Celebrate 217 years of OHIO with a new Forever OHIO T-shirt and a yummy Founders Day cupcake. While supplies last, bring any other college or brand T-shirt to the tables set up in front of Baker Center and trade for a new Forever Ohio T-shirt. While you're there, satisfy your sweet tooth with a free Founders Day cupcake, and get a head start on completing your Bobcat Bucket List to win cool prizes throughout the semester! All T-shirts collected will be donated to the Salvation Army of Athens.
Happy Birthday, OHIO!
Founders Day • February Eighteenth
Founders Day 2021
Happy 217th Birthday, OHIO!
Founded on Feb. 18, 1804, Ohio University is proud of its rich history of educating students from across the state and around the word. While we celebrate the birthday of the institution each year on Founders Day, we also celebrate the achievements of our many students and alumni.
Happy Founders Day to Bobcats everywhere!
President Nellis Message
OHIO President M. Duane Nellis looks back on accomplishments of students, faculty, and staff throughout our rich history.
Why OHIO means Forever
This Founders Day we celebrate 217 years of community that focuses on student success – yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever. Five unique Bobcats, just before graduating, share why OHIO is such a special place; a place that will always mean forever.
Events
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Cutler Hall Bells Chime
Keeping with tradition and in honor of OHIO's historic milestone, the Cutler Hall chimes will play “Alma Mater, Ohio” at 12:17 p.m. Cutler Hall is the oldest building at Ohio University and currently serves as home to the Office of the President, the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, and other senior administrative staff.
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Libraries Digital Exhibit
Explore glimpses of Athens and Ohio University through letters, maps, advertisements, posters, and more from Ohio University Libraries' Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections.