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Alumni News | Phyllis Ann Talley Passes at 91

Phyllis Ann Talley

Ohio University alumna Phyllis Ann (Patterson) Talley of Dublin, Ohio, died Dec. 30 at the age of 91, reports the Roanoke Times. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 1950. …A graduate of M&M High School in McConnelsville, Ohio, […]

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January 6, 2020 at 8:00 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Career Week | English Career Panels, Jan. 31

Elena Kennedy

Students are invited to meet and network with three Ohio University alumni at the English Career Panels on Friday, Jan. 31, in Ellis 109 on the Athens Campus. Students can attend either session: 11:50 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. 1:10 to 1:55 p.m. This event is part of the College of […]

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January 1, 2020 at 4:30 pmEvents

Alumni News | Fuller Publishes ‘Got Gout’ for Folger Shakespeare Library

April Fuller

By Regina Yoong Ohio University alumna April Fuller recently co-authored a post with Laurel Bassett on “Got Gout? Eighteenth-Century Global “Remedies” in Mary Kettilby’s Receipt Book” for The Folger Shakespeare Library. “The post came out of a brief collaborative paper that a classmate and I wrote in a seminar class. […]

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December 17, 2019 at 10:05 amAlumni

Linguistics Colloquium | Alum Kessler on Longitudinal Study of L2 Writers’ Metacognitive Genre Development, Feb. 7

Matt Kessler

The Linguistics Colloquium series presents Ohio University alum Matt Kessler discussing “What you know, how you use it, and why: A longitudinal study of L2 writers’ metacognitive genre development” on Friday, Feb. 7. from 12:55 to 1:55 p.m. in Gordy 301. Kessler is a Ph.D. student and teaching and research […]

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December 2, 2019 at 2:15 pmAlumni Events

Notable Alumni | Aaron Schwarz Advancing Digital Platforms

Aaron Schwarz. Photo by Hannah Ruhoff

By Regina Yoong Update: Aaron Schwarz went from earning a degree in English to managing digital platforms for American Airlines and then managing mobile apps for Neiman Marcus Group. Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni Awards honor alumni for broad career accomplishments, commitment to community service, […]

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October 19, 2019 at 4:13 pmAlumni News

Gradin, Alumni Edit Book on ‘Storytelling in Queer Appalachia’

Gradin, Alumni Edit Book on ‘Storytelling in Queer Appalachia’

Ohio University alumni and faculty Dr. Hillery Glasby, Dr. Sherrie Gradin and Dr. Rachael Ryerson edited the book Storytelling in Queer Appalachia: Imagining and Writing the Unspeakable Other, published by the West Virginia University Press. Listen to Gradin and Ryerson in a podcast with Athens High School students. Gradin is […]

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October 4, 2019 at 2:00 pmResearch

Alumni News | Jack Kolkmeyer, from Peace Corps to Poetry

Jack Kolkmeyer’s poetry and writings have appeared  in  Sphere, Gulcher, Mothering Magazine, The Beat, The Santa Fe Reporter, The Writers Place, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Liberian Studies Journal, Crosswinds, Practicing Planner and The Liberian Literary Magazine.

Ohio University alum Jack Kolkmeyer’s fourth book of poetry, Deeper Soul, is about to be published.  Kolkmeyer ’68 studied English Literature/Creative Writing at Ohio University in the 1960s, where he developed a special interest in the Romantic, Imagist and Beat poets. He was the Editor of  Sphere, the Ohio […]

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September 27, 2019 at 4:20 pmAlumni