Post Tagged with: "Sarah Poggione"

Faculty, Staff Get Moment with Hilary Clinton

From left, Sharell Arocho, Hillary Clinton and Dr. Sarah Pogionne on May 3 in Athens.

From the alum who hosted her to the faculty and staff who got to meet her, Hillary Clinton’s visit to Ohio University brought some excitement to what is normally a quiet week between finals and the start of the summer session. “It wasn’t planned, but when the opportunity arose because […]

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May 4, 2016 at 9:59 amNews

‘It’s Been Four Years of Fabulous!’

‘It’s Been Four Years of Fabulous!’

By Lori Price “It’s been four years of fabulous!” says Kristen Riley ’15, at a meeting with her Political Science faculty mentor, Dr. Sarah Poggione, in her final semester at Ohio University. “Fabulous” for Riley included not only working with Poggione for four years, but also developing a new research […]

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June 2, 2015 at 11:43 amIn Class

Political Science Graduate Accepted to 11 Law Schools

Olayemi Olurin

What would you do if you were accepted to all 11 law schools to which you applied?  How would you decide where to go?  For Olayemi “Yemi” Olurin, it all came down to the visit (and the scholarships). Olurin is a native of Nassau, Bahamas, and entered Ohio University in the […]

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April 22, 2015 at 2:21 pmIn Class News

Poggione Helps with University’s Summer Transition Program

Poggione Helps with University’s Summer Transition Program

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor of Political Science, was one of several faculty featured in the Compass Making the Difference article “Faculty, staff behind summer program give incoming students a fresh start and a head start.” The University’s Summer Transition Program helps students not only transition from high school to […]

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November 8, 2013 at 8:42 amNews

Political Power: How Female Legislators Impact Policy Decisions

Political Power: How Female Legislators Impact Policy Decisions

By Corinne Colbert If you don’t think it matters whether women serve in legislatures, Dr. Sarah Poggione has a story for you. In the late 1990s, an all-male committee of the Pennsylvania state senate was deciding which benefits to mandate in health insurance coverage sold in the state. On the […]

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October 11, 2013 at 9:10 amNews