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College campuses surge with activism and dialogue when national issues of the day arise, and Ohio University is no exception. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, unrest regarding race, gender, and war shook the small college town in the Appalachian foothills.
Over the past 15 years, two OHIO women have learned from and supported one another and, in recent years, have nurtured their shared Bobcat connection.
Ohio University students studying engineering and technology know to expect rigorous coursework and lots of career options. The field’s female students also know to expect a huge gender gap.
One hundred and fifty years ago, Margaret Boyd stepped onto the Athens campus and into the Ohio University history books as the institution’s first female student.
Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, is many things to many people. Ohio University’s first tenured black professor, she’s a stalwart social justice advocate. On campus and in the community, she’s a symbol of perseverance, selflessness, and spunk. To her students, she’s simply “Doc,” or more affectionately, “Mama Childs.”
Data shows that multicultural students don’t always thrive on predominantly white campuses, but OHIO’s OMSAR is turning the tide.
The first thing you see in JD Kittle’s office at Ohio University’s Innovation Center is a table. Not the usual kind with four legs, but a narrow board laid horizontally across a small ladder. Utilitarian and practical. Much like Kittle himself.
Robert Gipe of Harlan, Kentucky, has long advocated for both social justice and the arts in Appalachia.
Three years ago, Ralph Haberfeld, AB ’69, had an epiphany that has connected two distinct, picturesque places: Athens, Ohio, in the Appalachian foothills, and Jackson Hole, bordering western Wyoming’s Teton peaks.
Through resourcefulness, perseverance, and a hand from International Student and Faculty Services, OHIO’s international students thrive.
Prior to 1970, when the Hocking River would tumble over its banks, the nearby Athens Campus would be ravaged by the floodwaters. Moving the river in 1970 to its current location—an epic task—removed the annual threat so the Athens Campus could expand. Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1964 and 1968 floods paired with archival and submitted photos follow.
Amir Farnoud is a researcher who thinks big but works with the very small. The very, very small.
Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1968 flood paired with archival and submitted photos follow.
Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1964 flood paired with archival and submitted photos follow.
Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis, a geographer, took his seat in Cutler Hall in June 2017 and quickly began mapping a new direction for OHIO—one that builds on the legacy of its past shepherds, from McDavis to Cutler, and positions the University as a model for the nation.
