Archive for June, 2013

DeMory Joins Arts & Sciences as Resource Analyst

DeMory Joins Arts & Sciences as Resource Analyst

Jessica A. DeMory joined the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences in June as Resource Analyst. She will be assisting the college’s Chief Financial Officer, April Henderson, with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and research. The resource analyst is a new position created as an innovative collaboration between University Finance […]

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June 27, 2013 at 8:16 amNews

Boaler: Working in the Butterfly Conservatory

Boaler: Working in the Butterfly Conservatory

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL Hey everyone, Along with my time at Fairchild’s nursery, I’ve had the pleasure of working in their enclosed butterfly conservatory. The project was completed in December 2012 and […]

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June 25, 2013 at 7:26 pmNews

AccessAble Travel: Keeping the Fun in Travel

AccessAble Travel: Keeping the Fun in Travel

  “We just got back from Chicago and had a really smooth journey.  The Pier was fun and didn’t have many stairs to get into the shops and restaurants,” says the AccessAble website, whose founders want to make travel easier for people with physical disabilities. AccessAble, LLC is a travel […]

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June 25, 2013 at 5:23 pmAlumni News

Lydria: A Better Way to Manage Conventions and Seminars

Lydria: A Better Way to Manage Conventions and Seminars

“Event planners face an immense challenge when organizing and managing events like conventions and seminars. Two of their major pain points are communicating with invited guests—such as speakers and judges—and communicating with attendees (like event scheduling and handouts). We are working to deliver a software as a service (SaaS) platform […]

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June 25, 2013 at 5:03 pmNews

Geological Sciences Prof ‘Blown Away’ By Students’ Fieldwork

Geological Sciences Prof ‘Blown Away’ By Students’ Fieldwork

When she teaches, Associate Professor of Paleontology Dr. Alycia Stigall waits for that “aha!” moment when her students begin to connect the lectures with their work in the field. “In geology, there is no substitute for field experience,”said Stigall, who teaches in the Department of Geological Sciences in Ohio University’s College […]

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June 25, 2013 at 11:42 amIn Class News

WOUB Interviews Alum on Freedom to Marry Ohio

WOUB Interviews Alum on Freedom to Marry Ohio

WOUB’s Tom Hudson talked to Ohio University alum Ian James ’89, who earned a B.A. in Political Science from the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences in 1989, in All Things Being Equal. James has been named by Ohio Magazine as one of the “brightest political strategists” in Ohio. […]

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June 25, 2013 at 11:12 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Sun News: Son Continues Journey Parents Began in Athens

Reporter Cory Shaffer of the Sun News captured a poignant story with Ohio University and Athens roots on June 11. Just because he’s going to Yale University this fall doesn’t mean Jeffrey Ding is without gratitude. Ding, who graduated near the top of the class at Strongsville High School June […]

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June 25, 2013 at 10:30 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News