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Blame My Roots Festival ticket contest celebrates Ohio University Eastern partnership

July 1, 2022 1 min

OHIO Eastern has teamed up with the 2022 Blame My Roots Festival by hosting an exclusive social media ticket contest for OHIO alumni and current students.

Copperheads baseball provides students with valuable experience

June 30, 2022 5 min

Students can gain valuable experience through completing internships and other experiential learning opportunities with the Southern Ohio Copperheads, a summer collegiate baseball team in Athens.

Bill Baumel, Sarah Ladipo and Faith Voinovich

From Capitol Hill to capital firm: Sarah Ladipo's latest internship takes her inside startup culture

June 30, 2022 5 min

She’s interned on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and on a gender project with Harvard. Next, Sarah O. Ladipo is getting an inside look at a venture capital firm in Columbus, Ohio, this summer.

Dr. William D. Schafer named interim vice president for student affairs

June 30, 2022 3 min

Ohio University President Hugh Sherman has announced that veteran student affairs professional Dr. William D. Schafer will serve as Ohio University’s interim vice president for student affairs.

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Fine Arts Summer Playlist 2022

June 30, 2022 5 min

What are you listening to? Here are song selections by the Fine Arts student success and recruitment staff - with contributions from Tonia Dunson-Dillard, Kim Lutz, Jessica Fox and Courtney Kessel.

University Update

Nine Arts and Sciences retiring professors approved for emeriti status

June 30, 2022 2 min

The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved emeriti status at its June meeting for nine College of Arts and Sciences professors upon their retirement from Ohio University.

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OHIO human resources class gains real world experience while helping Culinary Services recruit employees

June 30, 2022 4 min

An Ohio University class gained real world experience during the spring semester by assisting Culinary Services with recruiting new employees.

Kaley Norris experience with Keybanc

Kaley Norris gets career, life experience during Keybanc summer internship

June 30, 2022 6 min

Kaley Norris '23 spent most of her winter break in Handshake, applying for summer internships that interested her.

Experiential learning launches careers and 'permission to embrace the unknown'

June 29, 2022 8 min

If you’re looking a slam-dunk data point on the power of experiential learning, check out the 2022 Pulitzer Prize results.

Greg Newton named interim associate dean of the Graduate College

June 29, 2022 2 min

Greg Newton, Ph.D., will serve as interim associate dean of the Graduate College starting in mid-July.

Gegesky embraces environmentalism in engineering through Ford’s F150 Lightning

June 29, 2022 3 min

Megan Gegesky, BSME ’14, knew she needed to challenge herself to continue her family’s tradition of working at the Ford Motor Company.

Ohio University Innovation Center awarded grant from USDA Rural Development Office to advance technical business development

June 29, 2022 2 min

The Ohio University Innovation Center was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Office to provide technical and business development support to clients.

University Announcement

25 Arts and Sciences faculty promoted, 15 granted tenure

June 29, 2022 2 min

The Ohio University Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts and Sciences faculty member

Dr. Emilia Alonso-Sameño with faculty and students from Aligarh Muslim University in February 2020.

Global Seminar

Emilia Alonso-Sameño takes international look at Spanish-speaking communities in the Americas

June 29, 2022 4 min

As immigration politics abound in the United States, Dr. Emilia Alonso-Sameño organized a global seminar to talk about Spanish-speaking communities in the Americas from a global perspective.

Mayors' Partnership for Progress applauds investment in Appalachian Ohio

June 28, 2022 2 min

The Mayors’ Partnership for Progress (MPP) is thanking the Ohio General Assembly for its support of House Bill 377.