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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"  (opens in a new window) playlist on YouTube.

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Online School Counseling program lauded for building community

Students in our fully online M.Ed. program in School Counseling knew they were entering a strong academic program, but they were surprised to experience a tight-knit, supportive community. One key is Dr. Leah Howard's ambassador program.
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Why your favorite vacation spot is begging you to stay home: Can tourism be made more sustainable?

Planning that trip to Paris, Venice or Barcelona? While it may be a dream destination, it may also be time to think twice about visiting some of these cities being burdened by overtourism. Travel and hospitality expert Sandy Chen discusses the benefits of tourism, as well as how too much tourism can be detrimental to some of the world's biggest cities and sites.

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Marcquis Parham

OHIO Career Services expert provides keynote remarks at June conference

Marcquis Parham, assistant director for career and employer engagement at Ohio University, was asked to give the keynote remarks at the Council for Exceptional Children Conference in June. 

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Jessica Short

OHIO graduate Jessica Short champions STEM education

Jessica Short first knew she wanted to teach as a middle school student, but she didn’t realize science would become her passion until her junior and senior years at Unioto High School.

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Patton College Graduate Student Orientation event date Friday, August 22 event time 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM

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PCOE Graduate Student Orientation event date Friday, August 22 event time 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM

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New Student Convocation event date Sunday, August 24 event time 2:30 PM — 3:30 PM event location Convocation Center

Join us for the New Student Convocation at the Convocation Center to hear from University officials, alumni and more! The event is...