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October Board of Trustees agenda available, meetings to be streamed

October 6, 2017 1 min

Oct 6, 2017 From staff reports The Ohio University Board of Trustees October meetings in Margaret M. Walter Hall on the Athens Campus will be streamed live providing the entire OHIO community wit...

Third-annual Susan G. Komen Athens Race for the Cure takes place Oct. 15

October 6, 2017 3 min

Oct 6, 2017 From staff reports The third-annual Susan G. Komen Athens Race for the Cure will take place on Sunday, Oct. 15. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. at the Walter Fieldhouse at Ohio Uni...

Community invited to celebrate Ohio University Eastern’s 60th anniversary

October 6, 2017 2 min

Oct 6, 2017 By Maisee Fried It was 60 years ago that Ohio University Eastern Campus opened its doors to its first students. In the fall of 1957 OHIO Eastern answered the call to provide continuin...

President Nellis shares his inaugural First Fridays message

October 6, 2017 3 min

Oct 6, 2017 From staff reports Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure I write to you today to share my inaugural “First Friday” letter. The First Friday letter will be a monthly communication ti...

No classes on Reading Day, Tuesday, Oct. 10

October 6, 2017 1 min

Oct 6, 2017 From staff reports Ohio University students will have a one-day hiatus from attending classes on Reading Day 2017, which is Tuesday, Oct. 10. No classes or labs will be held, but camp...

Netflix star coming to spread message of kindness as part of WOUB sponsored event

October 6, 2017 3 min

Oct 6, 2017 From staff reports Leon Logothetis, author and star of the hit Netflix series, "The Kindness Diaries," will speak at Ohio University for a special event sponsored by WOUB Public Media...

Inauguration addresses of OHIO’s presidents speak to past, future, and changing role of higher education

October 5, 2017 9 min

Oct 5, 2017 By Sarah Lack Ohio University’s presidents have led the institution through the challenges of a changing society, responding to the evolving needs of students and reaffirming the impo...

15th annual Paint the Town Green winners bask in Homecoming 2017 theme

October 5, 2017 3 min

Oct 5, 2017 By Mallory Golski, BSJ ’19; Photos by Madeline Hordinski More than 15 Ohio University offices and local businesses flooded Athens with a mix of Bobcat and Marching 110 spirit during t...

Live streams of OHIO’s Homecoming Parade to include 360-degree video

October 5, 2017 3 min

Oct 5, 2017 From staff reports The largest and one of the most spirited events of Ohio University’s Homecoming Week – the annual Homecoming Parade – kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Bobcats...

Appalachian photographer Roger May visits OHIO as part of Wealth and Poverty Theme lecture series

October 5, 2017 2 min

Oct 5, 2017 by Jessica Rutkowski Appalachian photographer Roger May visited Ohio University for the first time and provided a public lecture on his project, “Looking at Appalachia,” as part of th...

Ohio University sends disaster relief supplies to Puerto Rico

October 5, 2017 3 min

Oct 5, 2017 From staff reports An Ohio University airplane took publicly-donated supplies from the Athens Campus, as well as from Florida, to Hurricane Maria-stricken Puerto Rico on Wednesday, an...

Kennedy Museum of Art ‘House Proud’ exhibit explores homeownership

October 5, 2017 5 min

Oct 5, 2017 By George E. Mauzy Jr. On Friday, Sept. 30, the Ohio University Kennedy Museum of Art held its opening reception for the “House Proud, Portraits of the American Home” exhibit, which w...

Ohio University to host The Monument Quilt, a public healing space for survivors of sexual assault, on Oct. 13

October 4, 2017 4 min

Oct 4, 2017 From staff reports You are not alone. It’s a promise; a reminder for survivors of rape and abuse and the message behind the Monument Quilt, a crowd-sourced collection of the stories ...

Free bicycle valet parking available near Peden Stadium during Oct. 7 football game

October 3, 2017 1 min

Oct 3, 2017 From staff reports This Saturday, Oct. 7, members of the community are encouraged to ride their bicycles to Peden Stadium for the 2 p.m. Homecoming football game against Central Michi...

Ideation Event RSVPs due October 11

October 2, 2017 3 min

Oct 2, 2017 By Emily Baxstrom The Office of Instructional Innovation (OII) is hosting the 2017 Ideation Event on Friday, October 20, from 2–5 p.m. in Baker University Center 240/242 Multipurpose ...