Alumni

Happy Beginnings | Hartsough Says Recruiting Fulfills the Sociologist in Her

Samantha "Sam" Hartsough

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Samantha Hartsough ’16 ’17M is enjoying her second job after graduating with a master’s in Sociology in 2017. She earned B.A.s in Psychology and Sociology-Criminology from […]

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June 5, 2018 at 4:22 pmAlumni

Wolfort to Arts & Sciences Grads: You’re in High Demand

Wolfort to Arts & Sciences Grads: You’re in High Demand

Editor’s Note: David Wolfort ’74, former chair of the Ohio University Board of Trustees, shared the following job search strategy during the College of Arts & Sciences Career and Networking Week. We Want People Who Are Ambitious and Have Great Intellect By David A. Wolfort ’74 President of Olympic Steel […]

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June 5, 2018 at 9:08 amAlumni News

Grad Practicum Experience Leads to Job as Case Manager

Lillia Sammler

Lillia Sammler ’17 opted for the Practicum track in the Sociology Graduate Program and is glad she did. Connect with her on LinkedIn. She graduated with her B.A. degrees in Psychology and Sociology-Criminology in 2017 and started the Masters in Sociology program that fall semester. She finished up all of […]

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May 24, 2018 at 9:30 amAlumni

Alumni News | Phipps Leaves Retirement to Treat Opioid Epidemic in Washington County

Brent Phipps

By Brent Phipps ’89M It was harder to move away from southern Ohio than I imagined. Eastern North Carolina likes cake. Not much in the way of fruit pies, like apple or blackberry. That seems to be more a western North Carolina item. I had ridden most of the roads […]

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May 24, 2018 at 8:11 amAlumni

Alumni News | Messitt Hired as National Director of Report for America

Maggie Messitt

by Dinty W. Moore Dr. Maggie Messitt ’17, a graduate of the English Ph.D. program in Creative Writing, was named national director of Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project. Report for America is a newly launched national service program deploying outstanding emerging and established journalists into newsrooms around […]

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May 8, 2018 at 2:18 pmAlumni

Alumni News | Gai Featured for Bringing Research Experience to Cancer Treatment

Dr. Bill Gai

The Carroll County Times (Maryland) interviewed Dr. Bill Gai in a story headlined “Dr. Bill Gai brings medical research expertise to cancer treatment at Carroll Hospital.” Gai earned a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. A new oncologist began seeing […]

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May 7, 2018 at 5:07 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

WOUB Studio B Interview’s Wanczyk about Book on Baseball for the Blind

Dr. David Wanczyk

In the May 7 installment of Conversations From Studio B, Dr. David Wanczyk speaks with WOUB’s Emily Votaw about his first book, Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind published on opening day by Swallow Press. “The book examines the fascinating world of the National Beep Baseball Association, […]

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May 7, 2018 at 4:49 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News