
- Volunteer check in: 4:00pm, place TBD
- Walker check in: 5:30pm, Galvin Hall (lower level)
- Walk route: On campus
Marion:
- To volunteer: Leslie Beary (beary.4@osu.edu)
- Volunteer check in: 4:00pm, TBD
- Walker check in: 5:30pm, Maynard Hall
- Walk route: Coming soon!
Wooster:
- To volunteer: Schaad (schaad.15@osu.edu)
- Volunteer check in: 4:30pm, Wooster Science Building Room 175
- Walk route: see the route map PDF.