Archive for February, 2018

By Tetyana Dovbnya Academic Advisor / International Student Advising Specialist If you’ve been thinking about changing your major and have already discussed your decision with friends and family, now is the time! The last day to change your major for the spring semester is this Friday, March 2. Here are […]

By Tetyana Dovbnya & Jayse Rednour Originally from the small town of Blacklick, Ohio, Chris Keener may seem like an average college student, but only at first glance. He studies on the fourth floor of Alden Library, stops at the Union Street Diner frequently enough that his order is known […]

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor and Transfer Specialist Taking summer classes is a great way to get ahead and potentially boost your GPA. Ohio University has many options for summer classes that are both full-summer and half-summer in length. There are also great options for online courses and classes at […]

By Julie Ciotola, BSJ ’20 From Ohio Today While sexual harassment accusations dominate headlines in the United States, similar instances of abuse are making news within Hinduism’s guru culture. Amanda Lucia, associate professor of religious studies at University of California, Riverside, explored this topic with the Ohio University community during her […]

While a recent meme about President Dwight Eisenhower and military parades was not a direct quote, Dr. Chester Pach says Eisenhower “wasn’t someone interested in pomp and circumstance,” Pach told Snopes in a fact-finding story headlined, “Did Dwight Eisenhower Reject the Idea of ‘Soviet-Style’ Military Parades?” Pach is Associate Professor […]

by Aissatou Boye ’20 David Stebbins, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio, joined Amanda Cox’s Sociology Capstone class last fall to talk about his experience working with capital defendants in Ohio. He went to Denison University for his undergraduate studies and then went on to receive […]

Sixteen Environmental & Plant Biology students braved cold, rainy weather and icy ground to search for the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, an invasive insect species that is threatening the hemlock forest ecosystems across Appalachia on Feb. 11. Student members of the Plant Club and the Plant Biology Graduate Student Association joined […]