Pitts will discuss his life, his work as a CBS News correspondent and his college years during a brown-bag lunch from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Benes Rooms of the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.

In Pitts' book, "Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges," released Sept. 29, he discusses overcoming both functional illiteracy and speech problems to become a broadcast reporter.

Included among his many reports are the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Elian Gonzalez immigration case, Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq.

For more information about Pitts' campus appearance, visit www.owu.edu.

Curtis Moll, a 1961 Ohio Wesleyan University graduate who since 1980 has served as chief executive officer and chairman of Valley City, Ohio-based MTD Holdings Inc., will discuss business ethics on Monday, Oct. 26.

Moll's lecture, "Ethical Conduct Is Not Gray," begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Benes Room of OWU's Hamilton-Williams Campus Center.

The program is free and open to the public.

MTD Holdings is a global corporation that produces outdoor power equipment and appliance components. It has operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Moll, who joined the company in 1963, served as its president before being named chairman and CEO.

At OWU, Moll majored in physics. He later earned a mechanical engineering degree from Southern Methodist University.

For more information, visit www.OWU.edu.

Self-guided tours of the Jane Decker Arboretum on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus now are available.

Used for biological study, the arboretum was begun in the 1860s, when a local pastor began planting native and foreign trees on the 200-acre campus.

Free printed "Tree Trek" guides are available, as is a children's version. Contact David Johnson, chairman of the OWU botany/microbiology department at dmjohnso@owu.edu or Nancy Murray at namurray@owu.edu or call (740) 368-3505.

The arboretum in 1988 became the Jane Decker arboretum, named in memory of a botany professor who conveyed both her knowledge and her love of plants and trees during her 20-year teaching career.

The arboretum now hosts 105 species of trees and woody plants from various parts of the world.

An art exhibit recognizing the legacy of Branch Rickey, a 1904 Ohio Wesleyan University graduate and ESPN's most influential sports figure of the 20th century, is on display through Nov. 10 in OWU's Gallery 2001, inside Beeghly Library.

Rickey is credited with helping to break Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson in the 1940s.

Beeghly Library is at 43 Rowland Ave. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

For information about Rickey, visit http://mrrickey.owu.edu/history.html.