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Experiential Learning

Alumni profile: Alyssa Manning, grants and funding specialist for Verdantas

Mentor, Ohio, native, Alyssa Manning, BA ’24, MPA ’25, launched her post-graduate school career while staying closely connected to the place that shaped her passion.

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Academic Excellence

OHIO's Peer-Assisted Learning Program earns re-accreditation from International Center for Supplemental Instruction

The PAL Program, which provides collaborative learning sessions for historically challenging courses, helps students strengthen understanding, build confidence, and develop long-term study skills.

Mark LeBar
OHIO Events

OHIO community invited to Philosophy Forum Lecture on ā€˜Justice as a Virtue and its Challenges’ on Oct. 23

All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to the special presentation by respected author and philosophy professor Mark LeBar on Thursday, Oct. 23.

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Alumni

Between art and service: The design work of Justin Herman opens at OHIO’s VisCom Focus Gallery

Ā School of Visual Communication alumnus Justin Herman has helped shape the visual language of modern culture—from MTV promos and Paramount branding to animated collaborations with hip-hop legends.Ā 

Marlene Minnix
students

51ĀŅĀ× Chillicothe helps former mill worker launch new career after plant closure

For nearly three decades, Marlene Minnix’s days began and ended at the local paper mill, a long-standing focal point of the Chillicothe community and economy.

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Student Leaders

Nominate an OHIO student or student organization for a Leadership Award

51ĀŅĀ× is now accepting nominations and applications for the 43rd Annual Leadership Awards.

OHIO students taking part in Bobcat Student Orientation walk in a group on the College Green
Student Opportunities

OHIO students invited to apply to become orientation leaders

Orientation leaders are at the heart of welcoming new students to campus, and all OHIO students are encouraged to apply to join the team.

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Research Excellence

51ĀŅĀ× launches exclusive OHIO Inventors Club to celebrate innovation, discovery

51ĀŅĀ× has launched the OHIO Inventors Club, an elite recognition program for employees who have earned a U.S. patent for the University.

President Lori Stewart Gonzalez speaks before a large crowd, and underneath international flags and the word OHIO at the SISAL Dinner
International Education

51ĀŅĀ× launches School of International Studies and Languages with global celebration

The school unites four internationally focused units in the College of Arts and Sciences: the Center for International Studies, the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Modern Languages, and the Ohio Program of Intensive English.

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Dedicated Faculty

New faculty member brings passion for teaching to OHIO Southern

With two decades of classroom experience, Melody Craft helps OHIO Southern students discover their purpose as future teachers and community leaders.

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Community Partnerships

Future teachers, community leaders: Inside 51ĀŅĀ×’s Rural Teacher Corps

51ĀŅĀ×’s Rural Teacher Corps prepares future educators to serve and strengthen Appalachian communities through place-based learning and community partnerships.

Nikki Wood and other OHIO graduates take a selfie while wearing Commencement caps and robes and standing next to the Convocation Center.
Alumni Success

Internship experience is rewarding, leads to full-time position

Nikki Wood spent the summer in Chillicothe as an intern with the city through a program with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) and in partnership with the Voinovich School.

Urban Bush Women
Visiting artists

Urban Bush Women bring ā€œBOLDā€ workshops to School of Dance First Year Performance Guarantee program

The OHIO School of Dance welcomed Urban Bush Women, a dynamic Brooklyn-based, Black women-led dance-theater company, for a powerful residency from Sept. 24–27. Their presence brought fresh energy and inspiration, aligning with the school's mission of fostering community and artistic growth.

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OHIO on TV

Alumna provides inspiration for on-screen Bobcat in ā€˜The Office’ spinoff

To prepare for his role on the new show ā€œThe Paper,ā€ actor Domhnall Gleeson shadowed OHIO alumna Riley Runnells. Her experience helped inform his character, a newspaper editor who is also a Bobcat alumnus.

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Forever OHIO

Marching 110 to perform special ā€˜Homecoming anthem’ written, produced by 110 alumni

Earlier this week, a few Marching 110 alumni published a song about their love for all things Athens, the 110, and OHIO Homecoming.

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