Archive for April, 2017

Ohio University alum Dr. Paul Walter Becker of East Norriton, PA, passed away on March 29, 2017. Becker earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. He was born in Madison, WI on May 9, 1940, the son of the […]

by Kristin M. Distel Michelle Pretorius, doctoral student in fiction, has won a Friends of American Writers literary prize for her debut novel, ‘The Monster’s Daughter.” ‘It Was Hard to Believe This Is a First Book’ “Our reading committee was blown away by the book,” says Tammie Bob, literature awards […]

Ohio University students presented their research at the Ohio Branch of the American Society for Microbiology’s annual conference at Otterbein University—taking both graduate and undergraduate awards. Three research groups (including graduate and undergraduate students) from OHIO were represented at the conference, specifically the groups of Dr. Nathan Weyand and Dr. […]

Heidi Lyons earned an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Science at Ohio University  in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Family Sociology from Bowling Green State University in 2009. She started as an Assistant Professor at Oakland University the following year and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in […]

By Mercedes Lewis ’18 and Monica Davis ’21 Several alumni returned to campus for a Sociology and Sociology-Criminology career panel during the College of Arts & Sciences Career and Networking Week earlier this semester to give students advice on jobs, networking, and the real world. There was a Q&A session […]

By Patrick Fahey ’18 The College of Arts & Science’s first Career and Networking Week was an event-packed week geared at getting students in the college actively thinking about and working toward their future careers. During the week, more than 250 Arts & Sciences students participated in the events, and […]

After graduation, Ryan McGrath ’14 worked as an account executive with the second largest freight brokerage in the world, where he improved time management skills developed at Ohio University, as well as additional aptitude in communication and organization. McGrath earned his BA in Sociology-Criminology from the College of Arts and […]