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Two Alumni: A Search through 50 Years, Two Countries

Two Alumni: A Search through 50 Years, Two Countries

50 Years Ago In the fall of 1960, 18-year-old Les LeFevre, from the small town of Madeira, OH, went off to Ohio University in the rural hills of southeastern Ohio. He was assigned to Lincoln Hall, the newest dormitory on the East Green. Not long after, he met and became friends […]

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May 29, 2013 at 12:31 pmAlumni

Professionalization: Mentoring Grad Students Into Professors

Professionalization: Mentoring Grad Students Into Professors

Mentoring Ph.D. candidates goes well beyond scholarship and subject matter, says Dr. Amritjit Singh, Professor of English, who is helping to lead a conversation about “professionalization” in Ph.D. programs. At the most recent annual MELUS conference in Pittsburgh, Singh led a panel and participated in two others. These conversations included […]

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May 24, 2013 at 3:30 pmNews

Spanish Alum Gets Kentucky Teacher Award

Justin List ’04, ho teaches third though 12th grade Spanish at the Augusta Independent School System, was among the Kentucky teachers honored by Campbellsville University on May 11, as reported by the Ledger Independent on May 21. Campbellsville University began the Excellence in Teaching Awards Program in 1987 to recognize the […]

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May 23, 2013 at 3:57 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

D.C. Alumni Talk Cyber Security at Washington Forum

D.C. Alumni Talk Cyber Security at Washington Forum

By Amista Lipot More than 60 Ohio University alumni attended the Washington Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 14 at the Capitol Visitor Center. The event, focusing on cyber security and homeland defense, was the second in a series aimed at reconnecting alumni in the nation’s capital to […]

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May 21, 2013 at 4:44 pmAlumni News

History Alum Writes About Sequestration, Nation-Building

Ohio University alum Jeremi Suri ’96M is the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin.  He earned an M.A. in History with a thesis on “Cold War Legitimacy in Crisis: An International History of Détente,” […]

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May 14, 2013 at 3:26 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alice Lloyd College Honors Plant Biology Alum for Teaching Excellence

Alice Lloyd College announced May 13 that Ohio University alum Dr. Janelle Pryor, who earned a Ph.D. in Plant Biology, was awarded the college’s Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. PIPPA PASSES, Ky. — Each year, Alice Lloyd College honors outstanding members of the campus community with awards that reflect […]

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May 14, 2013 at 1:04 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

Talk About Being Popular: Twin Brothers Write the Book

Talk About Being Popular: Twin Brothers Write the Book

Twin brothers came to Ohio University. One majored in Psychology. The other in History. What are they doing now? David and Jonathan Bennett are working on being popular—and helping others be successful  and popular. They decided to study the science behind popularity, test the theories—and write a practical book to […]

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May 13, 2013 at 8:38 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News