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The living roof on The Patton College’s McCracken Hall came alive earlier this spring, once the late spring snow storms passed through and the days grew longer. Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

LEEDing the way

May 10, 2018 1 min

When renovations to Ellis Hall are completed this year, the landmark’s iconic features will remain intact: the brick façade, the east portico, the giant, shady sycamore trees. But when students and faculty re-enter the grounds, close inspection will reveal new technology that complements the building’s venerable vibe, including LED lighting, low-flow toilets and sinks, and drought-tolerant trees and shrubs.

Last word with Mark Weinberg

May 9, 2018 2 min

There is no Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs without Mark Weinberg. As the school’s founding dean, Weinberg has overseen the unit’s programs and initiatives since its inception in 1981, when it existed under another name, the Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development, or ILGARD.

Step up

May 9, 2018 1 min

When the T. Richard and Eleanora K. Robe Leadership Institute (RLI) was established in 1996, the Russ College of Engineering and Technology was in uncharted territory. Higher ed wasn’t yet concerned with engineering students’ leadership and emotional intelligence skills. Things have changed.

The 1968 Athena photographers escaped Athens for the county’s backroads on sweet rides to capture their staff photo. Each student photog had a nickname, says the yearbook’s photo caption, notably, “Buffalo,” “Sergeant Rat,” and “the Kid.”

OHIO in 1968

May 9, 2018 1 min

It takes a village to produce OHIO’s annual Athena yearbook. The same held true for the 1968 Athena yearbook staff, members of the letterpress and darkroom era. Led by Editor Ronald Beno, BFA ’68, the 50-plus staff members—from copy editor to sales manager, production manager to art director—held their own to create a timeless piece of OHIO nostalgia while chalking up experience in the real world of publishing. Today’s Athena staff step up just like their predecessors, capturing OHIO moments each fall to spring, only 21st century-style.

Food for thought

December 18, 2017 4 min

Jack Demain stands at a table in the basement of United Campus Ministry and begins chopping a head of green cabbage, which he then massages in front of an attentive audience of about two dozen people, mostly Ohio University students. They’ve come to this presentation on fermented foods to learn how to make sauerkraut, part of a collaboration between the Athens Vegan Cooking Workshop and the student group Food Matters at Ohio University.

Zaya Gillogly and a Paraguayan friend test each other's strength during GHI's May 2017 trip to Paraguay.

A healthy perspective

December 18, 2017 3 min

Ohio University has a culture of doing. Bobcats don’t like to sit on the sidelines—they’d rather go out into the world, see for themselves, and figure out if they can make a difference. OHIO’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) gives students a way to turn this hunger to do good into acts of goodwill.

Woman looks at clothes on racks in the Career Closet.

EXCLUSIVE: Best threads

December 18, 2017 2 min

In job interviews and in life, confidence is key. One of the more effective ways to feel your best is to look your best, and that includes rocking a sharp outfit. OHIO’s Career & Leadership Development Center’s (CLDC) Career Closet supplies free professional attire for students entering interviews so they look hip and swish for that all-important first impression. It’s housed at the CLDC’s Baker University Center office. Head to toe interview ensembles are at the ready, and more than 20 students used the service last year.

The power of a shared story

December 17, 2017 2 min

“It is powerful to share a story,” said self-recognized ambassador for literacy Julie Francis. “Reading a story aloud takes people on a journey together.”

A friend to remember

December 17, 2017 4 min

This homage to the late Ohio University Professor Emeritus of History Gifford Doxsee by Michael Brant illustrates the powerful connection OHIO students often make with exceptional faculty.

Students walking in the snow at Ohio University.

Always home at OHIO

December 17, 2017 4 min

The narrow, twisting two-lane roads between Canton, Ohio, where I was born and raised, and Athens, Ohio, where I lived for nine years, became an important lifeline for me between ages 18 and 27. Long before there were any major highways between the two places, I travelled back and forth between them, through small towns such as Zoar and New Philadelphia, Newcomerstown and Cambridge, and Zanesville and Glouster and Chauncey. I knew these winding roads by heart. I could drive them in my sleep, and sometimes thought I had.

Select pieces from Mary Manusos, professor emerita of art, solo exhibit "States of Being"

Mary Manusos: Art as response to our world

December 14, 2017 2 min

A lifetime spent responding sensitively and vigorously to the world around her, Ohio University Professor Emerita of Art Mary Manusos taught printmaking to generations of budding artists in the Seigfred Hall print shops.

Students browse and shop at Jefferson Hall Marketplace

EXCLUSIVE: Good call

December 14, 2017 3 min

When a February 2017 fire ripped through the Carriage Hill Apartments—home to Ohio University students and Athens residents alike—Baker University Center served as a donation center for clothes, food, and other basic resources. Post-crisis, leftover canned food remained, giving life to the Baker University Center Food Pantry.

Geoffrey Dabelko is a renowned expert on security and the environment

A peek inside ‘Prof’

December 12, 2017 2 min

Geoffrey Dabelko is a renowned expert on security and the environment. He researches and draws connections between the environment, health, population, conflict, and security for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars. As professor, director of Environmental Studies, and associate dean at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Dabelko teaches courses on natural resources, conflict and peacebuilding, and environmental leadership. But he doesn’t do this work of global good only from his office at The Ridges. His love for adventure takes him to the Balkans, California, Washington, D.C., and beyond.

You asked, we answered

October 31, 2017 1 min

ohiowomen interviews 15 alumnau across America

Though Grasselli Brown retired from Standard Oil Company in 1989, her scientific ambitions and philanthropic support for multiple organizations remains.

Dig deep

October 30, 2017 3 min

When Jeanette Grasselli Brown, BS ’50, HON ’78, embarked on her career with Standard Oil Company in 1950, she had few women to look to for professional advice. Self-taught ambition, determination, and a relentless work ethic formed the foundation of her success.