Listen to Ohio Today radio’s latest podcast: ‘Dear Bobcat’
What if you had the chance to go back in time to the first day you stepped on Ohio University’s campus and give yourself some advice? What would you say? What reassurance or words of warning would that younger you need to hear?
In Ohio Today radio’s latest podcast series, “Dear Bobcat,” OHIO alumni have answered these questions by writing a letter to their first-year selves and reading it live on stage or in the studio.
Through the first six episodes, you’ll hear from fellow alumni across varying decades, majors and backgrounds as they share their personal letters and the stories and experiences that inspired what they chose to say.
Listen to all six episodes now:
Dear Bobcat Ep. 1: Don’t change a thing
Jeff Reed, BSC ’06
Dear Bobcat Ep. 2: You don’t know everything
Kelee Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT, ’91
Dear Bobcat Ep. 3: It gets better
Jillian Causey, BSH ’13
Dear Bobcat Ep. 4: Stay angry
Sean Kiser, BA ’05
Dear Bobcat Ep. 5: You made it
Rita Fuller-Yates, BA ’12
Dear Bobcat Ep. 6: Ignore the critics
Kailee Slusser, BFA ’16
Write your own Dear Bobcat letter
Thinking about what you’d say to your first-year self? We want to hear it!
Write your own Dear Bobcat letter and email it to dearbobcat@ohio.edu, or record it by calling 740-597-1000. We might just feature you on a future episode.
Before you write or call, check out these tips to get you started:
- Keep it brief: 400-500 words, or 4-5 minutes is ideal.
- Get personal. Remember, you’re writing a letter to YOURSELF, not anyone else.
- Don’t hold back! Say anything and everything your younger self would need to hear.