Post Tagged with: "M. Duane Nellis"

Settling Ohio: Stories to Tell, Legacies to Preserve

Chief Glenna Wallace at Settling Ohio conference

The first settlers to Ohio arrived more than 13,000 years ago. They likely traveled a land bridge from Asia down through Western North American, then made their way east to the Ohio Valley. More modern history finds another group of settlers coming from the newly formed republic in Eastern North […]

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February 24, 2020 at 5:21 pmNews

Sigma Xi Chapter Wins Excellence Award

Sarah Wyatt

From Ohio University News Ohio University’s Sigma Xi chapter was honored with a Chapter of Excellence Award for 2018-19 during Sigma Xi’s 120th Assembly of Delegates. Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, focuses on and honors science and engineering research. The society was founded in 1886, with OHIO’s chapter […]

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December 27, 2019 at 12:03 pmNews

Nellis in Dispatch | Civil Discourse Is Skill We Can Learn, Practice

President M. Duane Nellis

Dr. M. Duane Nellis, President of Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Civil discourse is a skill we can learn to practice.” Nellis writes about the National Institute for Civil Discourse “tools that everyone can use in their homes, in their places of work and places of […]

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March 13, 2019 at 8:34 amFaculty in the News In the News

Nellis Calls Chemistry Groundbreaking ‘Exciting Day for Ohio University’

From left, Maddie Sloat, Student Senate President; Dr. Joseph Shields, Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. David Scholl, Chair of the Ohio University Board of Trustees; Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis; Dr. Chaden Djalali, Executive Vice President and Provost; and Maria Modayil, President of the Graduate Student Senate.

 Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis called the groundbreaking for a new chemistry building “an exciting day for Ohio University” as construction gets under way on a major academic building on campus. “It’s been a a few years since we’ve had a focus on a new building for the […]

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December 2, 2018 at 9:20 amNews

Nellis Authors ‘Helping Students Believe College Is Worth the Investment’

President M. Duane Nellis

Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis authored an article headlined “President Speaks: Helping students believe college is ‘worth the investment’” on Education Dive. Despite some recent claims to the contrary, I still believe the United States is a land of opportunity and that higher education remains the key to upward […]

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October 25, 2018 at 5:07 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Alumni News | Dave Levy Touts Value of Arts and Sciences Education

David and Cathy Levy

by Kristin Distel Alum Dave Levy ’78 credits his liberal arts education at OHIO with helping him to realize his potential. “I gained so much at Ohio University: my personal growth, the friendships I still have today, and the lessons I learned that positioned me for my career successes,” Levy […]

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September 18, 2018 at 8:54 amAlumni

Institute Gives High School Students Hands-On Look at Legal System

Institute Gives High School Students Hands-On Look at Legal System

by Kristin Distel More than 40 alumni and guest speakers brought high school students in the Summer Law & Trial Institute face-to-face with legal issues from today’s headlines—and even a mock trial. Twenty high school students from Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia were selected from among a pool of almost […]

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August 17, 2018 at 10:12 amNews