Patton College of Education

The Patton College prepares educators, practitioners, and human service professionals to be leaders. Education is front and center in our name, but leadership is at the core of everything we do. In our 136-year history, we’ve built a nationally recognized model of educating and supporting students. Whether you want to be an educator, counselor, or inspiration in sports pedagogy, recreation, or consumer sciences, our faculty and programs will prepare you to be forever ready—ready to lead, challenge, improve, and answer the call.

To learn more about our faculty, programs, and their work, visit the "Tell Our Stories" playlist on YouTube.

Academic Programs

Find a major that prepares you to lead — as an educator and lifelong learner — from teacher education and teaching licensures to sport pedagogy, hotel and restaurant management, outdoor recreation, and more!

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Hands-On Experiences

From outdoor leadership and study abroad programs to student teaching and ecotourism trips, students in the College of Education have access to many experiential learning opportunities outside the classroom!

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Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST)

France: Culinary Couture – Exploring Parisian Flair

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OHIO Esports Broadcasting

Rural Action AmeriCorps members pose for a photo.

Rural Action Seasonal AmeriCorps Placements

Outdoor Leadership

Students smile while they hike in the mountains of Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Ecotourism Destinations

Outdoor & Place-Based Experiences

Sophomore September

Students walk through the gateway at Ohio University

Meal With A Mentor

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Career Fairs and Events

Signature Year Experiences

Building Bobcat Success: Competencies for Career Development

LINKS Program

Scholastic Book Fair returns to Patton for Sibs Weekend

The Patton College of Education’s Stevens Center for Literacy and STEM Education will host a Scholastic Book Fair from Feb. 5–8 in Patton Hall, offering books for all ages with proceeds supporting local schools and teacher candidates.

Council on Accreditation of Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Related Professions

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Learning to be 'comfortably uncomfortable': How pedagogy trips transform students

February 10, 2026

The most impactful lessons aren’t always learned in a lecture hall. Two hands-on study away programs in OHIO’s Patton College of Education teach leadership, empathy and a sense of self in the real-world classrooms of North Carolina and Costa Rica.

OHIO representatives and OHIO alumni hold a flag that says Forever OHIO - Proud Alumni while they are at an event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

OHIO advances Southeast Asia partnerships through alumni engagement, research collaboration, and global education

February 10, 2026

Ohio University's relationship with Southeast Asia is shaped by decades of partnerships, shared academic commitments, and generations of alumni whose lives and careers continue to reflect OHIO’s global reach.