 | Academic and Research Center fact sheet 9/29/2007
A standing-room-only crowd of Ohio University supporters, officials, alumni, friends, faculty and students broke ground on the Academic and Research Center Sept. 29. Learn more about the center designed to provide a natural fusion of modern medicine and engineering.
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| Ohio University breaks ground on new Academic and Research Center 9/29/2007
In the crisp morning air, a standing-room-only crowd of Ohio University supporters, officials, alumni, friends, faculty and students broke ground on the next addition to campus -- a center designed to provide a natural fusion of modern medicine and engineering.
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| Board of Trustees meeting recap 9/28/2007
In two days of meetings that concluded this afternoon, the Ohio University Board of Trustees moved efficiently through action items on the agenda and spent most of its time discussing information items. These included the university's five-year academic action plan, the University System of Ohio (USO), the status of the fiscal 2009 budget and the university's new marketing campaign, "The Promise."
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| Ohio University to reinstate ethics hotline 9/28/2007
The Ohio University Board of Trustees today approved the reopening of an ethics hotline for reporting allegations of fraud, waste and abuse.
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| October calendar offers plenty of color 9/28/2007
As temperatures and leaves begin to fall, consider adding some color to your busy October schedule. Here's a sampling of campus events to consider taking in this coming month.
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| Meeting the father of biomechanics: priceless 9/28/2007
Russ Prize recipient Yuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung visited the Athens campus Thursday. Known as the father of modern biomechanics, the world-renowned Fung spent the day interacting with faculty, staff and students and wrapped up his visit with a 45-minute lecture in Baker University Center Theatre.
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| Guide identifies sustainable practices on campus and beyond 9/28/2007
"Go green" means something more than Bobcat pride on campus. It also refers to making environmentally sustainable choices. Want to tour the Ecohouse? Buy organic and fair trade coffee? Plant a garden? There's a new resource to help you do these things and more.
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| Chancellor: progress already evident on university system 9/27/2007
With a 10-year master plan for the University System of Ohio still being drafted, specifics are not yet clear, but Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut said Wednesday that actions already under way are a "jump start" toward the system's success.
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| Student Senate addresses presidential evaluation 9/27/2007
Student Senate unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday night calling on the Ohio University Board of Trustees to consider written materials from constituent groups when conducting presidential evaluations and asking the board to conduct its assessment of the university's top executive in public.
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| University hosts statewide climate, energy workshop 9/27/2007
Students, faculty and staff -- from the Athens and regional campuses as well as public higher education institutions throughout Ohio -- will find the daylong Ohio Climate and Energy Workshop timely and informative. The Oct. 4 event is free to students, and preregistration is required by Friday.
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| Be part of a groundbreaking event 9/27/2007
Ohio University will break ground at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, on a learning and research facility slated to be the first of its kind in Ohio higher education. The innovative design will bring together key activities of two traditionally different colleges -- the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine -- in a building that is customized to promote collaboration.
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| Fingerhut briefs campus on University System of Ohio 9/26/2007
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut briefed the Ohio University community this afternoon on his vision for the University System of Ohio, a new initiative that calls for a 10-year master plan for higher education and promotes collaboration over competition.
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| University suspends, bans Jonathan Bebb from campus 9/26/2007
Ohio University has suspended and banned from university property graduate student Jonathan P. Bebb. Bebb, who is facing one count of murder in the stabbing death of his father on Monday, was released from custody this afternoon after posting a $250,000 bond.
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| Son charged in history professor’s death 9/26/2007
Jonathan P. Bebb, 32, of Athens, was charged with one count of murder Tuesday in the stabbing death of his father, Ohio University Associate Professor of History Phillip Bebb.
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| Former Athletics employee sentenced in court 9/26/2007
After pleading guilty July 26 to one count of theft in office, a fourth-degree felony, former Ohio University Department of Athletics employee Robert Andrey was sentenced Tuesday in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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| Chancellor Fingerhut discusses University System of Ohio 9/26/2007
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut will address the Ohio University community at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Walter Hall Rotunda to discuss his vision for the University System of Ohio and important changes it could bring. 'Outlook' interviewed Fingerhut by phone in advance of the address and offers this Q&A.
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| University experiences power outages 9/25/2007
Ohio University experienced power outages at locations throughout the Athens campus today. As of 3 p.m., the outages were confined to The Ridges buildings 22 (the Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development) and 27 (the Child Development Center).
