Archive for May, 2014

The Newark Advocate reports that Zane Trace High School senior Autumn Pack—recipient of a highly competitive $50,000 Most Valuable Student national scholarship from the Elks National Foundation—plans to study Psychology and Business at Ohio University in the fall. The Elks National Foundation last month invited Pack to Chicago, where she competed […]

The Sandusky Register reports that Ohio University alum Eric Wobser ’02 is the new City Manager of Sandusky, OH. Wobser earned a B.A. in Political Science Pre-Law from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, followed by a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Eric […]

WOUB reports that Ohio University alum Art Oestrike ’01, ’08MA is planning to expand his brewing operations in Athens to meet growing demand for Jackie O’s beer as sales expand across the state. Oestrike earned a B.A. in Russian and an M.A. in Linguistics from the College of Arts & […]

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Geological Sciences announces its 2014 Departmental Awards recipients: Fisher-Phelps Department Faculty Awards Outstanding Research Award: Dr. Alycia Stigall Outstanding Service Award: Dr. Gregory Nadon Outstanding Teaching Awards: Dr. Daniel Hembree and Dr. Craig Grimes Undergraduate  Student  Awards Outstanding Geology Major Award: Casey O’Brien Outstanding Environmental […]

CBC News interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a May 4 report on “Why over 250 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remain missing.” It’s been nearly three weeks since men dressed as soldiers kidnapped more than 300 girls from a Nigerian boarding school, an attack […]

Danielle Szabo From Compass Ohio University freshman Brook Knipp was ready to graduate from high school set in a tiny town in Lawrence County, Ohio. She was set to go to a central Ohio college in the fall. One day, she received a phone call from OHIO’s Office of Financial […]

From Compass Ohio University Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit bestowed the honor of Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member on Dr. Thomas Vander Ven, Professor of Sociology and Director of Criminology in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award was established in 1972 to recognize a […]