Archive for December, 2019

In order to celebrate Día de los Muertos properly, members of Sigma Delta Pi decked out the Modern Languages Department in traditional decorations on Oct. 28, alongside setting up an altar with personal, regional and informational artifacts. Using papel picado (Mexican perforated paper), calaveras (skulls), cempasuchiles (tissue paper flowers), and […]

  The lights are low, the candles are lit and there is a knock at the door. Enter now 19 future members of Sigma Delta Pi led by advisor Dr. Betsy Partyka adorned in her finest black medieval garb. Four officers of Sigma Delta Pi stand behind a table topped […]

Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, was recently invited to present a talk at the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC). This year’s conference was held Nov. 7 – 9 at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. Stender first attended this conference when it was hosted […]

Dr. Beth Quitslund was interviewed by Peterson’s for a story headlined “5 Reasons English Majors Land the Job.” Quitlund is a faculty fellow and Professor of English at Ohio University. “English majors are good at much more than just reading and writing. They’re also masters of critical thinking, creativity, and […]

Dr. Becky Barlag has been named president-elect of the Forensic Science Institute of Ohio for 2020. In 2021, she will serve a one-year term as the institute’s president. Barlag is director of the Forensic Chemistry program and Associate Professor of Instruction in Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University. The Forensic […]

Ohio University’s Pi Rho/Tau chapter of Sigma Delta Pi celebrated the society’s centennial and held a cord ceremony for two graduating seniors on Nov. 21. Under gold and crimson adornments and soft lighting, the ceremony boasted a table holding cords on either side of the original registers of neófitos (newcomers) […]

Dr. Betsy Partyka, Associate Professor of Spanish in Modern Languages, and Carli Henman, a graduate student in Spanish, represented Ohio University and Sigma Delta Pi at the Hispanic Cultural Celebration at the Bunsold Middle School in Marysville, Ohio, on Nov. 3. During the celebration, middle school students and their families […]