Post Tagged with: "History Alumni"

“President Donald J. Trump today announced his first wave of United States Attorney candidates,” says a June 12 White House news release. And both Ohio senators applauded the nomination. Among the eight nominees is Ohio University alum Justin E. Herdman ’96, who earned a B.A. in Global Studies Europe from […]

From Compass Ohio University alum David Crane, who earned a bachelor’s degree in History in 1972 and a master’s in African Studies in 1973, was presented an Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degree at the Graduate Commencement on April 28. He earned a J.D. from Syracuse University in 1980 and is now one of the […]

The History Department at Ohio University recently marked the end of the 2016-17 academic year by recognizing the graduating class of history majors. On Friday, April 21, 2017, the History Department convened its annual reception for graduating undergraduate seniors. Professor and Department Chair, Dr. Katherine Jellison, recognized and congratulated the graduating […]

The History Department awarded Grace Konyar the 2017 Eckes Prize in History. The prize is an annual cash prize of $5,000 awarded to the graduating senior History major with the highest overall GPA. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Emeritus Professor Al Eckes established the prize to recognize superior academic achievement among history majors. Konyar graduated […]

Forty-five participants attended First Ladies Symposium, the second installment of the Ohio University History Department’s “History on the Move” series. Held on April 1 at the the Ross County Historical Society, in the hometown of First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes: Chillicothe, Ohio. The First Ladies Symposium featured three presentations: Katherine Jellison, Professor and Ohio […]

By Pat Fahey ’18 On a Friday in early February, five OHIO Anthropology alumni returned to their alma mater during the College of Arts & Sciences Career and Networking Week to participate in a panel on their experience in college and their careers after graduation. They have entered fields very […]

Sarah Hinkelman ‘15 is pursuing a Master’s degree in Anthropology at Ohio State University with a focus in Archaeology. Her thesis is a comparative analysis of lithic assemblages (stone tools as well as debitage which are chert/flint flakes) from Fort Ancient and Late Woodland period sites near the convergence of […]