McDavis reflects on first presidential visit to Ghana
Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis made institutional history this past fall by embarking on the first presidential visit to Ghana, Nov. 8-11.
| OhioHealth names lab at medical school’s new research facility
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM) is pleased to announce a $100,000 gift from OhioHealth that will support a medical research lab and shared equipment necessary to further diabetes and cancer research.
| Provost Matters: Strategic Planning
Over the course of the past academic quarter, University leaders have discussed how to revise our approach to strategic planning in light of the changing circumstances that face our institution and how to ensure that this new approach will inform the next stage of our multi-year budgeting process.
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Job postings suspended during holidays
University Human Resources will again suspend university-wide and public job postings during the Holidays.
| Ohio University Press offers holiday discounts
Until Jan. 31, Ohio University Press will be offering 30 percent off the list price of any Ohio University Press book to OHIO faculty, staff and alumni.
| Weidig receives Classified Regional Campus Scholarship
Megan Weidig, a junior, Bachelor of Specialized Studies, has been awarded the Classified Regional Campus Scholarship. The $1000 award goes to outstanding students attending one of the five regional campus branches of Ohio University or the main campus.
| Zanesville Campus Library encourages community engagement
The Zanesville Campus Library at Ohio University-Zanesville and Zane State College is giving back to the community in a big way this year! Led by Emily Paul, the Friends for Literary Improvement (FLI) Student Group has undertaken three projects to help those in need or who are serving our country.
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Fatalism, finances reduce health screenings in Appalachia
If more people participated in screenings for cancer, catching it early at a more treatable stage, perhaps that fatalism could be abated and more lives saved. Graduate student Travis Lovejoy conducted several recent studies to better understand the factors that influence Appalachians’ decisions to be screened.
| Happy holidays from Ohio University
Visit <a href=greetings>www.ohio.edu/greetings</a> to see the University's holiday greeting for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. You also can download winter-themed OHIO desktop wallpaper.
| Highlighting the Green video - Fall 2010
Fall 2010 Edition - Ohio University students, faculty, staff, and alumni are accomplishing remarkable feats every day. Collectively, these achievements are elevating our university's national profile and showing the world what it means to be green. This special video encapsulates a few of the recent triumphs that have added new chapters to OHIO's legacy of excellence.
| OHIO’s “front door” to get new focus
University Communications and Marketing (UCM) has redesigned and refocused the University’s homepage, referred to as the “front door,” to cater to the interest and needs of prospective students and external audiences.
| Volunteers needed to help tornado victims rebuild
According to a news release from the Athens County Emergency Management Team, volunteers are still needed to help area residents recovering from the Sept. 16 tornado and severe weather disaster in Athens County.
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Alumna Piper Perabo nominated for Golden Globe
Ohio University alumna Piper Perabo has been nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in the USA Network’s television drama “Covert Affairs.”
| Bright, bold blazars intrigue astrophysicists
Ohio University astrophysicist Markus Böttcher likes studying blazers because their energy is “so far beyond our experience on Earth.
| Compass e-mails to take short hiatus
As the end of the winter break approaches, Ohio University Compass e-mails will take a short hiatus. There will be no Compass e-mail pushes on Thursday or during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, Dec. 27-31. The e-mail pushes will resume Jan. 3.
| Students team with Kids on Campus to teach Trimble students
Students from the Ohio University Environmental Studies and Environmental and Plant Biology graduate programs teamed up with Kids on Campus last week to teach Trimble Elementary School students the importance of ecology.
| University closed on Dec. 23, 24 and 31
Ohio University will be closed Thursday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 24, in observance of the national Christmas holiday. The University will be closed Thursday because it operates under a floating holiday schedule and Thursday will be an observance of Presidents Day.
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GLC students spend intersession in Vietnam
Twenty-six students in Ohio University’s Global Leadership Center (GLC) spent the winter intersession hard at work. Not at mall stores or shoveling snow, but half a world away honing their leadership skills as consultants to international corporations.
| OHIO Worldwide: Our ties with Ghana
A handful of Ohio University delegates, including President Roderick J. McDavis and representatives from the Center for International Studies, crossed the Atlantic to secure ties with a valued strategic partner – Ghana.
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