Archive for October, 2016

Sister Learning Communities Visit Libby’s Pumpkin Patch

Global Studies Program learning community meet with the OPIE learning community at Libby's Pumpkin Patch.

It is the second year in a row that students from the Global Studies Program learning community meet with the Ohio Program of Intensive English learning community to create a unique partnership. Linking the two groups has proven to be a great collaboration and integration practice, started in 2015 by […]

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October 18, 2016 at 11:15 amNews

Sociology, Political Science Alum Provides Career Services

Sociology, Political Science Alum Provides Career Services

Ohio University alum Alex Toomey ’07 helps connect public affairs undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities and employers in his role as Assistant Director of Career Services at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. At the end of October, he transitions into his new role […]

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October 18, 2016 at 8:53 amAlumni

Career Corner | The Science Behind Successful Networking

Career Corner | The Science Behind Successful Networking

By Kacey Schaum Assistant Director for the Career and Leadership Development Center Attending an event or conference where you are expected to network can be intimidating. Just like most skills, networking requires practice and strategy. According to Fast Company (Vozza, 2015) there are eight things you can do to make […]

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October 17, 2016 at 1:19 pmNews

Transfer Tip | Preparing For Your Advising Appointment

Kristi Conrad

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor and Transfer Specialist It is registration season! It can be very exciting to plan out classes for the next semester and get that much closer to earning your degree. At Ohio University, in order to schedule, you must meet with your major adviser to have […]

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October 17, 2016 at 1:09 pmAnnouncements 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

Students See Tornadoes on First Day Storm Chasing

Dr. Jana Houser led 12 undergraduates and two graduates on a storm-chasing trek through the Central Plains.

by Kristin M. Distel Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography, led a group of students on a rare and exciting adventure in May. She and her team of students spent a week in the Central Plains, where they chased supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes. The team saw tornadoes on their […]

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October 17, 2016 at 8:58 amIn Class News

Spring 2017 | Anthropology Announces 2 Cultural Anthropology Courses

Dr. Matt Rosen

The Anthropology program invites all students to sign up for the following two cultural anthropology courses offered in Spring 2017. Each class has undergraduate and graduate sections. ANTH 3010/5010: Visual Anthropology MW 4:35-5:55 p.m. This course applies anthropological perspectives to the study—and making—of visual media. Considering relationships between image, culture, and power, […]

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October 15, 2016 at 10:40 amNews