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Ohio University’s Between Love and Hate theme presents Social Stratification & Race in Brazil on Thursday, Feb. 15, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Multi-Cultural Center Multipurpose Room (Baker 219). Visiting educators from Brazil discuss the Brazilian education system, class, race and key Brazilian figures such as Maroon freedom […]

English Language Improvement Program faculty contributed to The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, published by Wiley-Blackwell and edited by Dr. Greg Kessler in the Patton College of Education. The contributors include Dr. Dawn Bikowski, ELIP Director; Dr. Joseph Lee, Assistant Director of ELIP; Dr. Lara Wallace, and Dr. Edna Lima. In […]

By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program Ohio University faculty traveled to Ecuador in December as part of a research and community capacity-building project involving local agro-biodiversity and food sovereignty in two regions—Southeastern Ohio and the Andes outside of Quito. The project, “Facilitating & Sharing International Community-Based […]

By Angela Woodward From Compass Ohio University’s Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) is one of 17 institutions nationwide selected to host a Brazilian teacher-training program Over the course of its 50-year history, OPIE has become well known for the outstanding teacher-training programs it has hosted for educators from throughout […]

By Angela Woodward From Compass Ohio University’s Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) ended its 50th anniversary year on an especially high note, receiving the highest degree of initial accreditation from the nation’s leading accrediting body for intensive English programs. Accreditation achievement Established in 1967, OPIE was the first university […]

By Sofía Fernandez Graduate Student in Linguistics at Ohio University Being a graduate student requires a lot of time commitment, especially if you have to combine it with a teaching assistantship position. Here is a list of recommendations to manage both tasks successfully: Remember that you are a student first […]

By Mary Vandeman Professor Keeseok Cho from Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea loved having the opportunity to visit Ohio University during International Education Week. “What a beautiful and friendly campus! Ohio University reminds me of the picturesque images that Korean people have of Western Universities,” he […]