In Class

“I felt empowered by the first break into the ground. It really felt like I was uncovering the past through my efforts,” says Megan Norris ’14, who spent a month on a dig in Israel in summer 2013. “Every part of the work during the dig felt magical. It was […]

“Tucked away in the unlikely hills of West Virginia stands a remarkable community brought together by a common belief,” says Sharon Fritz ’15. “The beauty of rural West Virginia is surpassed by the splendor of the temples and grounds of New Vrindaban, and by the hospitality of the devotees,” she […]

Voices filled the room as pairs of graduate students and interviewers performed mock job interviews face-to-face or via Skype. In ELIP 5320 Oral Communication for the Graduate Researcher, students and community members teamed up for the interview role play on March 25. “Bringing complete strangers in, especially those with plenty […]

Race Cards: Political science students used six words or less on cards “to stage a conversation about race and just kind of illustrate for the theater students in the audience how complicated and convoluted and complex racial issues really can be,” said Jack Bryne. Acting It Out: Theater students produced […]

By Drs. Justin Frantz, Ken Hicks and David Ingram Physics & Astronomy What was it like before being flipped? Here’s some background: The course General Physics had been taught in a standard lecture-style format, with a primary audience of engineering students who are required to pass it to complete their […]

Gravity. Actors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney provided a theatrical look at how humans might experience the lack of gravity in space. But what about plants? Humans have touched the moon and sequenced the human genome. But answers to how plants respond to gravity are just now being unlocked—by students […]

By Andrea Frazier from Compass Students in an introductory-level Political Science course are engaging with the local community to raise awareness about the detriment of puppy mills and to make positive change at Ohio University and in the Athens area. The course, POLS 1600: Engaging Politics, is taught by Dr. […]