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Ohio Wesleyan Snapshots of Scholarship, Accomplishments, and Fun

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February 16, 2012
February 14, 2012: Men’s Soccer Team Recognition at Ohio Statehouse (Photo by Sara Blake)

From thought-provoking lectures to roller skating madness in the Benes Rooms, to our Men’s Soccer team recognition at the Ohio Statehouse, members of the OWU community enjoyed an array of activities during the past few weeks.
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2012 Great Decisions

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February 2, 2012
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The 2012 Great Decisions series on important global issues of our era will take us from Afghanistan to Mexico, from the energy policy to the new frontier of cybersecurity. The series will examine Indonesia’s prospects for prosperity, Arab upheavals and realignments in the Middle East, how the United States can best promote democracy abroad—and...
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A Gallery of Excellence

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February 2, 2012
January 22, 2012: Celebration of Excellence luncheon. (Photo by Sara Blake)

Prospective students are recognized for their academic achievements during two recent visit programs—the Schubert Scholars Competition and Celebration of Excellence. Meanwhile, OWU’s seniors celebrate their Countdown to Commencement and the men’s soccer team is acknowledged for its NCAA Division III national championship with presentations from Delaware City Council and from Ohio Rep. Andrew Brenner...
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Ohio Wesleyan University to Hold 2012 Republican Mock Presidential Convention

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January 30, 2012
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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...
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Emmy Award-Winner Anthony Zerbe to Perform at Ohio Wesleyan University

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January 30, 2012
Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actor Anthony Zerbe will perform Feb. 10 at Ohio Wesleyan University. Tickets are available now. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Zerbe)

Anthony Zerbe’s one-man show has been described as both “pure magic” and “an avalanche of colorful characters and dazzling word play.” The Emmy Award-winning actor will present “It’s All Done with Mirrors … an avalanche of E.E. Cummings,” at 8 p.m. Feb. 10 on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus.
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Ohio Wesleyan Professor ‘Jazzes Up’ Training of Classical Musicians

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January 23, 2012
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Watching her music students study and hone their performance skills, Ohio Wesleyan University professor Nancy Gamso, D.M.A., discovered an opportunity to “jazz up” the training of tomorrow’s classical performers.
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Ohio Wesleyan Awards $89,000 in Theory-to-Practice Grants

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January 19, 2012
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...
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A Time for Justice

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January 19, 2012
January 16, 2012: MLK March. (Photo by John Holliger)

Members of the OWU and Delaware communities observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day through programming, events, and performances highlighting the King legacy and supporting the theme of “A Time for Justice.”
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Ohio Wesleyan Announces Department of Health and Human Kinetics

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January 19, 2012
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Things are on the move for Ohio Wesleyan University’s newly named Department of Health and Human Kinetics—literally.
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Ohio Wesleyan Men’s Soccer Coach Jay Martin Named NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year

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January 17, 2012
OWU men's soccer coach Jay Martin led this year's team to its second national championship, became the winningest coach in men's college soccer, and just earned his third National Coach of the Year award.

“Martin’s third National Coach of the Year award caps a fairy-tale ending to the 2011 season,” according to the official award announcement from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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Young Alum’s Idea Selected One of Intel’s Top 20

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January 13, 2012
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“I’m interested in becoming a social entrepreneur,” says Pratyush Agarwal ’11. “I want to help people in a way that makes a permanent impact on their lives.”
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A Sporty New Look

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December 16, 2011
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December 9, 2011, was a landmark day in Ohio Wesleyan athletics, even though there were no contests scheduled.
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Visions of OWU Danced in Our Heads…

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December 16, 2011
December 4, 2011: Holiday Arches in the Rain. (Photo by John Holliger)

OWU sports fans were dancing in the aisles to celebrate the men’s team taking the national title, OWU students were dancing in the atrium as they enjoyed the 2011 President’s Ball, and Terpsicorps members were dancing on stage in Gray Chapel. The semester also finished up with Jason Hiester’s “Civil War Reflections” and the...
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Ohio Wesleyan Receives $500,000 Gift to Enhance Educational Opportunities

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December 14, 2011
As part of a travel-learning experience, Ohio Wesleyan students visited Oaxaca, Mexico, in March to study ethnobotany. Travel-learning is part of the ‘OWU Connection’ curricular initiative. (Photo by Abby Dockter ’12)

Ohio Wesleyan University has received a $500,000 gift commitment from an international businessman and alumnus to create an endowed fund that will support the faculty’s new “OWU Connection” curricular initiative.
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Ohio Wesleyan Participates In Regional Moot Court Competition

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December 12, 2011
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Eight Ohio Wesleyan University students participated in the recent American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s Midwest Regional Tournament, and two have been invited to take part in January’s national championship.
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Soccer and Life: The Martin Lessons

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December 3, 2011
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Throughout the United States, former Ohio Wesleyan soccer players, and in fact, the entire OWU family, are celebrating the success of this year’s team and its coach, Dr. Jay Martin. Tomight, the team won the University’s second national championship—and Martin became the country’s all-time winningest men’s soccer coach in any NCAA division, with 608...
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Ohio Wesleyan Showcases Talent of University’s Fine Arts Faculty

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December 1, 2011
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Seven members of Ohio Wesleyan University’s fine arts faculty are sending “Mixed Messages” in a multimedia exhibit on display through Feb. 5 in the university’s Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St.
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Back the Red & Black

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December 1, 2011
Coach Jay Martin thanks the crowd for its support before the OWU men’s soccer team left Tuesday on its journey to the national NCAA Division III tournament. (Photo by Chris Henchey ’14)

The only thing almost as sweet as an NCAA Division III national championship for the OWU men’s soccer team is the amazingly supportive campus send-off that Coach Jay Martin and his talented team received just prior to their departure from OWU on Tuesday evening.
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2011 Ohio Professor of the Year

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November 30, 2011
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The Ohio Wesleyan University family gathered Tuesday to recognize zoology professor Jed Burtt, recently named the 2011 Ohio Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
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A ‘Gold’ Star

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November 17, 2011
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“Rock’s Amazing Race,” a collaborative fund-raising campaign and video production created by the Marketing and Communication Office and the Ohio Wesleyan Fund staff, received a Pride of CASE V Gold Award in the category of “Best Program in Engaging an Institution’s CEO in Fundraising.”
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