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Class of 2021 | Mashael Aldossary Masters English, and Then Linguistics

Mashael Aldossary

Mashael Aldossary is an international student from Saudi Arabia. She came to Athens with rudimentary English and spent two years in the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) before beginning a B.A. in Linguistics. She heads toward graduation this spring with a GPA of 3.964 and is receiving the 2021 […]

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April 28, 2021 at 1:21 pmNews

Class of 2021 | David Giddens Cites Legal Affairs Internship, Co-Curricular Organizations

David Giddens (Photo with permission from Dy’Sha Cole)

David Giddens has spent four years at Ohio University embracing new experiences, serving communities he values, and developing his familiarity with the law. As Giddens prepares to graduate this spring, he takes time to reflect on where his Political Science Pre-Law major and Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture have […]

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April 28, 2021 at 11:42 amNews

Class of 2021 | Leah Allan Combines Linguistics, Business and Marketing

Leah Allan touching the owl carved into the Notre Dame de Dijon (a good luck symbol) on the Global Consulting Program (GCP) trip to Dijon France, March 11, 2019.

Leah Allan graduates this spring with a triple major in Linguistics, International Business and Marketing, and better still, she now understands how the combination of these seemingly disparate qualifications will help her pursue work opportunities in EdTech. Q: What was your ah-ha moment at OHIO—that point where you said to […]

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April 20, 2021 at 7:58 pmNews

Class of 2021 | Luke Phelps Still Plans to Get to France

Luke Phelps

Two things didn’t go quite the way Luke Phelps expected. First, he found himself using Zoom for his student-teaching. Second, he didn’t find himself in France last summer. But he’s graduating this spring from Ohio University, and he’ll soon get his chance to teach French in a live classroom. And […]

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April 20, 2021 at 4:36 pmNews

Alumni News | Chris Albers Denhart: ‘It. Don’t Miss It. College. Life. Experiences.’

Chris Albers Denhart (Photo with permission from Hira Mashkoor @thehirandthenow)

Ohio University left its mark on Chris Albers Denhart ’14, but the Economics Department faculty might say he left his mark here, too. Professors got his wheels turning by using economics as a way to look at what was happening in the world around him. But they might not have anticipated […]

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April 20, 2021 at 2:16 pmAlumni News

Class of 2021 | Delaney Gibbs Will Help Conserve Athens’ Special Natural Areas

Delaney Gibbs

Delaney Gibbs is staying local and staying committed to the environment after she graduates this spring from Ohio University. She’ll be graduating with a master’s degree in Environmental & Plant Biology and then heading to the Athens Conservancy, where she will work to help maintain some of the really special […]

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April 20, 2021 at 12:14 pmNews

Class of 2021 | David Cottrill Defends His Dissertation, Then His Country

David Cottrill

Just as David Cottrill was finishing his dissertation and getting ready to defend it, along came the Army National Guard with call-up orders. The race was on. But Cottrill has successfully added Dr. to his salutation, in addition to his officer rank of Capt. He completed his Ph.D. in Biological […]

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April 20, 2021 at 10:59 amAlumni News