Alumni

Happy Beginnings | Psychology-Anthropology Alum Explains Work as Emergency Services Representative

Megan Cales

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Megan Cales ’16 says that being an Emergency Services Representative involves three positions: intake, registration, and team coordinator. Cales double majored in Psychology […]

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August 7, 2017 at 11:46 amAlumni

Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies | Homecoming Panels Feature 11 Alumni, Oct. 6

Dr. Molly Yanity

Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies hosts its annual Reunion & Roundtables at Homecoming 2017 on Friday, Oct. 6, from 1-6 p.m. in Schoonover Center. Alumni, students, faculty and the campus community are invited to the Reunion & Roundtable. Keynote: ‘Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Our Current Media Moment’ At 1 […]

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August 2, 2017 at 7:00 amAlumni Events

Sociology Alum Works to End Child Slavery in Haiti

Jaclyn Lynch in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 2017

Ohio University alum Jaclyn Lynch ’14, ’16M is now the Child Sponsorship Coordinator at Restavek Freedom Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ending restavek, which is a system of child slavery in Haiti. She graduated in 2016 with an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio […]

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August 1, 2017 at 11:30 amAlumni

Marshall Legacy Series | Alum Talks about How Marshall Chose His Generals

Dr. Steve Taaffe

Ohio University alum Dr. Steve Taaffe discussed “Marshall & His Generals” as part of the George C. Marshall Foundation’s Marshall Legacy Series on the World Wars. Taaffe earned a Ph.D. in History and a Certificate in Contemporary History in 1995 from the College of Arts & Sciences, as well as […]

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July 28, 2017 at 1:48 pmAlumni

Living Through 1970 Closure, Campus Riots and Protests

Living Through 1970 Closure, Campus Riots and Protests

by Dave Gibson ’73 Bio: Dave Gibson graduated from Ohio University in 1973 and became a high school history teacher. For most of his career, he worked as an administrator for SOITA Learning Technologies in Oxford, Ohio. He received a master’s degree from Wright State University in 1981 and was […]

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July 26, 2017 at 10:08 amAlumni

Spanish Alum Robert Wenger Passes at 85

Robert D. Wenger

Ohio University alum Maj. Robert D. Wenger passed away at the age of 85, reports the Daily News Record (Harrisonburg, VA). Wenger earned an M.A. in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1971. Robert Dale Wenger (United States Air Force, retired), age 85, of Harrisonburg, Va., died […]

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July 18, 2017 at 7:03 pmAlumni

Wanczyk Authors First Book about Blind Baseball

Dr. David Wanczyk

Ohio University alum and English faculty member Dr. David Wanczyk has authored the first book about blind baseball. Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind comes out in hardcover on Oct. 1. “For me, the important thing was to tell the story of beep baseball without idealizing and […]

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July 18, 2017 at 11:08 amAlumni Research