Archive for November, 2016

TA Professional Development Workshop | How to Prepare for the Job Market, Nov. 3

From left, faculty faciliators Lara Wallace, Erik Boczko, Carmelinda Chilelli, Muriel Gallego, and Edna Lima.

The TA Professional Development Faculty Learning Community in the College of Arts & Sciences is offering a workshop series that can help enhance graduate students’ teaching skills and get them ready for their professional endeavours. Read more about the new professional development teaching program for graduate students. For more information, […]

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November 1, 2016 at 3:45 pmEvents

Visiting Author | Poet Claire Bateman, Nov. 3

Claire Bateman

On Thursday, Nov. 3, the Ohio University Creative Writing Program hosts Visiting Poet Claire Bateman for a reading at 7:30 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel. A reception follows the event, which is free and open to the public. Bateman’s books include Scape (New Issues Poetry & Prose), Locals: A Collection of […]

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November 1, 2016 at 3:45 pmEvents

Wealth & Poverty | Information Sessions for Summer Internships, Nov. 3

Ohio University students, especially those involved with the Wealth & Poverty Theme, are encouraged to apply for summer internships through the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty. Two information sessions are planned: Monday, Oct. 24,  from 5-6 p.m. Baker Center 231 Thursday, Nov. 3, from 6-7 p.m. Baker Center 239 Ohio […]

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November 1, 2016 at 3:45 pmEvents

Claire Bateman is ‘The Most Exciting Talent in the USA of Poetry’: Mark Halliday

Claire Bateman

On Thursday, Nov. 3, the Ohio University Creative Writing Program hosts Visiting Poet Claire Bateman, for a reading at 7:30 p.m., at Galbreath Chapel.* By Morgan Cappel, intern for the Office of Special Programs The poet Claire Bateman’s most recent collection of poetry, Scape, is enamored of the world. For her, […]

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November 1, 2016 at 3:13 pmNews

University Community Invited to View Innovation Strategy Letters of Intent, Join Projects

Ohio University has accepted 31 letters of intent for Cycle 2 funding of the Innovation Strategy program. The institution has allocated up to $4.4 million for new innovative initiatives. Four broad portfolios of topical areas are identified for potential investment, with support that can encompass the full spectrum of the university’s […]

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November 1, 2016 at 3:13 pmAnnouncements

Discovery Museum Gets Grant for Student-Led STEAM Projects

Ohio Museum of Discovery board members with notice of their grant from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board.

The Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery has been awarded $51,809 from theState Farm Youth Advisory Board for a project on Service Learning With STEAM Technologies in Rural Communities. The new project will encourage high school and college students to develop a variety of service-learning projects with themes in science, technology, engineering, […]

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November 1, 2016 at 1:39 pmNews

Alum Visits 50 States, Sets Sights on the World

Michael Sliwinski signs 5-0 for the 50 states he's visited.

Ohio University alum Michael Sliwinski is putting his History degree and Geography minor to work in D.C. He works full-time at the U.S. Department of Justice as an office support assistant. Most weekends he works part-time at Mount Vernon, a museum where George Washington lived. He also volunteers at the […]

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November 1, 2016 at 12:30 pmAlumni