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Foster Wins Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching

Jodie Foster, Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2017 and designer of the Anatomy Learning Center.

From Compass Dr. Jodie Foster, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, was named the winner of the Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2017-20. Foster teaches courses on human anatomy and physiology and topics in biological science for non-majors. The other finalists for the award were Rebecca Code (Biomedical Sciences), Pamela […]

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May 12, 2017 at 4:26 pmNews

Abu-Rish Wins Outstanding New Tutor Award from Honors Tutorial College

Abu-Rish Wins Outstanding New Tutor Award from Honors Tutorial College

The Ohio University Honors Tutorial College recently selected Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History, as the recipient for the 2016-17 Outstanding New Tutor Award. This honor “recognizes outstanding tutors who are in their first three years of teaching tutorials.” Tutorials form a signifianct portion of the HTC curriculum. As HTC […]

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May 2, 2017 at 10:31 amNews

History Student Wins Baker Peace Dissertation Fellowship

History Student Wins Baker Peace Dissertation Fellowship

Luke Griffith, a Ph.D. student in the History Department, has been awarded the 2017-18 Baker Peace Dissertation Fellowship. The award is funded by The John and Elizabeth Baker Peace Endowment, created in the 1980s to fund teaching, scholarship, and conferences at Ohio University that promote the study of conflict and […]

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April 27, 2017 at 10:07 amNews Research

History Grad Student Receives Research Grant from African Studies Association

History Grad Student Receives Research Grant from African Studies Association

Sana Saidykhan, an M.A. student in the History Department, was named a 2017 recipient of the Royal Air Maroc-African Studies Association Student Travel Award. The award includes airline tickets between the United States and any Royal Air Maroc (RAM) destination in Africa, and recognizes “outstanding scholarship by future African studies scholars.” Saidykhan is utilizing the […]

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April 27, 2017 at 10:03 amNews Research

History Awards 2017 Eckes Prize to Grace Konyar

Grace Konyar

The History Department awarded Grace Konyar the 2017 Eckes Prize in History. The prize is an annual cash prize of $5,000 awarded to the graduating senior History major with the highest overall GPA. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Emeritus Professor Al Eckes established the prize to recognize superior academic achievement among history majors. Konyar graduated […]

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April 26, 2017 at 11:23 amNews

History Announces 2016-17 Scholarships, Grants, and Essay Competition Winners

History Announces 2016-17 Scholarships, Grants, and Essay Competition Winners

The History Department is pleased to announce the 2016-17 winners of the department’s scholarship, research grant, and essay competitions. While many of these awards are designated for History majors, several of them are available to all OHIO undergraduate students. The department offers an array of annual scholarships and grants that range […]

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April 18, 2017 at 8:51 amNews

Pretorius Wins Literary Prize and OHIO Fellowship

Michelle Pretorius has won a prestigious literary award and OHIO fellowship.

by Kristin M. Distel Michelle Pretorius, doctoral student in fiction, has won a Friends of American Writers literary prize for her debut novel, ‘The Monster’s Daughter.” ‘It Was Hard to Believe This Is a First Book’ “Our reading committee was blown away by the book,” says Tammie Bob, literature awards […]

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April 5, 2017 at 10:48 amNews