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Buddhist monks work on drawing a mandala

The making of a mandala

March 8, 2019 1 min

Tibetan monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India, visited OHIO’s Athens campus in October. In six days, they created an intricate Peace Mandala. Then, on the sixth day, they destroyed it.

Medical students practice Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine in Athens Ohio

Power to the patients

March 8, 2019 4 min

Care for medical patients is changing: The one-doctor-knows-all approach is being replaced by the team approach. OHIO’s Heritage College has responded by training its students to embrace the power of team-based practice.

Executive director of Athens-based Passion Works, Patty Mitchell, BFA ’87, throws a knowing smile in anticipation for the Honey for the Heart parade to begin. Photo by Michael Johnson, BSVC ’19

Thank you for your service

March 7, 2019 3 min

The 7th Annual Honey for the Heart Giant Puppet Parade kicked off the Athens Halloween Block Party, featuring over 2,000 volunteers creating enchanting giant puppets. Patty Mitchell, founder of Passion Works Studio, aims to elevate the Halloween experience, fostering connection and belonging in Athens through this family-friendly event.

Woman sits at table with various food in front of her

Eat This Way, Not That Way. Forever.

March 7, 2019 2 min

Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, an assistant professor of food and nutrition science at Ohio University's College of Health Sciences and Professions, emphasizes the long-term impact of healthier eating habits on longevity.

collage of three vintage photos of people in Athens in or looking at airplanes

Friendly Skies

March 7, 2019 1 min

Ohio University’s Gordon Bush Airport is home to Francis Fuller Training Center, where almost 120 Russ College of Engineering and Technology students are working toward their private and commercial pilot licenses. The College also offers an aviation management degree. Future pilots start in the classroom and can eventually become Certified Flight Instructors themselves, along the way banking more than 1,400 hours in flight before receiving their degrees.

The photo essay that follows illustrates the hours of effort OHIO aviation students put into becoming pilots.

Sweatin’ the Good Sweat

March 7, 2019 1 min

At the heart of the Marching 110 is its drumline, led by section leader Joe Huster, BBA ’19. Members commit 12 hours weekly during the regular football season, balancing their dedication to excellence with the challenges of being college students.

Better Together

March 6, 2019 2 min

Ohio University encourages students to integrate bystander intervention techniques, supported by Better Bystanders' Four D's of Intervention, fostering a safer and more supportive community.

Start Small

March 5, 2019 2 min

"Little Otter Learns to Swim," authored by Artie Knapp, AIS ’04, and illustrated by Guy Hobbs, teaches children the value of persistence in overcoming fears and challenges when acquiring new skills, using North American river otters as inspiration. The book, published by Ohio University Press, also pays tribute to the species and incorporates conservation messages contributed by the River Otter Ecology Project.

How to Live, Be, & Lead

March 5, 2019 2 min

Melinda Tsapatsaris, BSED ’98, applies progressive pedagogy learned from OHIO’s Creating Active and Reflective Educators (CARE) program as the head of school at Westland School in Los Angeles, emphasizing inquiry-based, experiential learning and collaborative teacher-student partnerships in the democratic act of learning.

On Being Heard

March 1, 2019 3 min

Ohio Today spoke with Dashiell about her career in journalism and about views on politics, life, and humanity. An excerpt of the interview follows.

Still More: Lori Esposito

March 1, 2019 1 min

Ohio University Lecturer Lori Esposito created a unique meditative practice as a means of grief rehabilitation: evaporation walking.

People sit across a sidewalk in protest in 1970

Voices of change

October 30, 2018 4 min

College campuses surge with activism and dialogue when national issues of the day arise, and Ohio University is no exception. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, unrest regarding race, gender, and war shook the small college town in the Appalachian foothills.

In her footsteps

October 29, 2018 3 min

Over the past 15 years, two OHIO women have learned from and supported one another and, in recent years, have nurtured their shared Bobcat connection.

Chemical engineering senior and Society of Women Engineers President Ashley Weitzel helps an Athens-area Girl Scout assemble a Rube Goldberg machine at the groups’ “Buildings, Brains, and Boxes” design contest

The future (of engineering) is female

October 28, 2018 4 min

Ohio University students studying engineering and technology know to expect rigorous coursework and lots of career options. The field’s female students also know to expect a huge gender gap.

A legacy fulfilled

October 25, 2018 6 min

One hundred and fifty years ago, Margaret Boyd stepped onto the Athens campus and into the Ohio University history books as the institution’s first female student.