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Psychology Alum Named Executive Director of Dallas Rehab Program

Psychology Alum Named Executive Director of Dallas Rehab Program

Ohio University alum Jeffrey Turiczek ’89 is the new executive director at Right Step’s drub rehabilitation program in Dallas/Fort Worth. Right Step is a Texas network of substance abuse treatment centers. Turiczek earned a B.A. in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. In his new […]

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September 2, 2014 at 8:49 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Labor Day Stories Cite Vedder’s Study of Right to Work Laws

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in serveral Labor Day stories about the economics of job creation and wages. WorkplaceChoice.org’s Trey Kovacs, in a story on “How to Raise All Worker Wages,” cites Vedder’s […]

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August 30, 2014 at 3:42 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Alison Stine Dreamed Her Story a Long Time Ago

Alison Stine Dreamed Her Story a Long Time Ago

Alison Stine dreamed the story on a train ride a long time ago. At the Harper Voyager offices in England, the publishers must have been doing a little dreaming, too. Wondering what would happen if they bypassed all the agents hawking this author and that one—and went on a talent […]

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August 26, 2014 at 9:23 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Shovel by Shovel, an Old Home Emerges in the Forest

Working side by side are left to right Nicholas Stillman, Jonathon Yochum, and Natasha Cromwell.

By Lori Bauer College of Arts & Sciences At what may be the oldest home site uncovered in Southeastern Ohio, people who lived about 4,000 years ago were mostly hunters and gatherers. But they built a home site not far from Athens and stayed awhile. Students archaeologists spent this summer […]

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August 18, 2014 at 9:20 amIn Class

Dallas News: Alum’s Search Firm Is ‘King of the Hill’ in Higher Ed

Dallas News: Alum’s Search Firm Is ‘King of the Hill’ in Higher Ed

The Dallas News featured Ohio University alum Robert William “Bill” Funk ’72M with the headline “Trolling for university presidents is profitable niche for Dallas headhunter.” Funk earned an M.A. in Government in 1972 from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. When it comes to filling the highest […]

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August 13, 2014 at 4:45 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Hicks: Even Galileo Struggled with Revolutionary Ideas

Hicks: Even Galileo Struggled with Revolutionary Ideas

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics, recently traveled to the University of Padua in Italy, where Galileo Galilei taught almost 400 years ago. Hicks writes about seeing the hall where Galileo lectured in his Aug. 3 column “Italian trip reminds of Galileo’s many discoveries” in the Columbus Dispatch. […]

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August 12, 2014 at 11:13 amFaculty in the News In the News News

Retired Colonel, Math Alum Talks to Group that Helped Keep Fort Gordon

Retired Colonel, Math Alum Talks to Group that Helped Keep Fort Gordon

U.S. Army Retired Col. Thom E. Tuckey ’72, an Ohio University alum and former Garrison Commander at Fort Gordon, gives the keynote speech for the CSRA Home Connections Networking Breakfast and Success Seminar on Aug. 13. Tuckey earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

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August 12, 2014 at 10:18 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News