Alumni

Proudly Celebrating the College of Arts & Sciences’ 80th Birthday

Proudly Celebrating the College of Arts & Sciences’ 80th Birthday

By Robert Frank Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences We are off to a great start this academic year—the 80th anniversary of the founding College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. A lot has changed since 1936. Enrollment on the Athens campus has increased from 2,500 to […]

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September 15, 2016 at 11:06 amAlumni

Message from the Dean—Engage!

Message from the Dean—Engage!

Words of Welcome Welcome to Engage, the alumni newsletter of the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. I am very excited to launch Engage as part of a new college outreach initiative designed to promote stronger ties to our alumni. The alumni outreach initiative has two goals. First, […]

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September 15, 2016 at 11:02 amAlumni

Sociology Alum Named 2015 National Slow Smoke Champion in Pipe Smoking

The U.S. champion on the 13th national slow smoke competition was Mike "Doc" Garr on May 3, 2015, at the Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show.

Mike “Doc” Garr, ’74, ’78M is the 2015 national slow smoke champion in pipe smoking. As winner of the national contest, he won a trip to Italy to compete at the international slow smoke competition last October. He also is currently president of the United Pipe Clubs of America and […]

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September 12, 2016 at 10:05 amAlumni

Alumni Establish Scholarship Endowment in Place of Wedding Gifts

Jessie Holtz and Dustin Starkey

Ohio University alumni Dustin Starkey ’98 and Jessie Holtz ’06 recently established a scholarship endowment in place of wedding gifts. Starkey earned a degree in Forensic Chemistry and Holtz in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Starkey and Holtz met in Columbus through the Ohio […]

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September 9, 2016 at 10:23 amAlumni

CLJC & MPA Alum | Farley, VP of Legal and Government Affairs for Ohio Insurance Institute

Michael Farley

Center for Law, Justice & Culture Alumni Spotlight Michael Farley earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 2007.  He then went on to join the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) as Vice President of Legal and Government Affairs. What brought […]

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September 6, 2016 at 11:56 amAlumni

Writers Harvest | The Poetry of Kathryn Nuernberger, Sept. 22

Writers Harvest | The Poetry of Kathryn Nuernberger, Sept. 22

The 2016 Writers Harvest welcomes poet Kathryn Nuernberger, along with writers Gwen E. Kirby, Dinty W. Moore, and David Sanders, for a reading on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m., in the Walter Hall Rotunda; $5 suggested donation. By Morgan Cappel, intern for the Office of Special Programs Here, she offers an overview of […]

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September 1, 2016 at 6:45 pmAlumni Events

Alum Named Director of Housing and Residence Life at Marshall University

Mistie Bibbee

Ohio University alum Mistie Bibbee ’97, “a native of Little Hocking, Ohio, has been named the new director of housing and residence life at Marshall University,” the university announced. Bibbee earned a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Bibbee comes to Marshall from […]

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September 1, 2016 at 10:15 amAlumni In the News