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Students spelling out OHIO by standing in Peden Stadium

Numerous Welcome Week 2023 events planned for new and returning OHIO students

August 17, 2023 5 min

Join OHIO for a series of events designed to welcome both new and returning students to campus. Bobcats can connect with other students, faculty and staff while learning about the many resources available to students and the community.

2023 SLTI students at the Supreme Court of Ohio with Justice Melody Stewart.

High school students visit Ohio Supreme Court before staging their own mock trial in Athens

August 14, 2023 5 min

For two weeks, 20 high school students from across Ohio were immersed in law and justice, their Summer Law & Trial Institute experience culminating in a mock trial in an Athens courtroom.

OHIO junior blends media and journalism skills with dual internships in Armenia

August 11, 2023 4 min

Olivia Lutz has a lifelong goal of traveling the globe and exploring different cultures firsthand. Her dual internships in Armenia this summer allowed her to do just that.

OHIO Eastern social work student awarded fellowship for self-advocacy

August 11, 2023 3 min

At 22 years old, Kelsi Weaver is a disability advocate with cerebral palsy who is making her mark on the world.

Out OHIO programs offer OHIO faculty, staff opportunities to connect to the LGBTQ+ community

August 11, 2023 2 min

Out OHIO has planned several upcoming social and networking opportunities.

An OHIO student works on a computer while sitting outside

OHIO Online Incentive Scholarship helps veterans, alumni and others afford college

August 10, 2023 3 min

The new OHIO Online Incentive Scholarship is creating new opportunities for individuals in the region and around the country to enroll in Ohio University’s online programs.

Janet Hulm named interim dean of University Libraries

August 10, 2023 2 min

Ohio University Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Elizabeth Sayrs has named Janet Hulm interim dean of University Libraries, effective Aug. 15.

Karolin, B.A. ’22, with her students at Wenchang Elementary in Taiwan.

What a year of teaching in Taiwan has looked like for an OHIO alumna and Fulbright scholar – and why she is staying for another

August 10, 2023 4 min

OHIO alumna and Fulbright scholar Alexis Karolin, B.A. ’22, has spent the past year growing personally and professionally while teaching elementary school students in Taipei, Taiwan.

Group shot of students at 2022 STEMstart community science day

Families, schoolteachers and students invited to Science in the Community at the Ridges on Aug. 22

August 10, 2023 2 min

Community members, families and teachers are invited to join in science activities and explore STEM resources with first-year students at Science in the Community on Aug. 22 at the Ridges.

The Health and Physical Education Center at OHIO Eastern

Ohio University Eastern selects East Central Ohio Educational Service Center for campus building purchase

August 10, 2023 3 min

Ohio University has selected the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center to purchase the Health and Physical Education Center and the Science and Engineering Building on the OHIO Eastern campus.

Alumni

OHIO alum and distinguished photographer Thomas Schiff donates personal collection to University Libraries

August 8, 2023 5 min

Thomas R. Schiff, OHIO class of 1970 and well-known architecture photographer, is generously donating his physical and digital photography collection to his alma mater.

OHIO graduate named president of the Broadcast Education Association

August 8, 2023 3 min

Ohio University graduate Kim Fox is the second Black woman president of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) in the organization’s 68-year history.

OHIO faculty and staff are shown talking at a table during a workshop

Fall semester faculty workshop to focus on ‘The Disrupted Learner’

August 3, 2023 2 min

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment invites all faculty and staff to a pre-fall semester workshop on Aug. 22, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Baker University Center 240/242.

A blooming tree on College Green with sunrise behind it

Upcoming workshop will focus on prepping courses for the first day of classes