Alumni

Ohio University alum and West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum ’64 had a simple message for graduates at Marshall University’s Commencement, reports the Herald Dispatch in a story on “Graduates encouraged to follow their passion.” “Find your passion and be happy with yourself,” he said. “The person that you […]

“Anti-Money Laundering is an emerging field which is quickly becoming one of the most sought after positions in the banking world,” says Michael Richard, who works as an anti-money laundering investigator for Discover Financial Services. The two primary skills he brings to this work are quantitative analysis and finding patterns […]

  Jim Taylor ’99 (Sociology) is an Associate Professor of Sociology-Criminology at Ohio University Zanesville. He continues to serve on OHIO’s Faculty Senate and maintain a robust research agenda. Jim remains active in research on stigma management techniques and masculine sub-cultures, plays with his three kids every day and still […]

Two Ohio University alums received Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council for state fiscal year 2016. “Seventy-five (75) $5,000 Individual Excellence Awards were approved totaling $375,000. There were 392 applications received for a total request of $1,960,000,” according to the Ohio Arts Council announcement. “Individual Excellence Awards are […]

Ohio University alum Donnell Haynes ’78 passed away on April 26, reports the Richland Source. Donnell H. “Hap” Haynes Sr., 74, passed this life on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 in Ohio Health MedCentral Mansfield Hospital after an extended illness. Mr. Haynes was born on Saturday, April 4, 1942 to Leonard […]

Ohio University alum Chuck Lorenz ’74M is retiring after 41 years at HARCATUS, a community action organization based in Dennision, OH, reports the Times Reporter. Lorenz earned a master’s in government, a Political Science degree from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Looking back on 41 years […]

Matt Johnson and Adam Givens, both Ph.D. students in the History Department at Ohio University, have been selected as 2016 Graduate Summer Research Associates at the RAND Corporation. RAND is a non-profit non-partisan research organization that provides research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. The Summer Research Associate Program […]