The Ohio State University Department of Linguistics is at the core of a large interdisciplinary community of linguists who participate in the Buckeye Language Network (BLN).  The department offers a rigorous and broad graduate training program leading to the Ph.D. degree, and has had a strong placement record in both academia and industry for the more than 150 graduates since the program was established in 1965.  There is an equally broad and rigorous undergraduate program with both a major leading to a BA degree and minors tailored to many of the related disciplines that are part of the BLN, in keeping with our larger Mission and Vision statements.  The department also offers the Summer Linguistic Institute for Young Scholars 2012 (SLIYS), two week-long July sessions for high school students.
   The first department chair was our esteemed colleague Ilse Lehiste, who passed away on December 25, 2010.  We maintain a webpage in her honor. If you have thoughts, pictures or other things you would like to share on this page, please send them to lingadm@ling.osu.edu.  You can also contribute to the Ilse Lehiste Memorial Fund (#313586), either online or by mail to The Ohio State University Foundation, Office of University Development, 1480 West Lane Avenue, Columbus, OH 43221.