Monthly Archives: October 2011

OWU’s admission video chats featured in U.S. News & World Report

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October 17, 2011
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OWU Vice President for Enrollment Rebecca Eckstein and student Kalynne Trembly ’15 discuss how video chats enhance the college search process. Read the full U.S. News & World Report article.
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Ohio Wesleyan University Announces November Public Events

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October 17, 2011
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Ohio Wesleyan University today announced its November lineup of public events. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free of charge.
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Ohio Wesleyan University’s 2011 Heritage Day to Celebrate Community Service

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October 14, 2011
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Members of the Ohio Wesleyan University community are invited to “roll up their sleeves” November 9 to commemorate OWU’s historic legacy of service and to help their neighbors in need.
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OWU economics student success touted in Forbes online article

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October 14, 2011
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“Ohio (Wesleyan) Stock Outperforms in Michigan” Read the full Forbes online article.
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Grace Poling Represents Ohio Wesleyan in Visit to Sri Lanka

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October 12, 2011
Grace Poling. (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Office of Marketing and Communication)

“Council of International Schools (CIS) Asia Committee consisting of some of the most prestigious Universities and Colleges in the US recently visited Colombo to introduce seven of its members to Sri Lanka.” Read the full Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) article.
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Ohio Wesleyan Establishes Chapter of National Classics Honor Society

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October 10, 2011
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Ohio Wesleyan University is establishing a chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, a national classics honor society for undergraduate students. The Ohio Wesleyan chapter will hold its first meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Bayley Room of OWU’s Beeghly Library, 43 Rowland Ave. The public celebration will promote the importance of the classics...
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Ohio Wesleyan University to Celebrate Community Day Oct. 22

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October 6, 2011
Ohio Wesleyan’s Oct. 22 Community Day will include free athletic, art, and educational events. The day begins at 10 a.m. with a walking tour of OWU’s Jane Decker Arboretum. The university’s arboretum includes 105 species of trees and woody plants from temperate regions around the world. (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Office of Marketing and Communciation)

Ohio Wesleyan University is inviting the Delaware and Central Ohio communities to come to campus Oct. 22 for a day filled with free special events ranging from Battling Bishop athletic competitions to an arboretum tour to fine art, music, and theatre events.
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Making Healthy Choices

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October 6, 2011
Rebecca Nardin Hardy. (Photo courtesy of Smith Clinic)

With pizza, potato chips and soda at arms reach at college, deciding what to eat every day can be easy, but making healthy choices is not. Through OWU’s Healthy Bishop Initiative, students now have access to customized healthy eating plans.
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OWU Battling ‘Bellies’

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October 6, 2011
(Photo by Kelsey Ullom ’14)

Ohio Wesleyan University’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity hosted its third belly flop fund-raiser Oct. 5 at the Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center. The event raised more than $1,500, with all proceeds benefiting the Central Ohio Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. The effort of the Sig Ep brothers also was covered by WSYX/WTTE TV’s Johnny...
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Music Men

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October 6, 2011
OWU alumni Jasey Schnaars ’72, left, and Eric Gnezda ’79 are award-winning musicians and performers. They will perform Oct. 22 in nearby Worthington. (Photo courtesy of Eric Gnezda)

Award-winning songwriting, world-class musicianship, and splashes of humor will come alive when Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Eric Gnezda ’79 and Jasey Schnaars ’72 join Pete Cary and Arkadiy Gips in concert at 8p.m. Oct. 22 at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, 777 Evening St.
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

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October 6, 2011
VIVA members are pictured here creating papel picado—tissue paper decorating—as part of the Dia de los Muertos display in the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center on November 2. (Photo by Mike Serbanoiu ’15)

When OWU’s Kamila Goldin ’13, president of VIVA, the Latin American culture group, describes its raison d’être, she radiates enthusiasm. Part of that organization’s mission is to heighten awareness and understanding of Latin American cultures and issues for members of the OWU community. And when VIVA members spent the noon hour...
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Studying and Coaching in Costa Rica

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October 6, 2011
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Ohio Wesleyan University is full of opportunities for students of all interests. Each semester, many students take advantage of being able to study abroad.
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Munch, Mix, and Mingle

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October 6, 2011
Pictured here are Kathy Butler ’74 and Sharon Smithey Coale ’72 offering helpful advice to OWU students. (Photo by Brittany Vickers ’13)

Ohio Wesleyan’s Munch & Mingle is an annual event created by the Alumni Association Board of Directors, with the intent of bringing back to campus, OWU alumni who offer students career advice. This year’s event, scheduled on September 30, during Homecoming & Family Weekend, included 61 students who had pre-registered, and several alumni.
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There’s No Place Like OWU!

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October 6, 2011
Bishop at the Little Brown Jug. (Photo courtesy of Debbie Shatzer)

Athletics, academics, and social activities … oh, my! We’re off to see life in the land of the Bishops with the latest OWU images captured by our campus photographers.
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Ohio Wesleyan University Homecoming & Family Weekend 2011

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October 6, 2011
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Ohio Wesleyan celebrated Homecoming & Family Weekend on Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2011. The event included many opportunities for past, present, and future Battling Bishops to come together to celebrate everything OWU. Highlights included the Homecoming football game, where Sam DeJarnett was crowned queen and Nick Peranzi was crowned king.
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James Charlesworth ’62

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October 6, 2011
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James Charlesworth '62, director and editor of the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project, discusses the scrolls, in USA TODAY.
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Professor Mary Howard’s ‘Swept Out’ documentary featured in The Ohio Jewish Chronicle

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October 5, 2011
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Documentary explores homelessness in Columbus area.
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Strong Learning and Earning Potential

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October 3, 2011
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A new report lists Ohio Wesleyan University among the Top 20 liberal arts colleges in the nation for salary potential for its mid-career graduates.
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Ohio Wesleyan Faculty Member Gulimina Mahamuti to Perform at Carnegie Hall

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October 3, 2011
Gulimina Mahamuti will perform a free concert on campus Oct. 22.

For many musicians, performing in New York’s historic Carnegie Hall marks a professional milestone. Gulimina Mahamuti, part-time assistant professor of music at Ohio Wesleyan University, will achieve that milestone Jan. 8, 2012, when she performs in Carnegie Hall’s elegant Weill Recital Hall. She will perform solo and with violinist Selim Giray, associate professor of...
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Professor Sean Kay Writes about Ireland’s Economy in the Huffington Post

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October 3, 2011
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-kay/ireland-remains-at-heart-of-eurozone-trouble_b_990355.html
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