For some gifts, EHE will offer naming opportunities of physical spaces. A naming gift is more than a designation of a space – it’s a sign of commitment to EHE’s success and an enduring legacy for years to come.
For more information, please contact Pablo Banhos, Executive Director of Advancement, at banhos.2@osu.edu, or you can make donations directly to the Campbell Hall Renovation Fund, #31699
Community Gathering Space
Located at the heart of Ohio State’s main campus, Campbell Hall’s new gathering space will foster a spirit of community and collaborative learning.
Where once empty space cut through the ground floor of Campbell Hall, exposed to the elements, a spacious atrium will arise. Light will pour down from skylights three stories above.
Stairs with deep treads and high risers at each end will offer seating for performances, lectures, small gatherings, and individuals. The open floor area at the base of the stairs will offer additional audience seating and promote a variety of interactions.
The gathering space will connect seamlessly to the entrance lobby on the west. Entries to the two courtyards to the east will provide maximum lighting and transparency. Expansive windows on Campbell’s second floor west side will look into the atrium, filling those previously windowless offices with light.
The Community Gathering Space will showcase our cohesive approach to integrating contemporary design with Campbell Hall’s historic character. It will become a preeminent location for university events, allowing the college to generate revenue from other units while also avoiding costly rental fees we currently pay when holding gatherings at sites across campus.
Outdoor Learning Space and Entry
The re-imagined west side of Campbell Hall will offer a sense of arrival, welcoming students, faculty, staff and community members. An attractive space on the lawn will invite informal teaching and learning.
To transform Campbell Hall into an advanced academic facility while enhancing our historic roots, the west side of the building has been reimagined.
The outdoor space will be accessible for learning in mild weather. An amphitheater-style portion of the lawn will be ideal for study or informal teaching. Learners may sit on the low, tiered, concrete semicircles facing their instructor or speaker.
Where no doors existed on the west side, a new, ADA accessible entry will offer spacious glass doors to increase transparency. By revealing the lighted lobby beyond, all will be encouraged to enter and travel into the expansive Community Gathering Space.
An additional entry to the left into the Teaching Kitchen will offer easy access to that facility. Students enrolled in food labs will have no difficulty finding their class. The campus community and visiting partners will appreciate the west entry convenience for events that include food service.
Spacious glass display windows to the right of the entry will reveal the Historic Costume Gallery. Viewers will be encouraged to explore the current exhibit on display, bringing it new visibility.
The re-envisioned west venue will be immediately noticeable, accessible and welcoming to all, which will further enhance our outreach and engagement.
The Teaching Kitchen
The Teaching Kitchen, located in a prominent position on the ground floor, will showcase state-of-the-art education in action.
Located in Campbell Hall’s northwest corner, the Teaching Kitchen will be easily accessed from the lobby leading to the Community Gathering Space. In addition, an exterior door on the west side of the building will provide convenient, direct entry.
Each day, students and faculty will use the 12 new cooking and food preparation stations in courses such as the Food Service Management Practicum, Fundamentals of Food and Principles of Food Production Management.
The space will be furnished with commercial-grade kitchen equipment and appliances. They will range from stoves and ovens to food processors and mixers.
The Teaching Kitchen will serve another important function when events are held in the Community Gathering Space. In these cases, caterers will use the kitchen for food preparation and service set-up.
The college will thus realize substantial savings by avoiding the need to rent other spaces on campus for gatherings that include food service. In addition, revenue will be generated when outside groups rent the Community Gathering Space for events that require kitchen facilities.
Biomolecular Nutrition Laboratory
The laboratory redesign will enhance our research in biomedical sciences and public health to improve health and well-being.
The college’s Biomolecular Nutrition Laboratory supports research into how diet, bioactive food components and environmental factors affect the health of cells.
Transformation of the laboratory will improve efficiencies and functionality toward achieving scientific eminence. The new space will position researchers to conduct cutting-edge studies using state-of-the-art analytical technologies and techniques.
The enhanced facilities will also dramatically increase opportunities to train the next generation of nutrition scientists — our students.
From mechanistic investigations of nutrient metabolism to dietary interventions in animal models, research performed in the newly renovated Biomolecular Nutrition Laboratory will advance critical understandings about the many connections between diet and health practices.
Discoveries made possible through the renovated lab will fuel success that leads to ongoing research sponsorship and enhanced experiential learning for the college’s students. As a result, the college will continue to build on its reputation for unlocking essential discoveries about how diet protects against disease in humans.
The Lobby
The Lobby lies just within the new west entrance to the re-envisioned Campbell Hall. This illuminated gateway welcomes all into the spacious reaches of the Community Gathering Space.
All newcomers and regular occupants of Campbell Hall pass through the Lobby when entering the building from the west side. In doing so, they encounter the visual delights of the display windows belonging to the Historic Costume Collection Gallery.
The name of the collection, emblazoned on a window, calls attention to the college’s ownership of this valuable asset. The floor-to-ceiling windows of the gallery allow stellar views of the artfully arranged artifacts.
On the left lies the entry into the Teaching Kitchen. Half windows in the doors allow those traversing the Lobby to see activity in that space. The door also provides easy access for caterers and all others needing to enter the interior of the building.
With this well-lit, sweeping Lobby to mark the way into the renovated Campbell Hall, those who enter will experience a pleasant transition from the outside into the interior.
The Research Kitchen
With an upgrade of space and equipment, this facility will offer improved support to Human Nutrition researchers studying how dietary interventions improve human health.
One key to establishing evidence-based dietary recommendations to improve human health is conducting rigorously controlled clinical studies in humans. The Biomolecular Nutrition Laboratory and the Research Kitchen in Campbell Hall are used in tandem as critical facilities for these human studies.
Faculty investigators and their student research teams will benefit from the upgraded Research Kitchen. Their preparation of food or bioactive food components for controlled dietary interventions will be more efficient.
They also will use the upgraded space for educating adults and children taking part in dietary studies. Such education is critical to ensuring compliance with the interventions to obtain accurate results.
Support for the Research Kitchen will position Human Nutrition faculty to secure more highly competitive research funding.
Support also will enhance our faculty’s international leadership in guiding the field toward evidence-based recommendations that can achieve human health.