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The Newark Advocate reports that Zane Trace High School senior Autumn Pack—recipient of a highly competitive $50,000 Most Valuable Student national scholarship from the Elks National Foundation—plans to study Psychology and Business at Ohio University in the fall. The Elks National Foundation last month invited Pack to Chicago, where she competed […]

The Sandusky Register reports that Ohio University alum Eric Wobser ’02 is the new City Manager of Sandusky, OH. Wobser earned a B.A. in Political Science Pre-Law from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, followed by a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. Eric […]

WOUB reports that Ohio University alum Art Oestrike ’01, ’08MA is planning to expand his brewing operations in Athens to meet growing demand for Jackie O’s beer as sales expand across the state. Oestrike earned a B.A. in Russian and an M.A. in Linguistics from the College of Arts & […]

CBC News interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a May 4 report on “Why over 250 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remain missing.” It’s been nearly three weeks since men dressed as soldiers kidnapped more than 300 girls from a Nigerian boarding school, an attack […]

“Tylisha Allen, 2014 Asbury Park (NJ) High School valedictorian, has received the Daley Cutler Scholar Award, a four-year undergraduate scholarship to Ohio University,” reports the Asbury Park Press. Allen will study in the College of Arts & Sciences Psychology program. “Allen is an active community volunteer, having served as peer […]

Dr. Steve Miner, Professor of History and Director of the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University, was interviewed by Canada’s CTV News Today on April 21 as Vice President Joe Biden was in Kiev for the highest-level visit yet from a U.S. official since the start of the crisis in […]

Dr. Zakes Mda, Professor of Creative Writing: Fiction and Ohio University alum, will receive an honorary degree at Dartmouth College’s commencement in June, reports the Valley News (NH). Dartmouth Now further reports that Mda, a novelist, poet, playwright and professor, will receive a Doctor of Arts. Mda is also an […]