Monthly Archives: October 2010

Meet the Meek

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October 28, 2010
(Photo by Natalie Fisher ’12)

Ohio Wesleyan students and employees are invited to a campus open house to tour the new Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center from 3:30-5 p.m. on October 29. A short program will begin at 4 p.m. A Delaware community open house also will be held from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on October 30. Ohio...
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‘Battle of the Brains’

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October 28, 2010
OWU seniors and married students Brooke and Andy Coder and Nat Milder (in yellow shirt) placed 38th in the regional Battle of the Brains computer programming competition. They competed against all schools in the East Central North America region. (Photo courtesy of Sean McCulloch)

Two teams of Ohio Wesleyan University computer science students pushed their brains to the limits, applying their programming skills and maintaining their mental endurance to solve complex, real-world problems under a grueling five-hour deadline in the annual regional Battle of the Brains competition.
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Cross Country Teams Prepare for Conference Championship Meet

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October 28, 2010
Kat Zimmerly ’11. (Photo by Sara Tincher)

This Saturday the Ohio Wesleyan men’s and women’s cross country teams will be competing at the North Coast Athletic Conference championship meet at Wabash College.
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Come to Boozin’ and Cruisin’ at OWU on Saturday

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October 28, 2010
OWU students will use a golf cart and beer goggles as shown here when they participate October 30 in a drinking-and-driving simulation. (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service)

OWU junior Lauren Leister is on a mission involving golf carts, beer goggles, an obstacle course, and one of the most dangerous and deadly combinations imaginable: drinking and driving.
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Herbert L. DuPont ’61

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October 28, 2010
Herbert. L. DuPont ’61 (Photo courtesy of UTHealth)

OWU alumnus Herbert L. DuPont ’61 receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Click here for more information. Click here to see more OWU in the News coverage.
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From Socrates to Ceramics

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October 28, 2010
Ohio Wesleyan’s House of Thought hosted a week-long ‘Thought Week’ from October 17-23. The series of events included a Free Ceramics Workshop designed to allow students to create and discuss artwork. (Photo by Alex Crump ’13)

Ohio Wesleyan’s House of Thought was founded on the principle of extending critical thinking beyond the classroom to the entire student body. So it comes as no surprise that OWU’s SLU (small living unit) hosted “Thought Week,” a series of events designed to encourage intensified discussion, thought, and promotion of ideas and perspectives of...
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Arboretum Exploration

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October 28, 2010
(Photo by Suzanne Samin ’13)

Ohio Wesleyan sophomore Lenore Wilbert of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, was one of the botany students who gave public tours of OWU’s Jane Decker Arboretum on October 23.
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Ohio Wesleyan Departments Present ‘Mame’

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October 28, 2010
Cast members for Ohio Wesleyan’s production of Mame include (standing) Laurel Elliott ’11 of Phoenix, Arizona; Andrew Rossi ’13 of Euclid, Ohio; Joe Lugosh ’13 of Round Pond, Maine; Anne Flowers ’12 of Choteau, Montana; Brian Brockman ’13 of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; Charlie Waldo ’13 of Allison Park, Pennsylvania (front left); and Emily Yaksic ’11 of Marion, Ohio (seated). (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Department of Theatre & Dance)

OWU’s past joins the present in November when the Departments of Theatre & Dance and Music join to produce the legendary musical comedy Mame at 8 p.m. November 5, 6, and 12, and 2 p.m. November 7 and 14 on the Main Stage of Chappelear Drama Center.
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Blazing a Nature Trail

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October 28, 2010
OWU student Kristina Bergquist ’14 began volunteering at the San Francisco Zoo at age 12. She also has served an internship at the zoo and is working toward a career in wildlife conservation. (Photo courtesy of Kristina Bergquist ’14)

While all students learn a lot during their classes at Ohio Wesleyan, the University also recognizes the value of education outside the classroom. For Kristina Bergquist ’14, internships are a valuable and fun way to explore potential career paths.
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Red and Black … and Green

