Post Tagged with: "alumni"

Alum Speaks to Sociology Class about Career in Criminal Justice

Marc Houk, a member of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Parole Board, speaks to a sociology class about a career in criminal justice.

Photographer: Katelyn Vancouver/Ohio University

Ohio University alumnus Marc Houk recently spoke to students in the sociology class, “Punishment and Society,” under the instruction of professor Nicole Kaufman in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Houk is one of two former wardens from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to visit the class, along […]

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November 10, 2014 at 7:05 pmAlumni In Class News

English Alum Helping Athens Library with Digital Literacy Pilot

Ohio University alum Shaila Meeker ’14 is an AmeriCorps member helping Athens County Public Libraries in a pilot program called Guiding Ohio Online, reports the Athens News. Guiding Ohio Online places AmeriCorps members in rural Ohio libraries to deliver digital literacy training through computer classes, one-on-one computer assistance, and outreach. […]

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November 10, 2014 at 6:14 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Gazette Writes About Alum and Her Best-Selling Novels

The Chillicothe Gazette writes about Ohio University alum Karen Harper ’67 returning to Chillicothe, the setting for her best-selling novels, for a reading. Harper earned a B.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. CHILLICOTHE – A New York Times bestselling author from Columbus whose […]

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November 6, 2014 at 6:11 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

BBC Interviews History Alum on North Korean Leader’s Health

Adam Cathcart

The BBC Newshour interviewed Ohio University alum Dr. Adam Cathcart about North Korea this week. Cathcart is a Lecturer in Chinese History at the University of Leeds. He earned a music degree at Ohio University, followed by an M.A. and a Ph.D. in History from the College of Arts & […]

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November 6, 2014 at 1:52 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Hembree Presents ‘Paleosols and Ichnofossils of the Monongahela and Dunkard Groups’

Dr. Daniel Hembree presented “Paleosols and Ichnofossils of the Monongahela and Dunkard Groups: A Multi-Proxy Approach to Understanding Late Paleozoic Terrestrial Landscapes” in October at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hembree is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. His co-author was Ohio […]

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November 4, 2014 at 8:34 pmResearch

Jennifer Bauer Presents ‘Phylogenetic Paleobiogeography of Late Ordovician Laurentian Brachiopod’

Ohio University geology alum Jennifer Bauer ’14MS presented a paper on “Phylogenetic Paleobiogeography of Late Ordovician Laurentian Brachiopods” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of American in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bauer is now a Ph.D. candidate with the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at the University […]

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November 4, 2014 at 7:53 pmResearch

Sarah Maj Presents Poster on Role of Irons Oxidation, Preciptation Aluminum & Iron Minerals in Acid Mine Drainage Recovery

Geological Sciences graduate student Sarah Maj presented a poster on “Role of Irons Oxidation and Preciptation Aluminum and Iron Minerals in the Recovery of an Acid Mine Drainage Remediated Stream: Hewett Fork, Ohio” at the October annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia Her co-authors […]

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November 4, 2014 at 2:51 pmResearch