Archive for June, 2016

Advising Tip | Take a 2-Credit Course on Career Planning

Advising Tip | Take a 2-Credit Course on Career Planning

By Sara Berens Academic Advisor & Retention Specialist Choosing what you want to do with your life can be an overwhelming process, so let us help you figure it out! CAS 1130: Career Planning in the Liberal Arts is the perfect course to assist students in exploring their major and […]

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June 6, 2016 at 3:36 pmNews

English Department Graduate Students Launch Literary Journal

English Department Graduate Students Launch Literary Journal

Three doctoral students in Ohio University’s English Department have launched a new online literary journal called Parlour: A Journal of Literary Criticism and Analysis. Carrie Ann Knauss serves as the editor-in-chief, while Priya Gupta acts as the managing issue editor, and Josh Davis is the managing web editor. Parlour is […]

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June 5, 2016 at 1:38 pmNews

CLJC Summer Newsletter | From the Director

Dear Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Friends, I hope that your summers are off to a wonderful start! As we all settle into our summer routines, I want to take a moment to thank all of you for being part of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture community, and to […]

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June 5, 2016 at 12:48 pmUncategorized

Alum Talks about his Second Novel, ‘The Salted Air’

Thom Conroy

Manawatu Standard reporter Carly Thomas interviewed Ohio University alum Thom Conroy ’02Ph.D. about his newly released second novel, The Salted Air. Conroy is a senior lecturer at Massey University in New Zealand. He earned a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Being a […]

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June 5, 2016 at 11:39 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alum Is First African-American Valedictorian at Maryland Dentistry School

At Ohio, Tera Poole studied chemistry, psychology and biology.

Ohio University alum Tera Poole ’11 gave the valedictorian address May 20 to her fellow graduates of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. “Prior to the ceremony, a school administrator had told Poole – a 2008 Walnut Hills High School graduate from Amberley Village – that she was the historic dental school’s […]

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June 5, 2016 at 11:06 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Psychology Alum Authors ‘Caterpillar Stampede’ with Elementary Students

The Peg-Legged Caterpillar

Ohio University alum Calvin Shaw ’11, who writes under the pseudonym The Caterpillar Stampede, was recently featured in the Toledo Blade for creating a children’s book with local elementary students. “The Peg-Legged Caterpillar is a picture book written with students whose schools have been adversely affected by budget cuts in their […]

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June 4, 2016 at 11:43 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Collins Co-Edits Book of Prolific Vietnamese Columnist’s Writings

Collins Co-Edits Book of Prolific Vietnamese Columnist’s Writings

Dr. Elizabeth Collins, retired Professor of Classics & World Religions, co-edited the just-released book Viet Nam: Tradition and Change (Ohio University Press, 2016). With her co-editor, Lady Borton, Collins published selected work of prolific Vietnamese writer Huu Ngoc. “At age 98 by Western counting (99 according to Vietnamese), Huu Ngoc […]

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June 4, 2016 at 11:17 amResearch