Post Tagged with: "English News"

Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence was co-edited by Talinn Phillips (Associate Professor of English at Ohio University) and Ryan Dippre of the University of Maine and published by the WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado. This edited collection represents the work of the Writing Through the Lifespan Collaboration, […]

The Ohio University community mourns Dr. James E. Davis, retired professor and chair of English, who passed away on Jan. 8, according to his obituary. Professor Davis received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Morehead State University and taught English at MSU and in high school for eleven years. He did […]

While looking at colleges her senior year of high school, OHIO senior Olivia Gemarro stumbled upon OU and fell in love with what it had to offer. “I wanted a more personable academic experience with a relatively small student-to-faculty ratios, I immediately fell in love with OU and haven’t looked […]

Dr. Harold Roland Swardson, a professor of English at Ohio University for 47 years, died on Dec. 22, according to his obituary. “Generations of students were treated to his courses on the Bible as Literature, 17th-Century Poetry and Great Books. Long after he could have taken it easy with graduate […]

The Awate Team published a review of an interview with Dr. Ghirmai Negash on the situation in the Horn of Africa. Negash is Professor of English and Director of the African Studies program at Ohio University. As far as we are concerned, as Professor Ghirmai clearly explained, the key issues […]

The Cleveland Jewish News reports that Ohio University alumnus Leslie Silver ’71 passed away on Dec. 21, 2020. Leslie graduated Shaker Heights High School in 1967 and then attended Ohio University. He was a charter member of the Marching 110 and played trombone. Leslie graduated from O.U. with his Bachelor’s […]

Ohio University alumna Roberta Milliken BA ’85, MA ’87 was among four new deans named by Ohio University Regional Higher Education, according to an OHIO news release. Roberta Milliken, Ph.D., will join the Chillicothe Campus from Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, where she has served as the dean of […]