Alumni

William Edward English, 87, of Marietta, died Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Cleveland Clinic, according to a July 26 Marietta Times obituary. “Dr. English had received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ohio University. He had worked as an assistant superintendent for Marietta City Schools and had been Educational Management Consultant […]

By Morgan Chaney ’10 Anthropology alum studying capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica “Morgan, Morgan, Morgan — are you there?” My radio’s staticky transmission cuts the serenity of the forest like a buzzsaw, startling me out of a meditative hike as I search for my troop. It’s been around seven hours since […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ’76PhD, who won a Nobel Prize in 2009, will give the Eugene P. Wigner Distinguished Lecture at Oak Ridge National Laboratories on July 28. Ramakrishnan earned a Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio University. Dr. Ramakrishnan is the joint head of the structural studies division […]

Four Ohio University recent graduates—three of them from the College of Arts & Sciences—have been named 2014 Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellows. The Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need Ohio secondary schools. […]

A Ohio University alum Mary Kay Slesinger Rich ’58, ’62M authored a new book on You’re It: How to enjoy a successful life through creative attitudes. She also has a movie in production, My Dream Beside Me. She earned a bachelor’s in Sociology from the College of Arts &  Sciences […]

The Davidson County, NC,  Dispatch reports that Ohio University alum Matthew Rusnak ’03 has been named Vice President, Director of Compensation at the Bank of North Carolina. Rusnak minored in Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences. In his role, he will have responsibility for leading the evaluation, design […]

Ohio University alum David Wilhelm ’77 has been appointed as member of the Foundation for a World in Transition’s International Advisory Board, according to a June 12 foundation news release. Wilhelm earned a bachelor’s degree in Government from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. David Wilhelm is […]