Post Tagged with: "geography alumni"

Citing OHIO student’s work, historic Black Baltimore golf club commemorates the desegregation of city’s golf courses with monument

On Feb. 1, the Pitch & Putt Golf Club unveiled a monument dedicated to the desegregation of Carroll Park in Baltimore. Image courtesy of the Pitch & Putt Golf Club

From Ohio University News To commence Black History Month, a historic Baltimore golf club unveiled a monument celebrating a little-known part of the city’s history. The monument, which was unveiled on Feb. 1, tells the story of a group of Black golfers who litigiously fought for access to play golf […]

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February 16, 2022 at 8:32 amAlumni News

Alum Invites Students to Career Fair to Discuss Nationwide Children’s Hospital Research Jobs

Jonathan “Jon” Dowdell

Students are invited to meet with Ohio University alumnus Jonathan “Jon” Dowdell at the Spring Virtual Career and Internship Fair on Feb. 10, from 1 – 4 p.m. Dowdell earned his B.A. in Sociology and B.S in Geography from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 2013. […]

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February 4, 2021 at 11:38 amNews

Alumni News | Black Commissioned, Will Serve as Weather Officer

From left: Second Lieutenant Ethan R. Black and Second Lieutenant T. Aidan Pitts

From Ohio University News Ohio University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 650 commissioned two cadets as officers in the United States Air Force on Dec. 12, 2020. During a small ceremony in Bromley Hall, Ethan R. Black and T. Aidan Pitts were commissioned as Second Lieutenants. Second Lt. Black, from Worthington, […]

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January 12, 2021 at 3:46 pmAlumni News

OHIO News | Fogt, Clem Publish on Record South Pole Warming

Dr. Ryan Fogt at the Geographic South Pole

The South Pole has been warming at more than three times the global average over the past 30 years, according to research led by Dr. Ryan Fogt, professor of Geography, and OHIO alumnus Kyle Clem,” Ohio University News reports in a story headlined “Ohio University professor Ryan Fogt, alum Kyle […]

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July 13, 2020 at 12:54 pmResearch

Alumni News | Seebald Working to Contain COVID-19, Address Healthcare Disparities

Laura Seebald

Ohio University alumna Laura Seebald’s passion for social justice and public health have led her to the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19 in Kirland, Wash., where she works as a social worker providing discharge planning and mental health services. She performs multiple roles in this position: connecting patients to […]

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May 1, 2020 at 11:01 amAlumni

Clark Named Outstanding Graduate Scalia Scholar

Clark Named Outstanding Graduate Scalia Scholar

Ohio University alum Logan Clark was named the Outstanding Graduate Scalia Scholar by the Geography Department. Clark, who is pursuing a master’s in Geography, also earned his bachelor’s degree at OHIO in 2018, majoring in Geography – Meteorology. His research interests are heavily involved in climate change, specifically in the […]

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April 24, 2020 at 11:55 amAlumni

Settling Ohio: Waterways, Apples, Power & Class

William Kerrigan with John Chapman sketch

“The settling of Ohio is all about the rivers—what the settlers called the Western waters,” said Dr. Kim Gruenwald at the Settling Ohio: First Nations and Beyond conference held Feb. 21-22 at Ohio University. She went on to describe trade bounded by the movement of goods when river conditions were […]

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February 24, 2020 at 5:41 pmNews