Author Archive for Cole Hatcher

Ohio Wesleyan University to Hold 2012 Republican Mock Presidential Convention

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Ohio Wesleyan University students will create a GOP Party platform and select presidential and vice presidential candidates to square off against incumbent President Barack Obama during the university’s 2012 Republican Mock Presidential Convention. The two-day event, which simulates a national nominating convention, will take place Feb. 10-11 in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St.

Ohio Wesleyan Awards $89,000 in Theory-to-Practice Grants

Ohio Wesleyan’s unique Theory-to-Practice Grant program allows students to seek university funding to support areas of special interest. Here, students traveled to Bolivia, one of the poorest nations in the world, to examine the challenges facing Bolivia’s fragile ecosystem and its residents. (Photo by Kat Zimmerly ’11.)

Ohio Wesleyan University students and employees were awarded $89,000 in Theory-to-Practice grants for proposals submitted during the fall cycle. Awards range from supporting a service-learning project involving teams of OWU and Japanese students building homes for Habitat for Humanity to faculty and students conducting research on Islamic religious traditions in the secular society of France.