Stories from 2019

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Support OHIO students this Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3

Through the support of donors, Ohio University is able to provide help to students who face financial difficulty due to emergency situations or one-time hardships. The Emergency Microgrant program....

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Ohio University research shows 'bad cholesterol' is only as unhealthy as its composition

New research at Ohio University shows that a particular subclass of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) is a much better predictor of potential heart attacks than the mere presence of LDL.

Essentially Athens Ohio

Poet Laureate's new collection showcases the essence of Athens

The City of Athens and Kari Gunter-Seymour, Athens Poet Laureate, have published “Essentially Athens Ohio,” a place-based collection of poetry, story, song and fine art. The book launch is Dec. 8.

Mt. Zion

Mt. Zion Baptist Church partners with OHIO’s CoArts to host NEA rural design workshop

One of Athens’ most historical and cultural buildings, the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, has been selected by the NEA as one of three national sites to host a rural design workshop.

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Save the date for 2020 MLK Jr. Celebration Week events

Ohio University will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in January 2020 on the Athens Campus. Events are scheduled Jan. 20-31.

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Human Resources offers reasonable suspicion training

University Human Resources provides support and guidance to units for the rare instances in which there is reasonable suspicion that an employee is in violation of Policy 41.133.

As field commander, Sophia Medvid, who plays mellophone, holds the highest student leadership position in the band.

In command

The college experience is transformational. For Sophia Medvid, the contrasts between her first day on campus and the start of senior year are especially significant.

Athens Campus Aerial View

University announces General Counsel finalists

Four finalists for General Counsel, Stacey Bennett, Clifton Iler, Barbara Nalazek and Joan Gates, will meet with representatives across the University's shared governance structure beginning Nov. 18.

Lexi Murray

How junior Lexi Murray successfully lobbied for a piano in the RTV recording studio

Lexi Murray needed access to a piano to develop her production and songwriting skills. Together with professor Jeff Redefer and Dean Scott Titsworth, she made it happen.

A teeter totter with a mom on one end and the other end full with a daughter, schoolbooks and pack, toys, sporting equipment, a sewing machine, a stroller, and more

Art of the maternal

A self-described “mother-artist,” OHIO Gallery Coordinator Courtney Kessel, MFA ’12, infuses her work with personal observations and poignant statements from her experience as a mother to her daughter, who has been featured, quite literally at times, in Kessel’s pieces over the past 10 years.

Fearlessly First

University community to discuss the future of education Nov. 21

OHIO will host a daylong engagement event to discuss the future of education and offer ideas to support the University’s Fearlessly First strategy on Nov. 21 in Baker University Center 242.

The OHIO Dance Team performs multiple routines at the 2019 President’s Convocation for First Year Students.

Stepping Up

Ohio University’s Dance Team, in their first year of competition, claimed the title of University World Cup Open Division Champions at the 2019 UCA and UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships in Florida.

Tiffany Chenault hitting her stride while jogging

Hitting her stride

In 2013, Tiffany Chenault set out on a mission: run a half marathon in all 50 states before reaching age 50. Her motivation? The loss of her mother.

Fall Campus steps

Journalists to visit OHIO Nov. 21 to discuss community issues

Across Ohio, journalists have been holding community conversations to ask: What will it take to make life better here?

 Ohio University Innovation Center’s all-female staff gather at the West State St. facility: [LEFT to RIGHT] Client Services Manager and Executive Coach Erin Rennich, MBA ’13; Accountant Jennifer Pauwels; Director Stacy Strauss; Associate Director Tanya Conrath, BSC ’93; Administrative Specialist Susan Bauman, BSED ’94; and Lab Director Misako Hata, BSISE ’98, MS ’01, MS ’10. Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

A culture of community

Ohio University’s Innovation Center is racking up accolades lately—it was named the 2019 Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year and 2019 Rural-Based Entrepreneurship Center of the Year by the International Business Innovation Association.

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