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The fall 2021 issue of Ohio Today, 51ÂŇÂ×’s alumni magazine, has been released and is available to OHIO faculty and staff online at . A limited number of hard copies of the magazine are available for pick-up at the following distribution points on each OHIO campus:

• Athens Campus – Copies are available at the fourth-floor guest services desk at Baker University Center and in the second-floor vestibule of Alden Library.  
• Chillicothe Campus – Copies are available in the Dean’s Office. 
• Cleveland Campus – Copies are available in the Cleveland HCOM lobby. 
• Dublin Campus – Copies are available in the Dean’s Suite (Suite 350 of Medical Education Building 1). 
• Eastern Campus – Copies are available in the Dean’s Office. 
• Lancaster Campus – Copies are available in the Dean’s Office. 
• Southern Campus – Copies are available in the Dean’s Office. 
• Zanesville Campus – Copies are available outside the Dean’s Office, inside the suite of faculty offices and in the library.  

Some highlights of the fall issue of Ohio Today include:

 â€” Retired College of Business Dean Hugh Sherman takes the helm as OHIO’s 22^nd President, bringing with him a 26-year legacy of service to 51ÂŇÂ× and five priorities for the next two years. 

 â€” As 51ÂŇÂ× celebrates the 75^th anniversary of its first regional campuses, a new One OHIO strategic initiative is ushering in a modern-day approach to collaboration, curricular innovation and workforce development. Read about how OHIO is, for the first time in its history, operating as a unified university system. Take a look at the history of the University’s expanding presence in the Bobcat State and beyond. And —and earned three degrees while working full time—through a college experience that traversed OHIO’s regional campuses and online programs.

— A 1972 alumnus is poised to make world history and become the first OHIO graduate to boldly go where no Bobcat has gone before.

— As you look to the sky, there, too, is 51ÂŇÂ×—seen in the myriad space research and exploration contributions of alumni, faculty and students. Explore an infographic celebrating just a few out-of-this-world Bobcats and OHIO’s legacy beyond Earth.

 â€”OHIO students and faculty are building chemistry in a new Chemistry Building. Read about this new center for groundbreaking learning and research and take a 360-degree look at the building’s labs and instrumentation. 

— 51ÂŇÂ×’s new BIPOC student-led campus theater takes root—and prepares for its first production.

— 51ÂŇÂ×’s Charles J. Ping Student Recreation Center debuted in January 1996, fulfilling the vision of an OHIO president and the student body and marking a new beginning for student recreation and wellness.

 â€” Alumni volunteers lend their voices and a personal touch to help recruit the students following in their footsteps.

— After 40-plus years, 51ÂŇÂ×’s general education system shifts from “tiers” to “bricks.”

— The drive toward a more diverse and inclusive Bobcat community now has a University-wide roadmap.

— For 10-plus years, OHIO’s George Washington Forum has provided students a space for civic education, civil debate and a diversity of viewpoints. A more than $1.6 million gift from the Menard Family has brought the Forum a new name, a new professorship and an expanded focus and programming. 

— In a Q&A, Dr. Mario Grijalva, an OHIO graduate and professor of microbiology, talks about a building a career, a research center and a coalition dedicated to preventing infectious disease—and his childhood dream of becoming a superhero scientist.

— A forthcoming guidebook from the 51ÂŇÂ× Press takes a closer look at the real cat behind OHIO’s mascot.

. Scroll to “Archives” at the bottom of the Ohio Today homepage to flip through a digital version of the magazine. 

Ohio Today is 51ÂŇÂ×’s alumni magazine and is a publication of The 51ÂŇÂ× Foundation. For additional information about Ohio Today or to provide feedback, email ohiotoday@ohio.edu.