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Singing, Dancing and Churning the Cheese in Sicily

Singing, Dancing and Churning the Cheese in Sicily

From Ohio University News Students in the summer Italy: Food in Sicily study abroad course experienced making pasta, tasting oil, wine and chocolate, volunteering in the Caritas food kitchen for the homeless, visiting makers of Sicilian jams, sauces and pastries, and of course, making cheese. Each May, Dr. Theresa Moran, […]

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September 20, 2019 at 10:52 amIn Class News

Spring Break Study Abroad in Northern Ireland Application Deadline, Oct. 1

Students visit the Omagh bombing memorial site with Michael Gallagher, chairperson of the Omagh Self Help and Support Group. Gallagher advocates nationally and internationally for a public inquiry into the bombing.

Applications are now being accepted for the eighth annual OHIO spring break study abroad program on Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland. The Application Deadline Is Tuesday, Oct. 1. For more information, contact Program Director Dr. Haley Duschinski, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Law, Justice & […]

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September 2, 2019 at 5:30 pmNews

Iwate Prefectural University (Japan) to Fund Three OHIO Students On Weekend Global Community Engagement Initiative

Iwate Prefectural University (Japan) to Fund Three OHIO Students On Weekend Global Community Engagement Initiative

Dr. Christopher Thompson, Associate Professor of Linguistics, announced that Iwate Prefectural University has offered to fund three students from the Linguistic Department’s Japanese language program to participate in a new Global Engagement Initiative with OHIO University during the weekend of Sept. 31, 2019. IPU has been closely associated with OHIO […]

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July 3, 2019 at 10:24 amNews

Six OHIO Students Headed to Japan to Study at Hokuriku University

From left, Dr. Chris Thompson, Iris Edmonson, Kevin Balk (GRS and program participant), Emily Burns (kneeling), and Sabrah Paul. Nicholas Gagliano and Amanda Kantor were unavailable for photo.

Six students currently taking Japanese language courses will study abroad this summer as participants in the annual one-month Hokuriku University Summer Intensive Japanese Language Program at Hokuriku University in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Going to Japan are Ohio University students Kevin Balk (a first-year student in the East Asian Studies M.A.), […]

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June 7, 2019 at 4:48 pmIn Class News

Rep. Stivers Recognizes Muhammad in Statement on International Education

Rebin Muhammad

From Compass and the Office of Global Affairs Ohio University graduate student Rebin Muhammad was recognized in the U.S. Congress recently as part of a statement by U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers about the importance of international education. Muhammad is a doctoral student and Teaching Assistant in Mathematics at OHIO. Stivers, who […]

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June 6, 2019 at 2:36 pmIn the News News Students in the News

Six OHIO Students Selected as Fulbright Students

Max Annable at West Point Academy

Six Ohio University students have been selected as recipients for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and will spend eight to 12 months working to promote international education and cultural exchange in host countries across Asia, Europe and South America, according to an Ohio University news release. The Fulbright U.S. Student […]

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June 6, 2019 at 1:22 pmNews

Students Retrace Path of Mexico’s Independence Movement over Spring Break

Students Retrace Path of Mexico’s Independence Movement over Spring Break

Sitting on the steps of a colonial-era parish church in Dolores Hidalgo, a town in Mexico’s state of Guanajuato, a group of Ohio University students spent part of a beautiful March afternoon pondering what happened on that very spot nearly 210 years earlier. There, on Sept. 16, 1810, the parish’s […]

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April 1, 2019 at 3:43 pmNews