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Political Science Alum Gives Chillicothe MLK Keynote

Political Science Alum Gives Chillicothe MLK Keynote

Ohio University alum Luke Feeney ’02, Chillicothe City Auditor, was the featured speaker at Chillicothe’s 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration on Jan.20, reported the Newark Advocate. Feeney majored in Political Science Pre-Law and earned his degree from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. He is […]

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January 20, 2014 at 8:51 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Political Science Alum on Akron City Council Says Service Is Important

“Rich Swirsky was sworn in as the new Ward 1 member of Akron City Council last month, but he said he began serving constituents before he took the oath of office,” reports the Akron West Side Ledger. The concept of service is just something that’s important to him, Swirsky explained. […]

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January 12, 2014 at 3:26 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

AP: OHIO Alum, Former President of Mississippi University for Women, Killed in Accident

The Associated Press reported that Ohio University alum James Walter Strobel ’55, former President of Mississippi University for Women, died in a car accident in Florida. Strobel majored in Plant Biology and earned his degree from the College of Arts & Sciences. MUW made the announcement in a news release […]

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January 12, 2014 at 2:13 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

The Man Behind ‘Marie Antoinette’s Head’

The Man Behind ‘Marie Antoinette’s Head’

Before Marie Antoinette’s famous date with the guillotine in 1793, her head was the envy of French society, thanks to hairdresser Leonard Autié. Were those 30-pound elaborate wigs part of the frivolity and follies that would help make her the last queen of France? Leonard Autié is the subject of a […]

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January 12, 2014 at 11:02 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alum Establishes Scholarship for Geological Sciences Majors

By Jennifer Bowie Ohio University alumnus A. Allen Middleman has established a new scholarship to support Geological Sciences students. Middleman, who earned his master’s of science in geology from OHIO in 1976, has committed more than $100,000 to The Ohio University Foundation to create the Travis C. Middleman Scholarship. “I […]

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January 10, 2014 at 8:00 amAlumni

Contemporary History: The Cross and the Sword, Feb. 27

Contemporary History:  The Cross and the Sword, Feb. 27

The Contemporary History Institute welcomes one of its own, alumni Dr. Jeremy Hatfield, who will speak on Thursday, Feb. 27, in Baker 242 at 4:30 p.m. to open the Spring Semester Lecture Series. Dr. Hatfield received his Ph.D. in History from the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences in 2013. He […]

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January 2, 2014 at 3:09 amEvents

Eagle Gazette: Political Science Alum Honored in Registry

Ohio University alum Sean L. Tolentino ’02M, an environmental specialist with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, has been selected as an Honored Lifetime Member of the Covington Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry, the Lancaster Eagle Gazette reported Dec. 19. Tolentino earned an M.A. in Political Sciences from the College […]

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December 23, 2013 at 8:11 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News