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CHI Director’s Message | Challenging Dialogues, Alumni and Veterans This Fall

Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer

By Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer Associate Professor of History & Director of the Contemporary History Institute 2018-19 is shaping up to be an exciting year for our students and faculty affiliates at the Contemporary History Institute. We’ll get to interact with outstanding scholars from different fields and disciplines (History, International Studies […]

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August 22, 2018 at 11:10 amNews

42 Saudi Educators Spending Year at OHIO in School Leadership Immersion Program

Khbrat participants at Nelson Commons.

Forty-two educators from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are spending a year at Ohio University in a professional development program dubbed the “Khbrat” program, which means “experience” in Arabic. Building Leadership for Change Through School Immersion: The OHIO Experience “Khbrat” Program is a collaborative involving the Ohio Program of Intensive […]

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August 20, 2018 at 2:30 pmNews

Working on the Wayne | Pollination Station

Zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) on butterfly weed

By Shelby Kihm Field Ecology major interning at the Wayne National Forest Hello everyone, botany intern back at it again. As we all may know the milkweed plant is very important for the cycle of the monarch caterpillar. The caterpillars will only eat milkweed plants (Asclepias sp.), and the butterflies […]

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August 19, 2018 at 3:36 pmNews

Career Corner | Register Now for Sept. 26 Bobcat Breakfast with Employers, Alumni

Kacey Schaum

By Kacey Schaum Assistant Director for the Career and Leadership Development Center Are you attending Ohio University’s Fall Career & Internship Fair? If so, we’d like to invite you to join us for a Bobcat Breakfast on the morning of Sept. 26! Students and alumni employers are invited to the […]

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August 17, 2018 at 3:07 pmAnnouncements News

Institute Gives High School Students Hands-On Look at Legal System

Institute Gives High School Students Hands-On Look at Legal System

by Kristin Distel More than 40 alumni and guest speakers brought high school students in the Summer Law & Trial Institute face-to-face with legal issues from today’s headlines—and even a mock trial. Twenty high school students from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia were selected from among a pool of almost […]

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August 17, 2018 at 10:12 amNews

Arts & Sciences Welcomes New Faculty This Fall

Arts & Sciences Welcomes New Faculty This Fall

The College of Arts & Sciences welcomes many new faculty members this fall. “We’re pleased to welcome an outstanding new cohort of faculty to support the College’s academic programs,” said Dr. Joseph Shields, Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. “These individuals bring deep disciplinary knowledge and experience […]

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August 17, 2018 at 8:14 amNews

Two Programs Receive INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Two Programs Receive INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Today two Ohio University programs received the 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education: Tech Savvy OHIO, for girls in grades 6-9 from the Appalachian region in Ohio and West Virginia, is full day of […]

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August 15, 2018 at 11:55 amNews