Always home at OHIO
December 17, 2017 The narrow, twisting two-lane roads between Canton, Ohio, where I was born and raised, and Athens, Ohio, where I lived for nine years, became an important lifeline for me between ages 18 and 27. Long before there were any major highways between the two places, I travelled back and forth between them, through small towns such as Zoar and New Philadelphia, Newcomerstown and Cambridge, and Zanesville and Glouster and Chauncey. I knew these winding roads by heart. I could drive them in my sleep, and sometimes thought I had.
The power of a shared story
December 17, 2017 “It is powerful to share a story,” said self-recognized ambassador for literacy Julie Francis. “Reading a story aloud takes people on a journey together.”
OHIO campuses, centers to be closed Dec. 25-Jan. 1
December 16, 2017 Dec 16, 2017 From staff reports All Ohio University campuses and centers will be closed during the annual winter closure period that runs from Monday, Dec. 25, through Monday, Jan. 1. The Univers...
Global Professional Development Series featured distinguished alumni at fall semester events
December 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 From staff reports Ohio University’s Center for International Studies (CIS) was honored to welcome alumnus David Crane back to campus during the fall semester, along with several oth...
Mary Manusos: Art as response to our world
December 14, 2017 A lifetime spent responding sensitively and vigorously to the world around her, Ohio University Professor Emerita of Art Mary Manusos taught printmaking to generations of budding artists in the Seigfred Hall print shops.
EXCLUSIVE: Good call
December 14, 2017 When a February 2017 fire ripped through the Carriage Hill Apartments—home to Ohio University students and Athens residents alike—Baker University Center served as a donation center for clothes, food, and other basic resources. Post-crisis, leftover canned food remained, giving life to the Baker University Center Food Pantry.
Student Global Professional Development program to be offered this spring
December 13, 2017 Dec 13, 2017 From staff reports During the upcoming spring semester, Ohio University’s Center for International Studies will be offering a continuation of its Global Professional Development prog...
OHIO’s Ebony Bobcat Network wins prestigious award for expansion
December 13, 2017 Dec 13, 2017 By Natalie Trusso Cafarello OHIO’s Ebony Bobcat Network (EBN), a program of the OHIO Alumni Association, received several awards at the Pride of the Council for Advancement and Suppo...
A peek inside ‘Prof’
December 12, 2017
Geoffrey Dabelko is a renowned expert on security and the environment. He researches and draws connections between the environment, health, population, conflict, and security for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars. As professor, director of Environmental Studies, and associate dean at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Dabelko teaches courses on natural resources, conflict and peacebuilding, and environmental leadership. But he doesn’t do this work of global good only from his office at The Ridges. His love for adventure takes him to the Balkans, California, Washington, D.C., and beyond.
Gain Another Family – Join Bobcat Student Orientation
December 12, 2017 Dec 12, 2017 By Brigitte Meisse The OHIO community takes pride in being one giant Bobcat Family, and joining Bobcat Student Orientation (BSO) is one way to deepen your roots into this culture of ...
Faculty and staff eligible for four free tickets to Dec. 20 men's basketball game
December 12, 2017 Dec 12, 2017 From staff reports Happy Holidays from OHIO Athletics! Please join us on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. to cheer on the Bobcats against Prairie View! As a holiday gift to faculty an...
Facilities Management and Safety staff showcases talents to create new bobcat weathervanes
December 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 By George E. Mauzy Jr. There are two new bobcats overlooking the Athens Campus. Although they don’t pay tuition or work on campus, they do serve a purpose. They let you know which wa...
Civil engineering student to conquer 4,000-mile run for cancer awareness
December 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 By Anna Hartenbach As classes come to a close this semester, a Russ College of Engineering and Technology student at Ohio University is running around campus training and prepping fo...
Ohio University Libraries nears the top nationally in interlibrary loan materials
December 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 From staff reports The Ohio University Libraries system is in the top 15 nationally ranked institutions in regard to the number of materials provided to other libraries, as well as m...
iCUE Spotlight: Dec. 11-17, 2017
December 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 By Carlie Meyers It's the last week of fall semester and you know what that means -- finals week is upon us and so is Fall Commencement (more on that below)! But we've got a lot of w...