Archive for August, 2016

Kaplan Offers Free Online Practice Tests, Events in September

Students can get graduate school test preparation thanks to free, online workshops and practice tests offered by Kaplan. Students also can check out Kaplan’s tuition assistance program, The Starting Line, where they may earn up to 60 percent off tuition. The following are some great resources that will aid in […]

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August 29, 2016 at 1:35 pmAnnouncements

Graduate Student Volunteers Needed for ‘Perfecting Pedagogical Practices’ Conference

Graduate Student Volunteers Needed for ‘Perfecting Pedagogical Practices’ Conference

The planning committee for the second annual Perfecting Pedagogical Practices conference, an interdepartmental graduate conference centered on sharing best practices in teaching and learning to improve as teachers, is seeking volunteers to serve on the planning committee for the 2017 conference. The conference, which will be held Feb. 24, 2017, […]

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August 29, 2016 at 9:03 amNews

Brobst Publishes Chapter on U.S.-British Defense Strategy in Indian Ocean

Dr. John Brobst

Dr. John Brobst, Associate Professor in the History Department, published “‘No Scope for Arms Control’: Strategy, Geography, and Naval Limitations in the Indian Ocean in the 1970s,” in Strategy and the Sea: Essays in Honour of John B. Hattendorf, edited by N. A. M. Rodger, J. Ross Dancy, Benjamin Darnell, and […]

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August 29, 2016 at 5:08 amResearch

Welcome Message from the Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture

Welcome Message from the Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture

From Dr. Haley Duschinski Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture August 25, 2016 The Center for Law, Justice & Culture welcomes OHIO students, faculty, alumni, and friends to an exciting new academic year at Ohio University! The fall semester is under way, and the CLJC community has much to celebrate. Over […]

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August 28, 2016 at 9:40 pmNews

Ketchum Elected Vice President of U.S. Conference of Chief Justices

Justice Menis Ketchum

The State Journal reports that Ohio University alum and “West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum has been elected a vice president of the Conference of Chief Justices, making him the first West Virginian to serve on the organization’s board in its almost 70-year history.” Ketchum earned a bachelor’s degree […]

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August 28, 2016 at 3:29 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

New Faculty Kick Off Fourth Year of Women’s Scholars

Faculty advisors to the Margaret Boyd Scholars Program (from left) Nancy Sandler, Michelle O’Malley and Cindy Anderson are pictured outside of Bryan Hall, the residence hall that houses the scholars during their sophomore year. Photo by Daniel Owen

Adapted from Compass story by Angela Woodward Three College of Arts & Sciences faculty are the advisers to the Margaret Boyd Scholars Program as its kicks off its fourth cohort. Launched in 2013, the Margaret Boyd Scholars Program serves as Ohio University’s first and only women’s scholars program. The four-year […]

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August 28, 2016 at 2:00 pmNews

Kaufman Attends Yale Workshop on ‘Critical Realism’

Dr. Nicole Kaufman

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, joined young faculty from universities around the world this summer in a week-long summer seminar on the philosophy of social science at Yale. A criminologist, Kaufman is affiliated with Ohio University’s Center for Law, Justice & Culture. The Critical Realism Network seminar was […]

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August 28, 2016 at 1:30 pmNews