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Alum Establishes Scholarship for Law, Justice & Culture Student

Yousef Faroniya

By Kaitlyn Pacheco Yousef Faroniya, founder and CEO of YFM Inc., the Law Office of Yousef M. Faroniya, has established a scholarship to be awarded annually to an undergraduate student enrolled in the Undergraduate Certificate in Law, Justice and Culture. Faroniya didn’t have any intention of practicing law when he […]

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April 11, 2016 at 6:25 pmAlumni News

Biology Alum Named Basketball Coach at Stony Brook University

Biology Alum Named Basketball Coach at Stony Brook University

Ohio University alum Jeff Boals ’95 has been named the new head basketball coach at Stony Brook University. Boals, who earned a B.S. in Biology Pre-Physical Therapy, had been serving as an assistant to Ohio State University coach Thad Matta. Stony Brook announced Boals as the program’s 11th head coach […]

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April 11, 2016 at 1:51 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alum Selected Chief Managing Editor of Cleveland State Law Review

Alum Selected Chief Managing Editor of Cleveland State Law Review

Kerry Barrett ’14 was recently selected to be the Chief Managing Editor of the Cleveland State Law Review for the 2016-17 editorial year. She also recently accepted a summer associate position at the firm of Jones Day at its Cleveland office. After graduating from the College of Arts & Sciences […]

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April 7, 2016 at 11:47 amAlumni

Psychology Alumna with Sociology Minor is Recruiter for Cardinal Health

Psychology Alumna with Sociology Minor is Recruiter for Cardinal Health

Chelsea Thompson graduated in 2014 with her B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences and a minor in Communications Studies from the School of Communications at Ohio University. Within a few months she started working in Talent Acquisition for Cardinal Health and […]

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April 7, 2016 at 9:58 amAlumni News

Political Science & Sociology-Criminology Alumn Works at Justice Center

Political Science & Sociology-Criminology Alumn Works at Justice Center

After graduating in 2008, Mark Stovell (Political Science and Sociology-Criminology) completed the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship with the Congressional Hunger Center. Working with Hunger Free Vermont and Families USA In the field placement of his fellowship, he worked with Hunger Free Vermont where he priced a low-cost diet at grocery […]

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April 6, 2016 at 4:29 pmAlumni News

Sociology-Criminology Alum Is Local Victim Advocate

Becky Filar

“I really love being able to work with people from the community and provide guidance and support on a daily basis,” says Becky Filar, who graduated in 2006 with a BA in Sociology-Criminology from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University. She lives in Athens and works as […]

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April 6, 2016 at 12:50 pmAlumni

Anthropology Alum Is Refugee Services Advocate in Cleveland

Anthropology Alum Is Refugee Services Advocate in Cleveland

“Meeting and interacting with new people every week is what I enjoy the most about what I do,” says Hannah Vaughn, who graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 2015 with a B.A. in Anthropology and Spanish, with a certificate in Geographic Information Science. After […]

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April 6, 2016 at 12:46 pmAlumni