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Linguistics Faculty Present at TESOL, Meet Alumni

From left, Dr. Lara Wallace (ELIP faculty),Tanya Bychkovska (M.A. alumna), Dr. Edna Lima (ELIP faculty), Zoe Zawadzki (M.A. student), and Anastasiia Kryzhanivska (M.A. alumna)

Linguistics faculty and a graduate student presented at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages International Convention and English Expo in March. The Ohio University Linguistics group also met up with alumni as teachers and scholars from around the world converged in Atlanta for the TESOL expo. Two […]

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April 22, 2019 at 4:20 pmStudents in the News

Alumni News | Yoshimura Returns as Visiting Scholar in Linguistics

Alumna Fumiko Yoshimura, Visiting Scholar in the Linguistics Department

Ohio University alumna Fumiko Yoshimura, from Tohoku Gakuin University, was excited to return to the Linguistics Department after more than 20 years. The Ohio University alumna was a Visiting Scholar for several months to observe classes and tutoring sessions in the English Language Improvement Program. She found this opportunity to […]

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April 22, 2019 at 4:05 pmAlumni

Alumni News | Brown Brings Women’s Health Care to Rural Montana

Elizabeth Brown

KPVI TV reports that Ohio University alum Dr. Elizabeth Brown ’95, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was hired by Glendive Medical Center in Montana. She earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences Pre-Medicine from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “I am excited to begin practicing at Glendive Medical […]

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April 22, 2019 at 9:44 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Happy Beginnings | Koran Studies Swahili in Tanzania, Heads to Peace Corps in Rwanda

Alexandra Koran

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 Alexandra Koran ’19 won a U.S. Critical Language Scholarship, a highly prestigious and nationally competitive scholarship, to study Swahili for eight weeks in […]

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April 18, 2019 at 1:31 pmAlumni

Williams Honored as 2019 Outstanding Cutler Scholars Mentor

Dr. Kelly Williams

  Dr. Kelly Williams, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, was recently selected as one of 17 outstanding mentors by the Cutler Scholars in the graduating class of 2019. Williams is a graduate of Ohio University and teaches several upper-level courses that are required of several BIOS majors: BIOS 3030 (Comparative vertebrate […]

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April 17, 2019 at 2:45 pmAlumni News

Biological Sciences & MCB Graduate Students Contribute to Patent Development

Pratik Shriwas

Previous and current Biological Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate students contributed, as part of their Ph.D. dissertations, to supporting research for two patents received by Ohio University faculty. Ohio University honored faculty, staff and student inventors during an awards ceremony Feb. 21. The Inventors Dinner recognized individuals who […]

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April 17, 2019 at 12:10 pmAlumni Research

Alumni News | Carey Named Director of Governor’s Office of Appalachia

John Carey

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Ohio University alum John Carey ’81 as the Director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia, according to a Feb. 1 news release. Carey served as the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education from 2013 to 2018. As Chancellor he worked to align higher […]

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April 15, 2019 at 8:58 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News