Archive for January, 2018

Career Corner | Quidel Seeking Technical Support Specialist in Athens

Career Corner | Quidel Seeking Technical Support Specialist in Athens

Quidel Corp. has a position open for a Technical Support Specialist at the company’s Athens location, which employs many Ohio University Bobcats from a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise. This position requires a combination of technical skills and good customer service skills and is in the Technical Support […]

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January 16, 2018 at 4:23 pmAnnouncements News

Freshman Gains Leadership Experience through 1-Credit Themes in Action

Lauren Conner with her food drive box.

Freshman Lauren Conner ’21 wasted no time getting involved at Ohio University. She’s already helping local families through her work on a World Food Day drive. The food drive was part of Conner’s 1-credit Themes in Action course, CAS 2300 Themes in Action: Wealth and Poverty. There are six Themes in […]

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January 16, 2018 at 10:53 amNews

eCampus Puts Spotlight Sunday on Instructor Zoe Bossiere

Zoe Bossiere

Zoe Bossiere is a Ph.D. candidate in English in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences. This spring semester, she is teaching ENG 1510, “Writing and Rhetoric I,” and ENG 3030J “Writing, Reading, and Rhetoric in the Professions” for eCampus. Get to know her a little better in eCampus […]

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January 16, 2018 at 8:29 amNews

Distel Publishes Chapter in New Toni Morrison Volume

Kristin Distel

Kristin Distel, doctoral candidate of English literature, published a chapter in a new volume on Toni Morrison. Her chapter, titled “‘Are you sure she was your sister?’: Sororal Love and Maternal Failure in Toni Morrison’s Paradise,” considers the ways in which sisters serve as mother figures in Morrison’s 1997 novel. […]

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January 16, 2018 at 8:15 amResearch

Advising Tip | Take Advantage of Wilson Hall’s Extended Walk-In Hours

Tetyana Dovbnya

By Tetyana Dovbnya Academic Advisor / International Student Advising Specialist Welcome back, Arts & Sciences students! The College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Student Affairs staff wishes you all a successful spring semester. We have extended our walk-in hours during the first week to help you answer questions regarding registration […]

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January 15, 2018 at 6:47 pmNews

Holcomb Edits Collection on ‘Teaching Hemingway and Race’

Dr. Gary Holcomb

Dr. Gary Holcomb, Professor of African American Literature, edited pedagogical collection on Teaching Hemingway and Race. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2018). Appearing in the Kent State University Press “Teaching Hemingway” series, the collection suggests ways for high school and college instructors to teach Hemingway’s writings apropos issues of racial, […]

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January 15, 2018 at 4:01 pmResearch

Abu-Rish Receives Baker Fund Support during Fall 2017 Cycle

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish

  Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History, received Baker Fund support of $11,115 for his research on “Social Conflict and Institution Building in the Making of Post-Colonial Lebanon, 1943-1955.” The John C. Baker Fund awarded a total of $43,022 to four faculty proposals for research, scholarship and creative work […]

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January 15, 2018 at 1:43 pmResearch