Archive for January, 2018

Happy Beginnings | Pre-Law Senior Heading to Top-Ranked Vermont Law School

Jacob Pullar

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. For most students applying to law school, the period between submitting their law school applications and finally deciding where to attend is filled with anticipation, uncertainty, […]

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January 22, 2018 at 5:04 pmNews

Phillips, Center Use 1804 Funds for Graduate Writing Retreats

Hannah Osborn

By Natalie Trusso Cafarello When embarking on graduate school, a scholar faces many academic challenges – the greatest of which is completing a dissertation or thesis. Luckily for graduate students at OHIO, Dr. Talinn Phillips, Associate Professor of English, is here to help. Phillips, who also directs Ohio University’s Graduate Writing […]

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January 22, 2018 at 4:33 pmNews

Nancy Vandeman Named October Classified Employee of the Month

Nancy Vandeman

Compass features a Q&A with the non-bargaining Classified Employee of the Month. Each month, Classified Senate selects an employee to acknowledge and recognize as someone who is setting high standards for excellence and innovation. The monthly feature, titled “Great Job,” provides a glimpse into the honoree’s life on and off […]

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January 22, 2018 at 4:18 pmNews

Bernstein to Give Lecture in England on Autonomy and Obligation in Moral Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Dr. Alyssa R. Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy at Ohio University, will travel to England in March to give an invited lecture on autonomy and obligation in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, as part of the 2018 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Annual Conference, which will take place at the University of Keele […]

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January 22, 2018 at 3:46 pmResearch

Advising Tip | Reminders for the Beginning of Spring Semester

Tetyana Dovbnya

By Tetyana Dovbnya Academic Advisor / International Student Advising Specialist I hope you have all had a warm welcome back to campus and enjoyed seeing your old friends, as well as welcoming new ones during the first week of the spring term. As you move on to week two, remember […]

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January 22, 2018 at 10:18 amAnnouncements

Li Gives Keynote in China on Third Sector and Role of Public Service

Dr. Jieli Li gives keynote at Zhejiang University.

Dr. Jieli Li, Professor of Sociology, delivered a research talk titled “An Uncharted Social Space of the Third Sector and the Role of Public Service” at a keynote panel of the Second International Symposium on Public Service: Modernization of Public Service and Governance held at the School of Public Affairs […]

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January 22, 2018 at 10:12 amResearch

AFP Quotes Jellison on Melania Trump ‘Still an Enigma after a Year’

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

Global news agency AFP quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump, America’s enigmatic first lady.” New York (AFP) – Groomed to perfection yet rarely heard in public, Melania Trump is an enigma — a first lady whose opinions, marriage […]

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January 22, 2018 at 10:01 amFaculty in the News In the News