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| History professor admired by students, colleagues 9/25/2007
Phillip Bebb held his students to high standards, but his friendly and accessible personality inspired them to rise to the challenge. An Ohio University associate professor of history who took early retirement in 2004, Bebb, 66, was found dead in his Athens home Monday evening, according to the Athens Police Department, which is investigating.
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| APD investigating history professor's death 9/25/2007
Athens Police Department is investigating the death of Phillip Bebb, 66, a semi-retired Ohio University associate professor of history, who was found dead in his Athens home Monday evening, according to an APD news release issued at 10 a.m. today
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| Graduate Student Senate OKs resolution on presidential evaluation 9/25/2007
At Monday evening's Graduate Student Senate meeting, the body passed a resolution calling for revisions to the presidential evaluation process, learned about developments in a proposed campus free-speech policy and heard an update on the senate's proposed student health insurance plan recommendations.
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| Faculty Commons opens in Alden 9/25/2007
What is the role of an academic library in the 21st century, now that so much information is available outside of its walls? The new Faculty Commons, which opened Monday, offers some answers.
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| The faces of Faculty Commons 9/25/2007
Here are key people and offices you’ll find in the new Faculty Commons
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| Leader of Mexican-American student protest to speak 9/25/2007
Paula Crisostomo will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Baker University Center Theatre. Her speech, "Walkout: The Struggle for Equality in Education," is the keynote address in Ohio University's celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
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| Catch a glimpse of 'The Promise' 9/24/2007
Your opportunity to learn about some amazing Ohio University students comes at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Baker University Center Theatre. That's when faculty, staff and students can view an advance screening of three commercials that will launch "The Promise," an academic marketing campaign set to run in October and November in Columbus and Southeast Ohio.
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| Emergency text messaging test to launch on Friday 9/24/2007
The incidents last week on the Delaware State campus served as a new reminder of the importance of established, reliable communication channels for campus safety. This week, Ohio University is putting emphasis on the reliable part of the equation by launching a test of emergency text messaging for students.
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| Evolutionist Eugenie Scott presents Frontiers in Science lecture 9/24/2007
Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, will present this year's Frontiers in Science lecture, "From Scopes to the Creation Museum: The Persistence of Antievolutionism," at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Ohio University's Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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| Program makes AP courses available to regional students 9/24/2007
Grant funding and an interest in helping Appalachian Ohio high schoolers succeed has led to the expansion of an Ohio University program that makes advanced placement courses available online to students whose high schools don't offer them.
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| Premiere watchdog journalist Bob Woodward to give Kennedy Lecture 9/21/2007
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodward will visit Ohio University to receive the Scripps School of Journalism's Carr Van Anda Award and deliver the next Kennedy Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3. The lecture, to be held in the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, is free and open to the public.
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| Ohio University junior dies 9/21/2007
Ohio University junior Madison "Madie" Anne Barr, 19, of Urbana, Ohio, died Thursday in Cleveland.
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| New OUPD SWAT team ready for life-threatening situations 9/21/2007
By end of business today (Sept. 21), Ohio University will have a certified SWAT team for the first time in its history, an important capability for a rural campus.
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| Spicing up the radio waves 9/21/2007
Dave Garcia and Julio Cumba are in the studio deejaying their usual Sunday 4 to 6 p.m. time slot. Their radio program, titled "Arroz y Frijoles" (rice and beans) has them spinning discs from just about every genre of Latin music. While the scene could be playing out in Los Angeles or New York, it's not: They are right here in the campus studios of WOUB-AM.
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| Retention on front burner 9/20/2007
Ohio University's Enrollment Management Advisory Committee has recommended a multiphase strategy for building retention among students transitioning from their first to second years, and people across campus are making it happen.
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| Journalism society honors campus chapter, professor emeritus 9/20/2007
For the fifth year in a row, Ohio University's chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists has been named the Region 4 Outstanding Chapter. In addition, longtime educator and Ohio University Professor Emeritus Ralph Izard has been selected to receive the association's Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award.
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| Scholarship, raised in record time, honors Abhishek Singh 9/19/2007
Chris Diltz, an Ohio University second-year applied physics and math major from Malta, Ohio, knew Abhishek Singh as both a teacher and a friend. So he is especially honored to benefit from the generosity of individuals who felt it important to celebrate Singh's life by establishing an undergraduate scholarship.
