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Mapping New Worlds Of Interdisciplinary Enquiry is a new faculty learning community. Mapping New Worlds of Interdisciplinary Enquiry seeks to facilitate the development of emergent interdisciplinary areas of study through the definition of their boundaries, the articulation of the questions they seek to answer and the controversies they embrace, along […]

By Kristina Guyton OPIE Lecturer and Socio-Cultural Coordinator About a hundred Ohio Program of Intensive English students and faculty gathered Friday, March 20 for an evening at Rollerbowl. For many students, it was their first time bowling and included challenges such as figuring out what size of bowling shoe they needed (shoe sizes […]

By Tetyana Dovbnya OPIE and College of Arts & Sciences International Student Adviser The first university classes are never easy, both for domestic and—especially so—for international students. The higher education system is complex and requires time as well as effort to navigate it with ease and confidence. Therefore, the Ohio […]

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 […]

The tandem between the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) and the Department of Linguistics has an old tradition and a solid foundation. It would not be a mistake to say that the two entities complement each other’s mission through creating various opportunities for OPIE and Linguistics faculty and students […]

The Staff Award for Excellence in Global Engagement was presented to Dr. Gerard Krzic, Director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) in the Linguistics Department at Ohio University. The award was presented Nov. 20 at Ohio University International Education Week (IEW) festivities. The Awards for Excellence in Global […]

An article on “As Africa’s Cities Change, So Does Youth Slang” on The Atlantic’s City Lab quotes Dr. Peter Githinji, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Ohio University. The fusion languages springing up now in Africa’s cities, however, are likely just the beginning. Africa’s urbanization rate will be among the world’s […]