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by Lydia Deakin Linguistics Department, ELIP TA   Unbeknownst to many on campus, something new, innovative, and exciting is happening in Gordy Hall: a freshman composition course for multilingual students in business is being taught through the use of an iBook. Customized iBook Offers Increased Interactivity This new technology is […]

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Somewhere between West Virginia and Bighorn Basin, students developed the essential ability to “see” the geology. The summer of 2014 saw another successful edition of the Ohio University Field Camp, with 15 students and four faculty. Starting in West Virginia, and Chili at Dr. Green’s […]

Students in a poetry course associated with the War & Peace curricular theme organized a local celebration as part of a worldwide day of recognition for the poet, teacher and peace activist William Stafford and his centennial year on Saturday, Sept. 20. The ENG 3620: 104 Creative Writing Poetry Workshop […]

“Tucked away in the unlikely hills of West Virginia stands a remarkable community brought together by a common belief,” says Sharon Fritz ’15. “The beauty of rural West Virginia is surpassed by the splendor of the temples and grounds of New Vrindaban, and by the hospitality of the devotees,” she […]

Voices filled the room as pairs of graduate students and interviewers performed mock job interviews face-to-face or via Skype. In ELIP 5320 Oral Communication for the Graduate Researcher, students and community members teamed up for the interview role play on March 25. “Bringing complete strangers in, especially those with plenty […]

Allison Durkee ’13 has already been to the top of the world. At least that’s what the wooden signpost said. “Top of the World Store and Hotel … supplies and gas.” Somewhere in the northern Rockies. But there was no hotel for Durkee and the other students in the geology […]

Race Cards: Political science students used six words or less on cards “to stage a conversation about race and just kind of illustrate for the theater students in the audience how complicated and convoluted and complex racial issues really can be,” said Jack Bryne. Acting It Out: Theater students produced […]