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Alumni News | Demosky Named Director of Athens County Job and Family Services

The Athens Messenger reported May 3 that “Jean Demosky of Athens has been hired as director of Athens County Job and Family Services and will begin May 14, the county commissioners have announced.” Connect with Demosky on LinkedIn. Demosky earned two degrees from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio […]

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May 7, 2018 at 10:27 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Ohio Today Talks to Triplett About Career Success

Kyle Triplett

Ohio Today profiled Kyle Triplett BA ’12, MBA ’17 in a story headlined “Recent graduate, Alumni Association board member reflects on the OHIO experience.” A member of the College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni, Triplett earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the College of Arts & Science […]

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May 1, 2018 at 10:43 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Sophomore Finds ‘Perfect Fit’ in Economics and Urban Planning & Sustainability

Sophomore Finds ‘Perfect Fit’ in Economics and Urban Planning & Sustainability

by Kristin Distel Jacob Collins ’20 is combining two majors to achieve one ideal career goal. Collins, a sophomore whose goal is to become a city planner, is double-majoring in Economics and Urban Planning & Sustainability. This combination of specializations makes his goal much more achievable, he explains. “These two […]

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May 1, 2018 at 8:04 amAlumni News

Alumni News | Smaw Says Philosopher ‘Must Have Keen Eye for the Suspicious Premise’

Associate Professor of Philosophy Eric Smaw (Photo by Scott Cook, Rollins College)

Eric Smaw, who received his M.A. from Ohio University in 1998, went on to complete his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Kentucky and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at Rollins College. His research interests are in the philosophy of law, political philosophy, ethics, and human rights. “I […]

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April 29, 2018 at 3:05 pmAlumni

Alumni News | Denham Passes, Grew Chemistry Department at Hiram College

Joseph M. Denham, who earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1956—the first Ph.D. to be granted at Ohio University after the doctoral programs were created in the mid-1950s—passed away in April at the age of 88, according to a Pike County Courier obituary. In early 1952, at the […]

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April 29, 2018 at 9:54 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Benham Publishes Book Chapter on Sympathy and War Literature

English department alumni and post-doctoral fellow Renee Benham

by Kristin Distel M. Renee Benham’s chapter “The Death of Sympathy in Great War Literature” is part of the medical humanities collection Medicine, Health, and Being Human, edited by Lesa Scholl of the University of Queensland, Australia. This collection is part of the series Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities, released […]

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April 27, 2018 at 9:03 amAlumni Research

Alumni News | Detective, Student Get Law Enforcement and Survivor Special Courage Awards

Det. Mathew Austin and Brie Sivy showed were honored for their persistence and courage. Photo courtesy of: Det. Mathew Austin

Excerpted from Compass Ohio University Det. Mathew Austin and sophomore Brie Sivy were awarded the Law Enforcement and Survivor Special Courage Award (Team) at the 2018 Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center’s Models of Justice (OCVJC) Awards Celebration on April 12 in Columbus, Ohio. Austin and Sivy were nominated for the […]

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April 26, 2018 at 3:19 pmAlumni