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| Award-winning author to speak on early race relations in Southeast Ohio 9/19/2007
Award-winning author David Zang will speak on "Race Relations in Southeastern Ohio, 1860-1930: From Abolitionist Hope to Klan Fear" at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Walter Hall 145.
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| School of Physical Therapy to offer orthopedic residency 9/19/2007
Ohio University's School of Physical Therapy, the first program in Ohio to offer a doctorate in the field, now is working to establish one of the first orthopedic residency programs in the state.
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| Office of Civil Rights says cuts not discriminatory against male athletes 9/18/2007
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has determined that Ohio University did not discriminate against men when it reduced the number of men's intercollegiate sports programs at the beginning of the year.
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| Ohio University makes enrollment gains 9/18/2007
Ohio University's Office of Institutional Research released its preliminary Athens campus headcount enrollment numbers at Monday night's Faculty Senate meeting. This early snapshot reveals overall growth in student numbers and student quality -- along with the second-highest number of applications in the university's history.
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| Faculty Senate hears enrollment, marketing campaign reports 9/18/2007
Ohio University Faculty Senate, in its first meeting of 2007-08 Monday night, heard some good news about student enrollment, previewed the university's new marketing campaign and discussed a proposal for an alternative presidential evaluation process.
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| Freshman class 101 9/18/2007
This year's freshman class was born in 1988 and 1989. In the past two decades, technological advances have increased with the speed of light, and life as we knew it at the end of the 1980s has changed dramatically. Here, we offer some fun facts about members of the Class of 2011 and life as they know it.
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| Committee to refine five-year academic plan 9/17/2007
A new committee, comprising 13 Ohio University faculty, staff and students, soon will begin examining the priorities that will guide Ohio University over the next five years. The Five-Year Academic Action Plan Committee is charged with refining the academic goals of a new five-year plan that President Roderick McDavis introduced in draft form to the Board of Trustees at its Aug. 3 retreat.
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| Forensics team dominates first tournament of season 9/17/2007
The Ohio University Speech and Debate Team began its season this past weekend by dominating the Ninth Annual Boilermaker Special Speech and Debate Tournament at Purdue University. The Bobcats earned 22 qualifications for the National Forensics Association national tournament in April 2008, a record early-season mark.
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| NSF grants support student travel, science collaborations 9/17/2007
Ohio University physicists have received a total of $3.3 million for international collaborative research in two separate grants from the National Science Foundation.
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| Budgeting at Ohio University -- past, present and future 9/17/2007
A new state biennium budget took effect July 1, 2007. It departs in some significant ways from past budgets. Ohio University also is in the process of shaping a new budget model. Both developments raise questions. Here are answers to some of the most likely questions.
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| University participates in huge 'La Bohème' simulcast 9/14/2007
University participates in huge 'La Bohème' simulcast
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| Instant gratification 9/14/2007
Instant gratification
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| Difficult Dialogues: In a national context 9/13/2007
Difficult Dialogues: In a national context
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| Faculty Commons to open this month 9/13/2007
Faculty Commons to open this month
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| Bobcat Army ROTC ranks among best in nation 9/13/2007
Bobcat Army ROTC ranks among best in nation
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| Tales of a storm chaser 9/12/2007
Tales of a storm chaser
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| Faculty members are a blessing – this one, literally 9/12/2007
Faculty members are a blessing – this one, literally
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| Deans form task force to examine graduate, professional offerings 9/12/2007
Deans form task force to examine graduate, professional offerings
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| Another award-winning year 9/12/2007
Another award-winning year
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| Arts and Sciences introduces five new chairs 9/12/2007
Arts and Sciences introduces five new chairs
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| Difficult Dialogues: Asking the tough questions 9/12/2007
Difficult Dialogues: Asking the tough questions
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| World drumming party a hit 9/12/2007
World drumming party a hit
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| A warm welcome 9/11/2007
A warm welcome
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| Human resources streamlines hiring process 9/11/2007
Human resources streamlines hiring process
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| Students can break the code and win prizes at Alden 9/11/2007
Students can break the code and win prizes at Alden
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| Addressing African community health 9/10/2007
Health issues are inextricably linked to African development, communication, economics and politics, prompting Ohio University to offer a unique graduate certificate in African community health.
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| University plans graduate college 9/10/2007
Ohio University has announced plans to establish a graduate college to emphasize the role of graduate education in the university's academic mission and assist in the attainment of Vision OHIO and University System of Ohio objectives.