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October 28, 2010
Ohio Wesleyan University continues to develop its sustainability efforts. (Photo by John Holliger)

Ohio Wesleyan University’s sustainability efforts are making the grade.
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OWU Studies Sustainability

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October 28, 2010
The Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center is Ohio Wesleyan University’s first “green” building. (Photo by Natalie Fisher ’12)

Ohio Wesleyan University’s new Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center is a milestone on campus as its first “green” structure—featuring a geothermal energy system that heats and cools the building and a heat-recovery system that heats the pool. The environmentally friendly building also features a reflective clay-tile roof as well as recycled, regional, and low-VOC...
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Have Curiosity, Will Travel

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October 28, 2010
OWU student Cailee Smith helped to save the life of a newborn leatherback turtle while spending two weeks this summer at the Sea Turtle Conservancy in Costa Rica. The hatchling, which fit into the palm of her hand, eventually could weigh as much as 2,000 pounds. (Photo courtesy of Cailee Smith ’12)

On August 23, the first day of fall classes at Ohio Wesleyan University, Cailee Smith ’12 returned to campus with just enough time to park her car and dash off to organic chemistry class.
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Scaring up Funds for Community Philanthropy

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October 21, 2010
Boo! Last year’s crowd lined up for terror at the Chi Phi Haunted House. (Photo courtesy of Kit Faiella ’11)

For the 26th year, the Chi Phi Haunted House will frighten visitors and raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters and People in Need.
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Diving into a New Era

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October 21, 2010
(Photo by Melissa Mackey, courtesy of The Delaware Gazette)

The OWU men’s and women’s swim teams jumped into the pool at the Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center for the first time Monday. The pool holds 366,310 gallons of water and is heated to about 78 degrees. A community open house for the Meek Center will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m....
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Another Olmstead Book Honored

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October 21, 2010
(Image courtesy of Algonquin Books)

Ohio Wesleyan University professor Robert Olmstead’s novel Far Bright Star has been named one of the Top Ten Westerns of the Decade by Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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October 21, 2010
Five Ohio Wesleyan students spent six weeks living in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the summer as part of a Theory-to-Practice experience to examine firsthand how the country is recovering from the civil war of the 1990s. The students are (from left) Alina Ruzmetova, Megan Weaver, Kyle Herman, Anthony Harper, and Melissa Tan. (Photo courtesy of Megan Weaver ’11)

Near the end of their stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a group of Ohio Wesleyan University students visited the Sarajevo Tunnel, built by besieged citizens during the Bosnian Civil War to secretly transport food and medicine into the city. The tour featured video footage of the war, including massive damage to neighborhoods where the...
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Rafiki wa Afrika

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October 21, 2010
(Photo by Suzanne Samin ’13)

OWU President Rock Jones dons a chef hat to prepare a meal for students. Jones made shrimp and grits on Monday, using OWU’s “My Pantry” in Smith Hall. Students also are able to cook their own meals in the unique My Pantry station.
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2011 Spring Break Wilderness Treks

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October 21, 2010
OWU students toured the Everglades by canoe during a 2009 Spring Break Wilderness Trek. (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Office of University Chaplain)

Ohio Wesleyan University students will be hiking the Appalachian Train and exploring the Florida Everglades during OWU’s 2011 Spring Break Wilderness Treks.
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A Jolly Good ‘Fellow’

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October 21, 2010
Jed Burtt. (Photo by Pam Burtt)

Stick a feather in his cap and call him a fellow of the International Ornithologists’ Union.
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OWU International Student Ambassadors Reach Out

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October 21, 2010
OWU student Iqbal Khan discusses the culture of Pakistan with fourth-grade students at St. Mary School in Delaware during a visit by OWU International Ambassadors on October 14. (Photo by John Holliger)

Fourth- and fifth-grade students at St. Mary School in Delaware listened intently to presentations about faraway cultures from Ohio Wesleyan University’s International Student Ambassadors on October 14.
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