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Reminder: Ohio facilities conference call is Dec. 13

December 11, 2018 2 min

Updates for the media about OHIO’s capital improvement and other Facilities news.

‘Profiles in Faculty Achievement’ video spotlights OHIO’s Jodie Foster

December 11, 2018 2 min

Dec 11, 2018 From staff reports Ohio University Associate Lecturer in Biological Sciences Dr. Jodie Foster believes every student brings something different to her classroom. Dr. Foster is the la...

Campus Recreation expands services for patrons, members

December 10, 2018 2 min

Dec 10, 2018 From staff reports Monthly memberships and an online membership renewal process are among the new benefits available to patrons with several Ohio University Campus Recreation facilit...

Global Perspectives Faculty Learning Community returns in spring

December 7, 2018 3 min

Dec 7, 2018 By Emily Baxstrom In support of President Nellis’s strategic priorities for the University to strengthen its global engagement efforts and become a national leader for diversity and i...

OHIO staff learn and practice emergency preparedness

December 7, 2018 3 min

Dec 7, 2018 From staff reports On Tuesday, Nov. 27, a group of Ohio University staff gathered in Baker University Center for a lunchtime business continuity training session entitled, “Playing wi...

Facilities Website User Survey deadline is Dec. 21

December 7, 2018 1 min

Dec 7, 2018 From staff reports Facilities Management and Safety is preparing to begin the website migration to the new content management system. As part of the migration, the Architecture Design...

Alumna’s art studio celebrates 20 years of bringing color, joy, opportunity to Athens

December 6, 2018 4 min

For Patty Mitchell, BFA ’87, MFA ’91, one of her defining moments came 30 years ago when, as an Ohio University undergraduate, she was a resident volunteer at what was then known as the Athens....

President and first lady to host employee appreciation social Dec. 13

December 6, 2018 1 min

Dec 6, 2018 From staff reports Ohio University employees are invited to join President Dr. M. Duane Nellis and first lady Ruthie Nellis for the annual December Employee Appreciation Social from 1...

Professor Hiromi Imamura honored with the Tanaka-OHIO Award

December 6, 2018 4 min

Dec 6, 2018 From staff reports Chubu University Professor Hiromi Imamura received an award with special meaning for her during Ohio University’s International Education Week in November. Imamura ...

Students, faculty, alumni play roles in United Nations Sustainable Development Goals conference

December 6, 2018 6 min

Dec 6, 2018 Submitted by the Office of Global Affairs The United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and Higher Education conference at Ohio University brought together faculty members, al...

Chillicothe’s First Family teaching political science on the Chillicothe campus

December 5, 2018 4 min

Dec 5, 2018 By Neeley Allen City of Chillicothe Mayor, Luke Feeney, and his wife, Stacy, are both teaching classes at Ohio University Chillicothe this fall semester 2018. The Feeney family is usi...

Ohio University Press Director Gillian Berchowitz to retire Dec. 12

December 5, 2018 4 min

Dec 5, 2018 From staff reports Gillian Berchowitz will cap a long and innovative career at Ohio University Press and its trade imprint, Swallow Press, with her retirement on Dec. 12. She was hire...

OHIO students lead effort to alleviate food insecurity of fellow Bobcats

December 5, 2018 3 min

Dec 5, 2018 By Alaina Bartel OHIO Cutler Scholars and OHIO’s Dean of Students Office recently led a joint effort during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to raise awareness about hunger and ...

OHIO students continuing to benefit from new campus mail system

December 5, 2018 4 min

Dec 5, 2018 By Alaina Bartel Ohio University students received more than 170,000 packages on the Athens campus last academic year. No matter the package — a trinket from a grandparent’s vacation ...

OHIO’s traveling exhibit showcases continual effort to end sexual violence

December 5, 2018 3 min

Dec 5, 2018 By Alaina Bartel There is an ongoing movement across the Ohio University community to raise awareness of sexual violence on campus and to support survivors, and that community extends...