Stories from 2017

Woman looks at clothes on racks in the Career Closet.

EXCLUSIVE: Best threads

In job interviews and in life, confidence is key. One of the more effective ways to feel your best is to look your best, and that includes rocking a sharp outfit. OHIO’s Career & Leadership Development Center’s (CLDC) Career Closet supplies free professional attire for students entering interviews so they look hip and swish for that all-important first impression. It’s housed at the CLDC’s Baker University Center office. Head to toe interview ensembles are at the ready, and more than 20 students used the service last year.

Fox professor of business leads OHIO’s renowned sports management program

Dec 18, 2017 By Julie Ciotola Since 2014, the Richard P. and Joan S. Fox Professor of Business and Chair of Sports Administration Norman O’Reilly has conducted thorough research in the field of s...

Students walking in the snow at Ohio University.

Always home at OHIO

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.

Office of Emergency Programs announces spring semester training opportunities

Dec 17, 2017 From staff reports Having a resilient, documented, shared and practiced Business Continuity Plan is key to your unit’s ability to effectively survive an unexpected catastrophic event...

Illustration by Leonie Bos

The power of a shared story

“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.”

A friend to remember

This homage to the late Ohio University Professor Emeritus of History Gifford Doxsee by Michael Brant illustrates the powerful connection OHIO students often make with exceptional faculty.

OHIO campuses, centers to be closed Dec. 25-Jan. 1

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...

Select pieces from Mary Manusos, professor emerita of art, solo exhibit "States of Being"

Mary Manusos: Art as response to our world

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.

Students browse and shop at Jefferson Hall Marketplace

EXCLUSIVE: Good call

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.

Global Professional Development Series featured distinguished alumni at fall semester events

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...

OHIO’s Ebony Bobcat Network wins prestigious award for expansion

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...

Student Global Professional Development program to be offered this spring

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...

Gain Another Family – Join Bobcat Student Orientation

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 ...

Geoffrey Dabelko is a renowned expert on security and the environment

A peek inside ‘Prof’

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.

Faculty and staff eligible for four free tickets to Dec. 20 men's basketball game

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...

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