Ohio Wesleyan University


Stuyvesant Hall Move-In Day

August 30, 2012
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Ohio Wesleyan students move into Stuyvesant Hall on August 25. The 81-year-old residence hall is on the National Register of Historic Places, and has undergone a 15-month restoration project to restore its former beauty and add new amenities for students.
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Ohio Wesleyan’s Austin Manor, Dean of Students Featured in Time.com Article

August 22, 2012
Ohio Wesleyan University's intergenerational living community, Austin Manor, has been a unique part of the OWU campus for nearly 25 years.

In the article, writer Victor Luckerson says: “Austin Manor’s uncommon integration began in 1985, but it can provide a successful blueprint for how colleges and college towns can recruit both the young and the old today."
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Ohio Wesleyan University Announces Reading Of Dustin Lance Black’s New Play ‘8’

August 13, 2012
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Ohio Wesleyan University, through its Spectrum Resource Center and Department of Theatre & Dance, is proud to announce a one-night-only reading of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8.
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Professor Discusses U.S.-Europe Relations in ‘Foreign Policy’

August 8, 2012
Sean Kay

“Are there major shifts ongoing in between American and Europe? Of course there are – and this is a good thing,” Ohio Wesleyan University professor Sean Kay, Ph.D., writes in a new commentary published by Foreign Policy.
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A Literary Bond

August 7, 2012
Michelle Disler

Ohio Wesleyan University faculty member Michelle Disler, Ph.D., discusses her book, “: alphabet, anatomy, biography” in Berfrois, a literary-intellectual online magazine.
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Professor Sean Kay Weighs in on Summit Outcomes

August 2, 2012
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Ohio Wesleyan Professor of Politics and Government Sean Kay was interviewed by the Medill National Security Zone for its “Top of the Summits” report following the important issues that arose from the recent G-8 and NATO summits.
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Scenes from Summer at OWU

August 2, 2012
July 12, 2012: JAYwalk Fountain (Photo by Mark Schmitter ’12)

From conducting summer science research and hosting the Ohio Science Symposium to taking a break by OWU’s new fountain on the JAYwalk, summer months on campus are filled with interesting things to see and do.
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Tom Burns

August 2, 2012
OWU professor Tom Burns. (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Office of Marketing and Communication)

Professor Tom Burns discusses Perkins Observatory and the “Celebration of the Sun” program with WCMH-NBC4.
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Sean Kay

July 9, 2012
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"Both Ireland and Greece offer the world extraordinary human capital, which is being wasted via austerity without simultaneous targeted investments for the future," Ohio Wesleyan professor Sean Kay writes in The Huffington Post.
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Ohio Wesleyan University Announces 2012-2013 Arts Calendar of Events

July 9, 2012
Ohio Wesleyan University will stage ‘The Fairy Queen,’ a musical treatment of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for five performances in November. The play will include special rigging to allow actors to fly in this joint production of the university’s departments of music and theatre & dance. (Photo courtesy of Ohio Wesleyan University)

Ohio Wesleyan University has an exciting lineup of theatre & dance, music, and visual arts events planned for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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Joan McLean

July 5, 2012
Joan McLean. (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Office of Marketing and Communication)

Professor Joan McLean analyzes the Sherrod Brown-Josh Mandel race for the U.S. Senate for ABC News.
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Edward Canterbury ’02

June 29, 2012
Edward Canterbury ’02 (Photo courtesy of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.)

Edward Canterbury ’02, Florida Bar board-certified real estate lawyer with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., recently appointed to the Red Cross Philanthropy Committee for Lee and Collier Counties, Florida.
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Spring/Summer at OWU

June 29, 2012
June 13, 2012: OWjL Program (Photo by Melissa Ward ’14)

Enjoy our photo gallery of events and programs!
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OWU Alumnus Doug Gordin ’78 Receives Florida Recognition

June 25, 2012
Doug Gordin ’78. (Photo courtesy of Florida Southern College Athletics)

Ohio Wesleyan alumnus Doug Gordin ’78 is being inducted into the Polk County (Florida) Sports Hall of Fame this week. Gordin, the son of former OWU Athletic Director Richard Gordin, has enjoyed a distinguished career as a golf coach at Florida Southern College, where he has coached for 17 years.
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Central Ohio Middle School Students Expand Minds at OWjL Camp

June 11, 2012
OWjL campers participate in classes such as this one on archaelogy. This year's camp sessions run through June 29. (Photo courtesy of OWjL)

More than 500 middle school students from nine central Ohio counties are participating in the OWjL summer camp program at Ohio Wesleyan University in one of three weeklong sessions now through June 29. While living on the OWU campus, the talented and gifted students will take part in classes such as “Building Brilliant Bridges,”...
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Robert Olmstead’s Novel ‘Gritty One Moment, Lyrical the Next,’ Washington Post Review Says

June 4, 2012
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Ohio Wesleyan University professor Robert Olmstead’s newest book, “The Coldest Night,” was reviewed recently in The Washington Post. In the article, reviewer and author Chris Bohjalian states: “Olmstead is an immensely gifted stylist, his prose capable of conveying the magic and passion of first love as well as the ferocity of battle. He also...
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Hats Off to the Class of 2012!

May 31, 2012
(Photo by Sara Blake)

Enjoy information, photos, and videos capturing the excitement of OWU's Commencement 2012.
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Looking Good, OWU!

May 31, 2012
May 21, 2012: Early Childhood Center Recycling Bin Celebration. (Photo by Cole Hatcher)

As the Ohio Wesleyan academic year ends and summer approaches, the community still bustles with activity.
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Kara Trott ’83

May 31, 2012
Kara Trott '83. (Photo courtesy of Quantum Health)

Kara Trott ’83, founder, CEO, and majority owner of Quantum Health, discusses being among the 50 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by women, in The Columbus Dispatch.
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Ohio Wesleyan Professor Co-Edits Virginia Quarterly Review

May 18, 2012
David Caplan

David Caplan, Ph.D., an associate professor of English and associate director of creative writing at Ohio Wesleyan University, recently co-edited a special issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review devoted to American Poetry.
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