Alumni

Career Week | Law Student Jesser Pursues Passion for Criminal Defense

Alexa Jesser

  Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Alexa Jesser ’18 is using her passion for advocacy and law by pursuing a career as a criminal defense attorney. She is […]

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January 13, 2020 at 5:22 pmAlumni News

Chair’s Message | Welcoming New Faculty, Hosting Alumni Visitors

Dr. Linda J. Rice

Dear Friends, Lots of good things are happening in the English Department. It was just one year ago that we celebrated the major renovation of Ellis Hall with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Students, faculty, prospective students, and visitors have all been very impressed with our new facilities that include wheeled tables […]

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January 13, 2020 at 8:05 amAlumni

Alumni News | Lois Whealey Recognized for Excellence in Activism

Lois Deimel Whealey

Ohio University alumna Lois Deimel Whealey was recognized for excellence in activism in a Marquis Who’s Who news release. Whealey earned an M.A. in Government in 1975 and a Master of Social Sciences in 2007 from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. ATHENS, Ohio, Jan. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ […]

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January 12, 2020 at 11:23 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Kumar Named General Manager at Transition Networks

Alumni News | Kumar Named General Manager at Transition Networks

  Ohio University alumna Anita Kumar was promoted to General Manager of Transition Networks, says a news release by Communications Systems, Inc. Kumar earned an M.S. in Physics and a Ph.D. in Physics in 1994 from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. She started at has been with […]

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January 12, 2020 at 10:45 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Happy Beginnings | Sormaz Seeks New Challenges Teaching in Japan

Olga Sormaz in her office at Chubu University

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alumna Olga Sormaz BA ’15, MA ’18 is always seeking out new challenges. She spent a year in a British school during her middle […]

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January 10, 2020 at 11:00 amAlumni

Alumni | Bessey Enjoys Life Sciences Advising and Teaching

Sarah Bessey

Sarah Bessey ’14 is an Academic Advisor and Instructor in the Life Sciences First Year Program at North Carolina State University. This is a program for incoming first year students who are interested in Life Science majors. Students take a common curriculum of life science courses, which includes a one […]

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January 10, 2020 at 8:04 amAlumni

Chair’s Message | Welcoming Alumna from Malaysia, Celebrating Open House

Dr. David Ingram

January 2020 Alumni e-newsletter Greetings to friends and alumni of the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Fall was a busy term. In October one of our alums, Professor Zainuriah Hassan (Ph.D. 1998, Marty Kordesch), came all the way from Malaysia to receive the College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni […]

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January 9, 2020 at 10:13 amAlumni