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Sociology Alum Works to End Child Slavery in Haiti

Jaclyn Lynch in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 2017

Ohio University alum Jaclyn Lynch ’14, ’16M is now the Child Sponsorship Coordinator at Restavek Freedom Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to ending restavek, which is a system of child slavery in Haiti. She graduated in 2016 with an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio […]

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August 1, 2017 at 11:30 amAlumni

Marshall Legacy Series | Alum Talks about How Marshall Chose His Generals

Dr. Steve Taaffe

Ohio University alum Dr. Steve Taaffe discussed “Marshall & His Generals” as part of the George C. Marshall Foundation’s Marshall Legacy Series on the World Wars. Taaffe earned a Ph.D. in History and a Certificate in Contemporary History in 1995 from the College of Arts & Sciences, as well as […]

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July 28, 2017 at 1:48 pmAlumni

Living Through 1970 Closure, Campus Riots and Protests

Living Through 1970 Closure, Campus Riots and Protests

by Dave Gibson ’73 Bio: Dave Gibson graduated from Ohio University in 1973 and became a high school history teacher. For most of his career, he worked as an administrator for SOITA Learning Technologies in Oxford, Ohio. He received a master’s degree from Wright State University in 1981 and was […]

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July 26, 2017 at 10:08 amAlumni

Spanish Alum Robert Wenger Passes at 85

Robert D. Wenger

Ohio University alum Maj. Robert D. Wenger passed away at the age of 85, reports the Daily News Record (Harrisonburg, VA). Wenger earned an M.A. in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1971. Robert Dale Wenger (United States Air Force, retired), age 85, of Harrisonburg, Va., died […]

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July 18, 2017 at 7:03 pmAlumni

Wanczyk Authors First Book about Blind Baseball

Dr. David Wanczyk

Ohio University alum and English faculty member Dr. David Wanczyk has authored the first book about blind baseball. Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind comes out in hardcover on Oct. 1. “For me, the important thing was to tell the story of beep baseball without idealizing and […]

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July 18, 2017 at 11:08 amAlumni Research

Rossiter Named Professor Emerita, Revered by Alumni

Professor Emerita Rose Rossiter

Dr. Rosemary Rossiter recently was named Professor Emerita of Economics by the Ohio University Board of Trustees. Rossiter has been a member of the Economics Department at Ohio University for 34 years. “She has distinguished herself as a teacher, mentor, and researcher. She has also made major contributions to the […]

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July 13, 2017 at 4:05 pmNews

MCB Alum | Elahu Gosney Sustarsic Finds ‘Dream Job’ in Denmark

Zack Gerhart-Hines, Elahu Gosney Sustarsic and John Kopchick, Copenhagen, 2015

  By Elahu Gosney Sustarsic ’03 B.S. in Chemistry—Biochemistry and ’13 Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology—Biological Sciences My time at Ohio University with the Molecular and Cellular Biology program prepared me well for my current research. Specifically, the mentorship of John Kopchick, Darlene Berryman and Ed List taught me […]

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July 13, 2017 at 1:10 pmAlumni Research