About Us

OUR MOTTO:  We care about student success!

OUR VALUES:  COMMUNITY - WELLNESS - INCLUSION - LEARNING

The Lincoln and Housing staff in general is striving to provide you with the best experience here at OSU. We believe this happens through four means:

1. Helping student have a sense of belonging to a respectful, caring and fun COMMUNITY
2. Promoting academic and social success through the 9 dimensions of WELLNESS (physical, emotional, spiritual, social, financial, intellectual, aesthetic, environmental and career).
3. Creating an INCLUSIVE environment where every resident, no matter where they come from, what they believe in or who their culture is, feels celebrated and valued.
4. Supporting on-going LEARNING, in and outside of the classroom. The ultimate reason for you being here is to get a degree but we want to help you learn lifelong lessons that cannot be thought in the classroom as well.

Here are some useful 411 information about Lincoln House:

MAILING ADDRESS

Your mailing and location address for this year is:

[Your name]

1810 Cannon Drive

Room # (for mailing)

Columbus, OH 43210

Your mailbox is on the 15th floor, left of the desk and you need your room key to open it. If you end up in a different room or building, please make sure to indicate your new room number on the address or your new building address. Your mail will usually be forward to your new address for 30 days if you leave Lincoln.

WHAT'S NEAR US?

Food
Morrill Traditions/Fresh Express/C-Store - 3 minutes

RPAC - 5 minutes

Oxley's - 8 minutes
Mirror Lake - 8 minutes
Kennedy/12th Ave. Bread Co. - 10 minutes
Marketplace - 15 minutes
Union/Sloopy's/Woody's - 15 minutes

Health
RPAC
Aquatic Center

OSU Medical Center (hospital)

Turf field/Tennis courts
Basketball courts
The Oval

Shopping/Entertainment
Target
Old Navy
Bath & Body Work
Staples

Barnes and Nobles

AMC theater
World Market
Verizon/T-Mobile
The Oval

The towers are pretty central to various locations, including north and south campus.

TRANSPORTATION

The CLN and CLS CABS buses stop right by Morrill Tower on Cannon Drive. They will take you to North, South and the Ag. campuses, the Union and get pretty close to high street. The MC (Medical Center) bus rides on John Herrick up to Neil Ave. The parking lot between Lincoln and Morrill are only for A passes (mainly faculty and staff).

For more bus and parking info, click here.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Lincoln and Morrill are the 21st tallest buildings in the city of Columbus
• Both buildings were built in 1967
• We have air conditioning!
• Lincoln tower is the building, Lincoln House is the residential part of LT (from the 15th to the 23rd floor). The other floors are Student Life offices. Take the elevator with the swipe!
• Lincoln has about 500 residents, Morrill has about 1500 residents... same difference!
• Lincoln House is one of three buildings that host the Honors Living-Learning Community (with Taylor Tower and Bradley Hall)
• Our lobby, common rooms (study lounges, TV room, game room, vending machines, splash room, kitchen and piano room are on the 15th floor.
• You can rent vaccuums, cooking supplies, and a bunch of entertainment stuff at the desk
• Each floor has a laundry and a trash room. Be GREEN! Conserve water, energy and recycle! 
• You cannot store bikes in the building but there is a bike rake outside Lincoln on the second floor
• Lincoln Luau! Ask the Hall Council
• Hall Council: join and get involved with LHC!

 

NAVIGATING THE BLOG

What are all those tabs?

About Us: You're here and learning about the 411 on Lincoln and how to stay informed.
Lincoln Life: These are all the posts related to Lincoln activities, events and programs..
OSU Events: You will find a list of recommended events happening on campus, outside of Lincoln
In the City!: Here, you will find recommendations on places to go to and events to check out in the city of Columbus and the vicinity.
Bazaar: This is a section dedicated to random posts from Lincoln staff about random topics (thoughts of the day, word of wisdom, dialogue/forum, joke of the day...), as well as Housing important information and ROW (highlight on a Resident Of the Week).
YOLO!: This section is for residents to share interesting stories, photos of what's going on here and beyond, random facts, creative writing pieces, articles (written by residents or published articles) and make suggestions on programs you want to see in the building. You can also elect a SOW/SOM (Staff Of the Week/Staff Of the Month).

STAY CONNECTED!

- Want to stay connected with your community and what's going on in Lincoln?

- Want to send a shout out to your crib and help it trend on Twitter?

- Wonder how to express your creativity with your fellow Lincolnians (or see others' notes, posts, stories, etc.) in the Bazaar or Dear Diary section of the blog?

Subscribe to the blog on the Home tab; follow us, your RAs and each other on Twitter; and Like our Facebook group LINCOLN HOUSE 2012-2013.
Your floor may also have its own facebook page (you will find it on the main Lincoln facebook page).


Watch out for other media to come such as Pinterest and the Lincoln newsletter and your RA updates.