Venues

Margaret M. Walter Hall consists of four lecture halls, two conference rooms, governance meeting area, rotunda with catering kitchen, and various service and support areas. The building is designed to support a wide array of academic and non-academic functions, including receptions, conferences, banquets, and other special events.

The building was made possible by a $5 million gift from Robert D. Walter, chairman of the Ohio University Board of Trustees and CEO of Cardinal Health Inc., and his wife, Margaret "Peggy" McGreevy Walter, both 1967 Ohio University graduates.

If you would like to reserve one of these spaces, contact Event Services at reservations@ohio.edu or 740.593.4021. Ohio University constituents, please use Mazevo to create your request. If you are interested in reserving classroom space, please contact the Office of the Registrar at scheduling@ohio.edu.  

Directions to Walter Hall Rotunda - Google Maps

Built in 1957, The Helen Mauck Galbreath Memorial Chapel welcomes people of all faiths. There is no permanent furnishing that would be identified with one religion or denomination and there are no restrictions on the type of service that may be conducted.

The Chapel was the gift of John W. Galbreath in memoriam of his wife, Helen, a 1919 alumna who died in 1946. Mrs. Galbreath was the former Helen Mollineux Mauck, daughter of the prominent Mauck family of Gallipolis, Ohio.

If you would like to reserve the Galbreath Chapel, contact Event Services at reservations@ohio.edu or by calling 740.593.4021. Ohio University constituents, please use Mazevo to create your request.

Directions to Galbreath Chapel - Google Maps

Galbreath Chapel on College Green

Located on Ohio University's historic College Green, the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium (commonly referred to as Memorial Auditorium, or simply MemAud) plays host to a wide variety of events:

• National and globally touring concerts and artists
• Comedians and comedy shows
• School of Music and Dance concerts
• New student admission sessions and orientations
• Keynote speakers
• Award and pinning ceremonies

Originally named Alumni Memorial Auditorium after the Alumni who donated the funds to build the auditorium and to memorialize those who fought and died in the Great War (known now as World War I). Since opening in 1928, the 2,000-seat auditorium has hosted many distinguished visitors such as Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, and U.S. Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and Obama.

MemAud was renamed in 1993 in honor of John Newton Templeton and Martha Jane Hunley Blackburn. Templeton was born a slave in 1805 and freed in 1813. He graduated from Ohio University, with an A.B. in 1828, being the first Black man to do so and the fourth African-American to graduate from a U.S. college. He was an educator and co-edited "The Mystery" a Black newspaper. Blackburn was the first Black woman to graduate from Ohio University, with a B.S. ED. in 1916. She majored in English and Literature with a minor in Home Economics. She taught Home Economics in Ohio and West Virginia.