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Grad Students Build Communication that Stretches Beyond Borders

Phally Ngoeum (right) and Md Nazimuddin (left) enjoy class discussions.
    Phally Ngoeum (right) and Md Nazimuddin (left) enjoy class discussions.

By Andrea Wurm Phally Ngoeum, a graduate student from Cambodia, believes in the power of communication. Connecting with people is one reason that she values Oral Communication in Graduate Studies (ELIP 5300). This 3-credit hour class gives her a platform to voice her opinion. “Communicating helps me reduce the gender […]

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November 30, 2016 at 12:12 pmIn Class News

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

Saudi Arabian Faculty Conduct Research with A&S Faculty in Summer Program

Saudi Arabian Faculty Conduct Research with A&S Faculty in Summer Program

This article was provided by the Office of Global Affairs and International Studies. An innovative summer program at Ohio University is now leading to new areas of research and collaboration for OHIO faculty members with a partner university in Saudi Arabia. The summer program, the first Ohio Faculty Research Academy, […]

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September 29, 2016 at 9:45 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

Krzic Publishes Study Guide for the Korean Transformation DVD

Krzic Publishes Study Guide for the Korean Transformation DVD

Dr. Gerard A. Krzic, Director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English, published a Study Guide for the Korean Transformation DVD. It was published by Friends of Korean and funded by the Korea Foundation. The guide will be used in the public schools in the United States. He also wrote […]

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August 30, 2016 at 4:28 pmResearch

Thompson Participates in Tsunami Relief Forum in Japan

Dr. Chris Thompson with a photo taken of participants in the 2015 September edition of the OHIO-IPU Tsunami Relief Project.

Dr. Christopher S. Thompson, Associate Professor and Chair of Linguistics, has been invited by Iwate Prefectural University in Morioka, Japan, to participate in a Tsunami Relief Forum on July 16-17. The purpose of the forum is to celebrate five years of successful tsunami relief collaboration activity between Ohio University and […]

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July 14, 2016 at 12:36 pmNews