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Dr. Dawn Bikowski, Director of the English Language Improvement Program (ELIP) in the Linguistics Department at Ohio University, was quoted in an April 24 Chronicle of Higher Education article on “How colleges help foreign grad students with teaching.” The article is also available at University World News. “For colleges, the […]

Ohio University alum Donnell Haynes ’78 passed away on April 26, reports the Richland Source. Donnell H. “Hap” Haynes Sr., 74, passed this life on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 in Ohio Health MedCentral Mansfield Hospital after an extended illness. Mr. Haynes was born on Saturday, April 4, 1942 to Leonard […]

Dr. Elizabeth Lee, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, recently discussed her “new book about class inequality at an elite university” with Inside Higher Ed’s Josh Logue in an article on “Class and Campus Life.” “Campus protests have triggered wide-ranging discussion and debate about race. And, because some of […]

Ohio University alum Chuck Lorenz ’74M is retiring after 41 years at HARCATUS, a community action organization based in Dennision, OH, reports the Times Reporter. Lorenz earned a master’s in government, a Political Science degree from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Looking back on 41 years […]

Ohio University alum Tatiana Dolgushina ’12 “wants to tackle a question that, up until now, has not been clearly answered,” writes Frank Garza in the Brownsville Herald. Dolgushina, now a graduate student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, earned a B.S. in Wildlife and Conservation Biology from the […]

The Post, Ohio University’s student newspaper, quoted Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, in an April 20 story on “OU offers educational opportunity, degrees for students in prison.” “Sean Bearden graduated with an associate’s degree from Ohio University without stepping foot in Athens or outside of Collins Correctional Facility […]

Ohio University alum Jeff Boals ’95 has been named the new head basketball coach at Stony Brook University. Boals, who earned a B.S. in Biology Pre-Physical Therapy, had been serving as an assistant to Ohio State University coach Thad Matta. Stony Brook announced Boals as the program’s 11th head coach […]