Features

New Theory-to-Practice Grants Announced

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May 3, 2012
Kamila Goldin ’13 works with children in McLeod Ganj, India, during a recent Theory-to-Practice grant-funded trip. Ohio Wesleyan has been awarding the grants since 2009 and announced 21 new grants this week. (Photo courtesy of Kamila Goldin ’13)

It’s a sure bet that the 21 newly awarded Ohio Wesleyan University Theory-to-Practice grants will help students and employees have a winning educational experience that connects academic theory with real-world practice.
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Lasting Impressions

April 18, 2012: Dance Class Performance (Photo by Chris Henchey ’14)

As the 2011-2012 academic year comes to a close, Ohio Wesleyan students and employees made time to celebrate accomplishments, friendships, and family.
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Ohio Wesleyan Enjoys ‘Day on the JAY’

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April 25, 2012
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Ohio Wesleyan students and employees celebrated the 2011-2012 academic year with a special "Day on the JAY" party April 20 that included games, music, food, and fun.
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Class of 2012 Prepares to Reach for the Stars

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April 19, 2012
Commencement 2012 is set for Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m. in Phillips Glen. (Photo by Doug Martin)

As members of Ohio Wesleyan’s Class of 2012 are preparing to fasten their mortarboards for Commencement on Sunday, May 13, months of planning by many members of the OWU community are leading up to what will be a memorable day for graduating seniors and their families and friends.
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Celebration of Scholarship

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April 19, 2012
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In what is one of the busiest months of a college year, Ohio Wesleyan Libraries hosted the Celebration of Scholarship on April 13.Students, professors, and staff members gathered in the Bayley Room of Beeghly Library to honor the intellectual scholarship of graduating seniors, academic publications of the faculty, and general work of the library...
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Never a Dull Moment

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April 19, 2012
April 13, 2012: Spring Fever (Photo by Mona Spalsbury)

There’s ALWAYS something exciting / educational / entertaining / exceptional to do at Ohio Wesleyan. Want proof? Just take a look at everything we’ve done recently!
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Positively Powerful

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April 18, 2012
Ken Blanchard, Ph.D., collaborated with OWU alumnus the Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale on the book, The Power of Ethical Management. Blanchard shared memories of Peale and his wife at a recent campus event to celebrate the Peale legacy. (Photo by Mark Schmitter ’12)

As a young student at Ohio Wesleyan University, Norman Vincent Peale was self-conscious and shy. He was such an introvert that a professor asked him to stay after class one day to discuss it.
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Theory-to-Practice ‘In Sight and Mind’

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April 5, 2012
Tyler D. Travis ’14 photographs Gladys Chiru in San Pedro, Panama, during an August 2011 Theory-to-Practice experience to learn about documentary photography in rural Panama. The group’s work will be on display in Gallery 2001 from April 12 through May 20. (Photo by Paula Masters Travis ’91)

During a Theory-to-Practice Grant-funded trip to Panama, six Ohio Wesleyan University community members experienced life through a different lens.
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NCAA Honors the Role of Division III Scholar-Athletes

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April 5, 2012
NCAA Division III Week April 9-15

Student-athletes at Ohio Wesleyan will join more than 172,000 Division III collegiate athletes from across the nation in celebrating the impact of varsity athletics on their respective campuses and communities during NCAA Division III Week, April 9-15.
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Biking for Bucks

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April 5, 2012
Image courtesy of Abbie Basile

Family farms, friendly towns, rolling hills and wide open spaces. Ohio’s character and natural beauty is on full display as you head north and east out of Cincinnati toward Delaware.
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A Knockout

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April 5, 2012
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Fight Night is Emeritus Professor of English Robert Flanagan’s newest collection of short stories, released recently by XOXOX Press. A prolific writer, Flanagan usually is working on three or four projects at a time.
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Journey to India

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March 22, 2012
In March, a group of Ohio Wesleyan University students, faculty, and staff participated in a program with India's Lady Shri Ram College for Women. The program examined 'Gandhi Today: Perspectives and Possibilities.' (Photo by Rock and Melissa Lollar Jones)

Just two years after Ohio Wesleyan was selected—one of only 10 colleges and universities in the U.S.—to participate in the International Academic Partners Program (IAPP) in India, a team of seven OWU students spent spring break 2012, in India for a five-day program entitled “Living the Gandhian Philosophy.”
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What a Difference a “T” Makes

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March 22, 2012
Nancy Murray's and David Johnson's BOMI 103 Biology of Cultivated Plants class comes in each semester to image pollen that they collect from a variety of flowers. (Photo courtesy of Laura Tuhela-Reuning)

Last May, Ohio Wesleyan received a new Zeiss EVO® LS10 SEM ATLAS Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM). This instrument, located in room 157 of the Schimmel/Conrades Science Center, replaced the former scanning electron microscope (SEM) that had been there since 1997.
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Everything in Focus

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March 22, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012: Culture Fest (Mark Schmitter ’12)

Recent Ohio Wesleyan events included a Culture Fest, Greek Awards, Habitat for Humanity project, and more. With its commitment on leadership and service, Ohio Wesleyan helps to bring lives into focus.
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Former Astronaut to Speak at Ohio Wesleyan’s 2012 Commencement

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February 29, 2012
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Mae C. Jemison, M.D., will deliver the keynote address at Ohio Wesleyan University’s 168th commencement ceremony. Jemison’s remarkable career as a doctor, engineer, scientist, academic, entrepreneur, and public intellectual includes six years with NASA as a space shuttle astronaut and making history in 1987 as the first woman of color in space.
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Ohio Wesleyan Students to Visit India to Study ‘Living The Gandhian Philosophy’

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February 29, 2012
This photograph was taken by Ohio Wesleyan students during an OWU Theory-to-Practice grant-funded trip to study children's welfare in Kolkata, India. From March 9-18, a delegation of OWU students will visit New Delhi to study the life of Mahatma Gandhi with students from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. (Photo courtesy of Addie Hemmen '12.)

Ohio Wesleyan students will travel to India from March 9-18, during their spring break. While there, the students will participate in a five-day program titled “Living the Gandhian Philosophy.” The program is being presented by Lady Shri Ram College for Women, consistently ranked as India’s best liberal arts college.
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Ohio Wesleyan Seeks 5,000 Facebook Fans

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February 16, 2012
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Help us reach 5,000 fans on Ohio Wesleyan University’s official Facebook page by March 10.
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Presidential, Vice Presidential Candidates Chosen During OWU’s Mock Convention

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February 16, 2012
February 10, 2012: Mock Convention Day One (Photo by John Holliger)

OWU students concluded their two-day Republican Mock Presidential Convention on February 11 by nominating a Mitt Romney-Stephen Colbert ticket.
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From House of Peace to Place of Hope

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February 16, 2012
Celeste Taylor ’12 (left) and Kamila Goldin ’12 had the opportunity to explore India’s vast landscape after work hours in McLeod Ganj. (Photo courtesy of Kamila Goldin ’12)

Kamila Goldin ’12 placed her black, leather bound journal on the table as we talked. “It’s here if we need it,” she said with a smile. We were about to discuss her recent Theory-to-Practice project, “Cultural Immersion in McLeod Ganj: A Study in Cultural and Political Change.”
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Meet Catherine Cardwell

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February 16, 2012
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As Ohio Wesleyan was searching for a new Director of Libraries this past year, Catherine Cardwell also was getting to know OWU better, as she became a candidate for the position. Her paths had crossed over the years with OWU employees, past and present, through OhioLink and other venues. Cardwell, now Ohio Wesleyan’s Director...
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