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 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

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.

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Step up

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.

Woman looks at clothes on racks in the Career Closet.

EXCLUSIVE: Best threads

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.

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A friend to remember

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

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.

Aiming high

Aiming high

Throughout her twenty-four-year career with the Air Force, Lt. Col. Layla Sweet has aimed high, taking on leadership roles and challenging her minority status as a woman in the military.

Not alone

Not alone

A photo series on the historic Monument Quilt at Peden Stadium

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Golden rules

Fifty-four years ago, in 1963, nine fresh-faced, very naïve young women gathered on the third floor of Bryan Hall to claim three very small rooms.

Tantrum Theater’s outburst

Tantrum Theater’s outburst

OHIO’s new professional theater company invigorates the Central Ohio cultural landscape

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Covering Trump

There’s a saying in newsrooms: If you’re getting yelled at by a government official, it means you’re doing your job.

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How OHIO Saved Me from the Parapet

Jon Loommis gives an account of being taught by faculty Hollis Summers, an OHIO Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

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Ziff’s tips from ArtBreak

It takes little to introduce children to art: a spark and some tools. Check out these five tips for making art with kids by Katherine Ziff, PHD ’04 and author of ArtBreak.

Aerial view of Athens from Court Street during the fall

More reasons why Athens ranks as “Best College Small Town”

This year, USA TODAY confirmed what students, faculty, staff, and alumni know—that Athens is the country’s “Best College Small Town.”

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Welcome to the hilltop!

Graduates from Ohio University’s oldest regional campus make their mark in diverse fields ranging from medicine to finance to education and from public service to performing arts to mass communication. Here are examples of leading lights from the Chillicothe Campus since its founding in 1946.

Annie Laurie Cadmus, director of sustainabilty at Ohio University, gives volunteers instructions before painting mile markers on the HockHocking Adena Pathway. © Ohio University / Photo by Kaitlin Owens

Sustaining sustainability at OHIO and beyond

The Office of Sustainability at Ohio University creates opportunities for students to contribute to eco-friendly projects on the Athens Campus. Oftentimes, students approach administrators with concerns but no solutions and become frustrated at resulting roadblocks.

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