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Japanese students return to Chubu with new English skills, fun memories

Japanese students return to Chubu with new English skills, fun memories

From Ohio University News Chubu University students returned home to Japan in July after spending four months in Athens in an English as a second language program with the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE). The Chubu students—46 of them—studied abroad in Athens to improve their English skills, immerse themselves in […]

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August 4, 2022 at 4:02 pmNews

Fulbright Scholars program ‘brings the world to Athens’ this summer

Fulbright Scholars program ‘brings the world to Athens’ this summer

From Ohio University News Thirty international scholars from 21 countries arrived in Athens in mid-July to spend a month with the Ohio Intensive English Program (OPIE), refining their English language skills and experiencing a cultural immersion before they head to graduate schools across the country. The Fulbright English for Graduate […]

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August 1, 2022 at 11:11 amNews

OHIO welcomed delegates from Andijan State University, Uzbekistan, during International Education Week 2021

OHIO welcomed ASU delegates as special guests during the 2021 IEW Gala.

From Ohio University News Hosted by the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) in the College of Arts & Sciences and Office of Global Affairs, delegates from Andijan State University (ASU) in Uzbekistan visited Ohio University’s Athens campus during the week of Nov. 15-19. This new global partnership was spearheaded […]

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December 21, 2021 at 6:30 pmNews

From the Appalachians to the Urals: Students from OHIO, Russia form neighborhood

Students in the Russia-OHIO Neighborhood

From Ohio University News A group of students from Ohio University and a Russian university spent their summer in a most unusual way—taking part in an extracurricular experience called the Bobcat-Crow Cultural Exchange Lab and moving beyond stereotypes to form their own neighborhood. Named after the mascots of the two […]

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August 18, 2021 at 5:24 pmNews

Virtual Silk Road Connects Uzbekistan and OHIO English as Second Language Initiative

The Andijan State University collaboratorsThe Andijan State University collaborators

OHIO’s OPIE and Andijan State University Collaborate on Online English Program  in 2020-21 For nearly two millennia, the trade route called the Silk Road connected the East and West. The Ohio Program of Intensive English and Uzbekistan’s Andijan State University didn’t let a pandemic stop their collaboration. Just as ideas were […]

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March 8, 2021 at 8:19 pmNews

Krzic Quoted on South Korea Survival Boxes Sent to Peace Corps Alumni

Dr. Gerry Krzic

Gerry Krzic, director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) at Ohio University, was quoted in a San Diego Union-Tribune story headlined “S. Korea returns a San Diegan’s 40-year-old favor with a COVID ‘survival box’.” “The coffee brings back memories of the people you shared time with,” he said. […]

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December 30, 2020 at 4:37 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Krzic Uses Peace Corps Experience to Foster Understanding of Modern-Day Korea

Dr. Gerry Krzic

From Ohio University News Gerry Krzic, director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE), never imagined the impact his time living in Korea would make on the rest of his life, but nearly 40 years later he continues to visit the East Asian region and leads an organization that […]

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December 8, 2020 at 5:44 pmNews