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OPIE Zone: International Week 2018 – Celebrating Unity Through Diversity, April 2 – 7

Multicultural Sports Workshop Participants

  Multicultural Sports Workshop The Multi-cultural Sports Workshop was a lot of fun last week! Thank you Dr. Oh, Cyril, Hunter, Robert and the PETE & PASC programs from the Patton College of Education for making it happen! And thank you to all the students who joined us for the […]

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March 30, 2018 at 4:49 amAnnouncements

Linguistics Mourns Loss of Dr. Richard McGinn

Dr. Richard "Dick" McGinn

The Linguistics Department mourns the loss of Dr. Richard “Dick” McGinn, 78, who passed away on March 26 at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital, in Athens, Ohio. Friends, colleagues, and students will remember him for the multiple roles he embraced during a life of purpose. As a teacher, professor, mentor and scholar, […]

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March 28, 2018 at 12:26 pmNews

Iwate Prefectural University Thanks OHIO for Tsunami Relief, Collaboration

Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis and Iwate Prefectural University Vice President, University Administration, Dr. Jun Ishido

Excerpted from Compass By the Office of Global Affairs Ohio University welcomed several officials from Japan’s Iwate Prefectural University to Athens in February. The IPU representatives were hosted by the Linguistics Department and took part in a wide range of other events. One main collaboration that OHIO has been working […]

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March 22, 2018 at 4:53 pmNews

OPIE Zone | All Smiles at the Rollerbowl Lanes

OPIE students and friends at the OPIE Bowling Night

  All Smiles at the Rollerbowl Lanes Welcome to Week 10 of The OPIE Zone Newsletter.  Here are the important events happening during the tenth week of the semester. We hope you’ll join us for some of them. International Conversation Hour Tuesday, March 20, from 6-7 p.m. in Jefferson Hall, […]

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March 12, 2018 at 6:43 pmAnnouncements

OPIE Zone: International Student Workshop on American Football, March 26

OPIE Zone: International Student Workshop on American Football, March 26

Welcome to Week 11 of The OPIE Zone Newsletter.  Here the important events happening during the eleventh week of the semester. We hope you’ll join us for some of them. The 3rd Multi-Cultural Sports Workshop Monday, March 26, 5-6:30 p.m. at Ping Center, Area D Workshop Guide Activities in this […]

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March 2, 2018 at 5:45 pmAnnouncements Events

Happy Beginnings | From Ukraine to D.C., Linguistics Alum Writes Story of Her Life

Tanya Bychkovska, '16, stands in front of the United States Capitol

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. By Mary Vandeman Linguistics Department As a part of a summer exchange program, Ukrainian college sophomore Tetyana Bychkovska ’17M visited the United States for the first time. […]

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March 1, 2018 at 3:16 pmAlumni News

Chinese Language Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship to Study in China

Chinese Language Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship to Study in China

Jahmir King, a freshman student in the Global Studies – War & Peace program, has just won a highly competitive scholarship: Project Global Officer (Project GO), to support him to study Chinese language in China in the coming summer. This scholarship is similar to the nationally competitive Critical Language Program, […]

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February 28, 2018 at 9:22 amNews