Alumni in the News

Dominican University has named Ohio University alum Jeffrey Breese ’89M its new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs in a June 16 news release. Dominican University has named Jeffrey Breese, PhD, as provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2015. A native of Ohio, Breese comes to […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Rupa Narra ’01  is embarking on a “career traveling to trouble spots in the world helping fight illness and disease,” reports the Toledo Blade. Narra earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences–Pre-Medicine from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Dr. Narra, 38, is about […]

Ohio University alum R. Dale Morton ’81 receives the 2016 Grocery Manufacturers Association Food Safety Award at the International Association for Food Protection’s Annual Meeting in August. Previously Senior Director of Global Food Safety for PepsiCo Inc., Morton is now president of Morton Food Safety Associates LLC, providing expertise in […]

Manawatu Standard reporter Carly Thomas interviewed Ohio University alum Thom Conroy ’02Ph.D. about his newly released second novel, The Salted Air. Conroy is a senior lecturer at Massey University in New Zealand. He earned a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Being a […]

Ohio University alum Tera Poole ’11 gave the valedictorian address May 20 to her fellow graduates of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. “Prior to the ceremony, a school administrator had told Poole – a 2008 Walnut Hills High School graduate from Amberley Village – that she was the historic dental school’s […]

Ohio University alum Calvin Shaw ’11, who writes under the pseudonym The Caterpillar Stampede, was recently featured in the Toledo Blade for creating a children’s book with local elementary students. “The Peg-Legged Caterpillar is a picture book written with students whose schools have been adversely affected by budget cuts in their […]

Ohio University alum and West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum ’64 had a simple message for graduates at Marshall University’s Commencement, reports the Herald Dispatch in a story on “Graduates encouraged to follow their passion.” “Find your passion and be happy with yourself,” he said. “The person that you […]