Traditions
The tradition of chanting O-H-I-O first began when members of what military branch began chanting O-H-I-O-S-T-A-T-E while on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington.
What is the Navy?
The total number of employees in Payroll Services, including managers.
What is 37?
The building on campus that houses Sloopy's Diner and Woody's Tavern.
What is the Ohio Union?
This man was the first president of Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, from 1873 to 1881. Under his presidency, the university became The Ohio State University in 1878.
Who is Edward Orton, Sr.?
Coach Jim Tressel's record against Michigan from 2001 to 2010.
What is 9-1?
Another word for cursive that is the writing style often used to spell out Ohio.
What is script?
The number of worked hours processed by payroll for paychecks last month to the nearest millionth.
What is 8 million? (7.81 million to be exact)
The number of regional campuses OSU has, not including main campus.
What is five? (Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark and Wooster)
This actress graduated from OSU in 1980 with a BA in theatre. She went on to star in the popular TV shows Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle.
Who is Patricia Heaton?
This date in 2025 is when the OSU Buckeyes play the Michigan Wolverines in football.
What is November 29?
The original colors of OSU before they were replaced in 1878 by scarlet and gray.
The holiday that always falls during National Payroll Week in 2025, a national awareness campaign held annually during the week of by the American Payroll Association (APA)
What is Labor Day?
The building where Payroll Services is located.
What is Stores and Receiving?
This woman was the first female president at OSU and took office in 2002.
Who is Karen Holbrook?
He is the most recent football player to win the Heisman trophy, which celebrates the top player in college football.
Troy Smith
The decade when Brutus the Buckeye debuted as the mascot of OSU, after a campus-wide "Name the Buckeye" contest.
What is 1960? (1965)
OSU's Vice President of Operations and Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
Who is Kristine Devine?
The name of the full-service hotel located on campus and operated by OSU.
What is The Blackwell Inn?
This author graduated from OSU in 1965 with a BA in English. They went on to write a horror fiction novel series for children, which is the second-best-selling book series in history.
Who is Robert Lawrence Stine? (R.L. Stine)
Ohio's official rock song and is played during OSU football games.
What is Hang on Sloopy?
A now banned tradition that students performed in the week leading up to the annual OSU vs. Michigan football game.
What is jumping in Mirror Lake?
The name of Payroll's volleyball team at FitFest.
Who is Net Pay Results?
The location of OSU's beef cattle handling facility, the only one of its kind in Ohio and designed by Temple Grandin to reduce cattle stress during handling.
ATI (Agricultural Technical Institute) in Wooster, Ohio
This Olympic athlete attended OSU post-Olympics but did not graduate, withdrawing in 1941. While at OSU, they earned the nickname "Buckeye Bullet" and served as the first Black varsity team captain at a Big 10 college, winning eight NCAA championships in track.
Who is Jesse Owens?
The acronym used as the nickname for the prestigious group that performs football halftime shows and contains only brass "players."
What is TBDBITL?