Alumni

The Ohio Development Services Agency promoted Ohio University alum John Werkman ’06 to Assistant Chief of the Business Services Division, according to a news release. Werkman will oversee the agency’s tax incentive, grant and loan programs. Prior to joining the agency in 2014 as Tax Incentives Manager, he was an […]

Ohio University alum Barbara Conover ’87 is the new executive director of the Athens Village, a group of Athens-area seniors committed to their own independent living, reports the Athens Messenger. Connect with Conover on LinkedIn. Conover earned a B.A. in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. […]

Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences launches the Notable Alumni Awards, honoring 37 Notable Alumni in 2017 for broad accomplishments in their careers, a commitment to community service at Ohio University, and valuable contributions to Ohio University, the College of Arts & Sciences, and its students. David A. […]

by Kristin Distel Kenny Ling ’09M has landed a dream job for geography alums. He is a GIS Site Planning and Research Specialist at Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen. GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, is an increasingly important area for sustainability research, as well as a career interest for […]

Ohio University alum Phalen Kuckuck authored an article headlined “Why millennials thrive in flexible work environments” in the Washington Examiner. Connect with Kuckuck on LinkedIn. Kuckuck, who currently works in West Virginia Politics, earned a B.A. in Sociology–Criminology and a Law, Justice & Culture Certificate from the College of Arts […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Two Ohio University alumni are back as grad students, helping an interdisciplinary team—Ohio University’s Appalachian Watershed Research Group—assess data collected from regional mining operations in a […]

by Kristin Distel Students in Dr. Julia Paxton’s fall Economics of Altruism class presented a $10,000 check to Good Works, a local nonprofit founded and directed by Ohio University alum Keith Wasserman ’81. The students — Alex Armstrong, Michael McTernan, Madison Stanley, Benjamin Beaty, and Dominic Detwiler — gave a […]