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| Undergraduate course catalog placed online to increase access, improve usability 9/10/2007
For a little more than the cost of printing one edition of the Ohio University Undergraduate Catalog, a new online version has been created thanks to a new indexed and searchable software program. The online version replaces the printed catalog.
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| Art appreciation! 9/10/2007
During 2007-08, every Ohio University student with a valid ID can enjoy free admission to most College of Fine Arts performances, the cost of which had risen last year to about $12 a ticket. The university also has allocated funds to expand fine arts programming.
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| Student illness determined not contagious 9/7/2007
Student illness determined not contagious
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| CIRT puts tools in place for campus emergencies 9/7/2007
A number of Ohio University employees spent the summer continuing to set in place strategies for dealing with major emergencies on campus. The process has yielded some new capabilities and a "to-continue" list of next-up projects.
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| Novelist, professor to read from highly acclaimed 'Cion' 9/7/2007
Internationally renowned South African author and Ohio University Professor of English Zakes Mda draws us into the world of his latest novel, "Cion." The acclaimed author will honor colleagues, friends and the local community with a public reading Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the university's Walter Hall Rotunda.
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| Galbreath Chapel institutes reservation approach 9/7/2007
The Office of University Events has announced that the Helen Mauck Galbreath Memorial Chapel now will be open only by reservation for a modest charge.
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| AFSCME conducts informational picket 9/7/2007
Ohio University employees represented by AFSCME Local 1699 began informational picketing on the Athens campus Thursday to protest recent layoffs.
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| Drum to a calmer, more connected self 9/6/2007
Anyone seeking a unique way to relieve stress will have a new option available beginning next week. The first of several bi-weekly world drumming parties planned for fall quarter will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Baker University Center.
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| Celebrating 'good roots' 9/6/2007
A book that Ohio University Press published this year is the inspiration behind the first annual Ohioana Book Festival, "A 'Good Roots' Celebration."
The free event open to the public, will take place Sept. 14 and 15 in Columbus.
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| Learning community offerings double this fall 9/6/2007
Learning community offerings double this fall
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| Candlelight ceremony sheds light on Honors Tutorial College 9/5/2007
Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College lit the way Tuesday evening for 58 incoming freshmen who have joined its vibrant, scholarly community. The candlelight convocation in Galbreath Chapel, solemn and emotional, ushered students into the unique experiences that await them in the only college of its kind in the United States.
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| September's to-do list! 9/5/2007
In the back-to-school whirlwind, don't forget about some of the great events taking place throughout September during this hectic and exciting time of year.
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| Eastern launches 50th anniversary year 9/5/2007
Tuesday marked the beginning of Ohio University-Eastern's 50th year, prompting a lunchtime celebration complete with cake and music from 1957. While celebratory events are planned throughout 2007-08, the official anniversary kickoff is a fall festival on Oct. 13.
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| A primer on the University System of Ohio 9/5/2007
The University System of Ohio -- announced by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in early August -- will be the focus of important conversations at Ohio University and across the state in the coming months. With this in mind, 'Outlook' offers this primer on the subject along with links to additional information.
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| Time running out on old IDs 9/4/2007
There is now less than three weeks to use your old Ohio University ID card, but luckily, the Office of Information Technology has developed a simple process for replacing it.
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| Krendl takes action on child-care report 9/4/2007
During open forums several years ago, Ohio University employees voiced concern about the lack of adequate child-care options in the Athens area. In response, Executive Vice President and Provost Kathy Krendl formed a Child Care Task Force in July 2006 and asked it to identify child care needs for the area and recommend solutions. Read the task force's suggestions and Krendl's responses.
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| Adams Hall welcomes first residents 9/4/2007
This weekend marked the first time in more than 30 years that Ohio University moved students into an all-new residence hall. At 9 a.m. Sunday, Adams Hall opened its doors to some 350 sophomores, juniors and seniors.
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| Outlook's summer in review 9/4/2007
As fall classes begin, Outlook offers you a quick recap of what happened at Ohio University through the summer months. Take a look at the people, events, developments and announcements that made headlines since June.
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| McDavis, Krendl issue welcome-back statement 9/4/2007
President Roderick J. McDavis and Executive Vice President and Provost Kathy Krendl issued a welcome back e-mail to the Ohio University community today, announcing plans for an informal campus gathering on Monday. |
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