Archive for April, 2018

Alumni News | Peckham Gives Keynote at West Virginia 40 Under 40 Awards

Dr. Rachael Peckham

Dr. Rachael Peckham, Associate Professor of English at Marshall University, gave the keynote at the annual Generation Next: 40 Under 40 awards in Charleston, W.V., reports the State Journal in a story headlined “Generation Next recognizes up-and-coming community leaders.” Also see “Notable Alumni Spotlight | Rachael Peckham Teaches Creative Writing […]

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April 20, 2018 at 1:16 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Jessica Roth awarded Sara Katherine Ullman Memorial Internship

Jessica Roth awarded Sara Katherine Ullman Memorial Internship

Jessica Roth received this year’s Sara Katherine Ullman Memorial Internship and will soon be heading off this summer to work as an intern at Amnesty International office in Washington, D.C. Roth is an undergraduate in the Honors Tutorial College program in Sociology but also is completing second and third majors […]

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April 20, 2018 at 12:04 pmNews

Political Science Students Sarah Strinka and Alissa Iwaniuk Win Paper Awards

Sarah Strinka

Political Science students Sarah Strinka and Alissa Iwaniuk are winners of the Karen Jenkins-King undergraduate and graduate paper awards for 2018. Iwaniuk, a second-year student completing the M.A. in Political Science, received this year’s Jenkins-King Award for best graduate essay. Her essay, “When Worlds Collide: The Intersection of Eurasian Regionalism, […]

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April 20, 2018 at 12:03 pmAnnouncements

Fall 2018 | Course Helps Students Get Ready for Job, Financial Decisions

Alan J. McMillan

Alan J. McMillan, founder of LearnEarnRetire, teaches a Fall 2018 Wealth & Poverty course designed to help students develop an early strategy for employabilty and a financial plan for being smart with their money—all aimed at financial independence over the course of their careers. CAS 2402X: Transitions – From Campus […]

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April 20, 2018 at 10:40 amNews

Athens News Interview Economics Student about Research at Expo

An Athens News story on Ohio University’s Student Research & Creativity Expo featured an interview with Economics master’s student Md Shah Jalal Uddin. Md Shah Jalal Uddin, a second-year master’s student in economics, presented his research comparing oil and gas consumption in developing countries with that in developed countries. It […]

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April 20, 2018 at 8:23 amIn the News Students in the News

Messenger Quotes Cantino on Conservancy Funding to Purchase Land

Dr. Philip Cantino

Dr. Philip Cantino, Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology, was quoted in an Athens Messenger article headlined “Athens Conservancy awarded more than $1 million in grant funding.” Among the three tracts the Athens Conservancy plans to purchase is “land from American Electric Power in York and Dover Twps. to […]

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April 20, 2018 at 8:08 amFaculty in the News In the News

Gallipolis Daily Tribune Writes about Scott Moody, ‘Ivy Leagues’ in Bidwell

Dr. Scott Moody

  Dr. Scott Moody, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, was featured in a Gallipolis Daily Tribune story headlined “‘Ivy Leagues’ show up in Bidwell.” BIDWELL — River Valley Advanced Placement (AP) students had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Scott Moody, a professor at Ohio University and a recruiter for […]

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April 20, 2018 at 7:58 amFaculty in the News In the News