Stories from May 2020

Shannon Hall

Eastern Campus receives $5,000 Internal Award to help businesses safely reopen

3 min

Dr. Sarah Mahan-Hays and Crystal Lorimor are among the first awardees of the COVID-19 Community Response Internal Awards. The funding will be used to buy printed health resources and hand sanitizer.
Poster for how to do business with Glenn Research Center

NASA, OHIO Procurement Technical Assistance Center partner to present national small business webinar

2 min

NASA Office of Small Business Programs and Ohio University Procurement Technical Assistance Center at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs partner to offer a free national webinar.
Cutler Hall overlooks Ohio University's College Green.

Board of Trustees approves new programs, tuition and fee freeze during May meetings

7 min

The Ohio University Board of Trustees froze undergraduate tuition, room and board fees for FY2021 at their current levels and approved the creation of a number of new, in-demand programs.

Ohio University Board of Trustees Stand Firmly Behind President Nellis and his Leadership Team

9 min

Today, the Ohio University Board of Trustees reaffirm their support of President M. Duane Nellis for the leadership stability and continuity he and his team are providing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ohio University employee tests positive for COVID-19

2 min

An Ohio University employee reporting to work on the Athens campus has tested positive for COVID-19.
Trent Comfort (Center) waves to supporters during Spring 2019 Undergraduate Commencement. Photo by Ben Siegel

University to award more than 5,600 degrees

3 min

All degrees to be posted by June 2.
Melissa Damico

OHIO sophomore among 55 students in America selected for coveted Udall scholarship

4 min

OHIO student Melissa Damico has been selected for the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year, highlighting her environmental research efforts. 

Accessible OHIO: Top 5 ways to prevent accessibility barriers

2 min

Items like trash cans, boxes, and furniture are easily moved and sometimes create barriers when they impede the path of travel, block an entrance or make an aisle too narrow to navigate a space.

OHIO journalism students shift gears to cover pandemic's impacts

6 min

In Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, the COVID-19 pandemic has been both a challenge and an opportunity.
WOUB

WOUB salutes regional high school seniors by offering broadcast time dedicated to celebrating them

2 min

OHIO’s WOUB Center for Public Media is offering a way for regional high schools to celebrate their seniors by providing broadcast time to feature them in various ways on television.

Selotlegeng Scholarship honors retiring OHIO educator, mentor

7 min

For the past 15 years, Beatrice Selotlegeng, MBA ’08, has shepherded dozens of students to and through their Ohio University experience.
Rj Martin

OHIO MDIA faculty produce online virtual awards ceremony, NPR Tiny Desk Concert Host Bob Boilen presents keynote message

5 min

With the conversion to remote instruction due to COVID-19, MDIA faculty continued their tradition of an awards banquet by producing a 75-minute virtual awards ceremony which aired online last week.

Roger and Pat Cooper

MDIA professor Roger Cooper gives new scholarship in memory of his wife

4 min

Pat Cooper was instrumental in the creation, growth and success of the OHIO-in-LA Program which made it fitting for the award to provide funding for a student attending the program.
Mallick and Gogel
Student Success

Spring semester student workers adapted, succeeded during remote online transition

7 min

Across Ohio University, significant efforts were made to create meaningful remote working opportunities for student workers to keep working during the 2020 Spring Semester.

Thom Stevenson -headshot

Thom Stevenson outlines online teaching strategies for faculty during pandemic

4 min

On April 20, Thom Stevenson shared online-teaching strategies and outlined supportive practices to cultivate resiliency between and among faculty and students during and after the pandemic.
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