Post Tagged with: "Linguistics alumni"

Two Students, Professors Join Sixth Year of Tsunami Volunteer Project in Japan

From left, in the foreground inside fish chute: OHIO Sophomore Nick Farris and Senior Ben Piper help to scrub clean the concrete fish-egg chutes at a local fish hatchery used to dispense fertilized salmon roe into a nearby river as part of the OHIO-IPU Tsunami Volunteer Project Project year six that took place on the Iwate coast on Sept. 24 and 25.

Ben Piper ’17 and Nick Farris ’19 participated in year six of the OHIO – Iwate Prefectural University Tsunami Volunteer Project in Japan on Sept. 24 and 25. Both students are currently on OHIO’s Chubu University Japanese Language Study Abroad Program in the city of Kasugai (near Nagoya) in Aichi […]

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October 17, 2016 at 11:46 amNews

Linguistics Alumni Couple Off to Penn State for Ph.D.s

J. Elliott Casal and Alba Garcia Alonso, now earning Ph.D.s at Penn StateInternational Convention in Baltimore in 2016. He is pictured here with Dr. Lara Wallace, also in ELIP and the Linguistics Department.

By Blake Schenerlein and Dawn Bikowski Life has been quite the whirlwind for two Ohio University alums who made trips across the world to complete their education and gain experience in America. This husband and wife duo, J. Elliott Casal (originally from Virginia) and Alba Garcia Alonso (originally from Spain), […]

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September 29, 2016 at 8:52 amAlumni

OHIO Continues Post-Tsunami Relationship With Iwate Prefectural University

OHIO Continues Post-Tsunami Relationship With Iwate Prefectural University

Dr. Tomomasa Sasa of Iwate Prefectural University, Japan made his fifth visit to Ohio University on Sept. 8 and 9 to confirm the details of plans to bring nine of his students from IPU to OHIO next March for a short-term intensive English Study Abroad Program designed by the Ohio […]

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September 12, 2016 at 5:17 pmNews

Faculty, Staff Get Moment with Hilary Clinton

From left, Sharell Arocho, Hillary Clinton and Dr. Sarah Pogionne on May 3 in Athens.

From the alum who hosted her to the faculty and staff who got to meet her, Hillary Clinton’s visit to Ohio University brought some excitement to what is normally a quiet week between finals and the start of the summer session. “It wasn’t planned, but when the opportunity arose because […]

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May 4, 2016 at 9:59 amNews

Alum Finds Inspiration and Puts Skills to Work in Turkey

Lydia Deakin in Turkey

By Dawn Bikowski The cries of a street vendor, riding through the early morning street on a bicycle cart, peddling a Turkish bread ring covered in sesame seeds, mingled with the early morning call to prayer from a nearby mosque frequently serves as Lydia Deakin’s wake-up alarm. To get to […]

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February 2, 2016 at 1:27 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Jackie O’s Owner Teaches Business Problem Solving in ELIP 1300

Jackie O's owner Art Oestrike teaching ELIP students about problem solving.

By Kelley Bodwell If you’ve been in Athens for a while, you’ve probably heard of alum Art Oestrike, or at least visited one of his local businesses. What many probably don’t know is that this local entrepreneur and owner of the popular brewpub Jackie O’s as well as Bagel Street […]

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November 2, 2015 at 4:38 pmNews

Linguistics Alum Gives Water Conservation Tips in Bryan, OH

Ohio University alum Lou Pendleton ’85M was part of a presentation on Bryan (OH) Municipal Utilities and water issues in May, reports the ColumbusCEO website. Pendleton has three master’s degrees from Ohio University, including an M.A. in Linguistics from the College of Arts & Sciences. Lou graduated from Fairview High […]

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June 9, 2014 at 12:08 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News