Alumni

On his way to medical school, Devin Patchell ’09 took a global path—to the Negev Desert of southern Israel. One family at a time, he is helping Bedouins and nomadic people with little access to medical care establish a multi-generational shift toward preventive health care based on their unique needs. […]

A zing that comes from having readers affirm his work?  A boost to his spirit? A sign that “I’ve created something unobjectionable enough to get past readers with very different tastes, the aesthetic equivalent of hotel furniture?” Dr. Eric LeMay tells the Competitive Writer blog that winning the Emergency Press’ […]

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources named Ken Fitz ’86 as the executive administrator of law enforcement for the ODNR Division of Wildlife. “Fitz has worked for the ODNR Division of Wildlife since 1996,” reports the Vinton County Courier on June 5. “Ken has done an outstanding job as the […]

The Chillicothe Gazette reported June 3 that alum Amy Rann ’01, who earned a Mathematics degree in the College of Arts & Sciences, is returning to Ohio University for master’s work as a Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellow. Two local educators were among 77 selected as Woodrow Wilson National Fellows. […]

The Athens News reported June 3 that Robert Colyer Wickham, an alum of Ohio University’s College of Arts &Sciences, passed away May 30, at the age of 100. After graduating high school in Salt Lake City, Utah, he came to Athens to attend Ohio University where he graduated in 1937 […]

On April 21, the New York Times announced the marriage of Michael Hartman ’98, an Ohio University Geography-Pre-Law major who is now of counsel at a New York law firm: Dr. Lincy Ann Cherian and Michael Patrick Hartman were married Saturday in the Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. […]

“Srivyal Vuyyuri was 28 when he returned from Ohio University with a degree in M.A. Economics. He could have had the stereotypical life of comfort, but he went ahead and took the responsibility of educating many underprivileged children instead.” Writer Kanchan Agarwal describes Vuyyuri as the man behind Sphoorti, an organization […]