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Dr. Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, continues to serve as Membership Chairperson on the Steering Committee for the Appalachian Studies Association. In this role, she is responsible for devising strategies to ensure that the membership base remains sustainable, engaged, and diverse. This year Terman led a […]

By Kacey Schaum Assistant Director of the Career and Leadership Development Center for the College of Arts & Sciences While we hope that you spent at least a portion of your summer relaxing and enjoying your time away from campus, we also hope that you made it a priority to […]

From the Center for Campus Engagement Newsletter The CCCE is very proud to recognize Dr. Theresa Moran as this month’s Engagement Rock Star! Moran has been incorporating community-engaged learning into the classes she teaches as the director of the Food Studies theme as well developing volunteer, internship, and study-away opportunities […]

The College of Arts & Sciences welcomes eight new faculty to senior leadership positions in chairs and programs across the college. “I am very grateful that so many of my faculty colleagues are willing to step up and take on the responsibilities of department chair. This is one of the […]

As part of the new president’s initiative to learn more about Ohio University and the Athens community, President M. Duane Nellis and his wife, Ruthie, toured the Plant Biology Learning Gardens with Food Studies theme students and faculty on June 29. Mentioning his deep interest in Appalachia’s agricultural history, the […]

Professor Emeritus Gifford Doxsee, age 93, died July 16 in Athens. He was a retired professor of History at Ohio University and a past director of the African Studies program. He joined the History Department in 1958, teaching European, Middle Eastern, and African history. He retired in 1994. Doxsee served […]

By Angela Green ’19 Junior in Social Work and Wealth and Poverty Certificate Intern with Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Multi-colored lawn chairs, fold-up tables and benches, and food are hoisted by neighbor’s hands out of the truck to the park. Greetings fill the air as we gather again […]