Images of OWU

Belted in and Ready to Go!

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December 2, 2010
(Photo by Joan McLean)

The Bishop hides out on a backpack, ready to travel the world with OWU students.
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Helping Habitat

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November 18, 2010
(Photo by Megan Weaver ’11)

American folk music singer and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon performed November 12 in Gray Chapel. The concert helped to raise awareness and funds for the joint Habitat for Humanity homebuilding project involving the OWU Habitat for Humanity chapter and Hayes High School Youth United chapter. Contributions still are being accepted for the summer project by...
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Scene from Heritage Day 2010

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November 18, 2010
(Photo by John Holliger)

Pictured here during Ohio Wesleyan’s Heritage Day event on November 11, is Will Pierce ’13 portraying professional Shakespearean actor Frederick Ward in a re-enactment of the 1885 scandal during which 60 OWU students were suspended from school for attending the performance of “Richard III” at the Delaware Opera House. As Bonnie Milne Gardner ’77,...
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A Successful ‘Flop’

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November 11, 2010
(Photo by John Holliger)

Ohio Wesleyan’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Horizons International chapter raised more than $2,400 during their November 3 ‘Belly Flop for Pakistan’ held in the new Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center. The funds will be used to help people left homeless following summer floods.
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On the Pakistani Border

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November 11, 2010
(Photo courtesy of Kyle Herman ’11)

Anthony Harper ’12 (second from left) and Kyle Herman ’11 speak with a Pakistani man after observing a flag-lowering ceremony along the Wagah Border with India. The OWU students said they felt very welcome in Pakistan, where they spent two weeks over the summer researching opinions on U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. Sean-Paul Mauro...
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Let There Be Light

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November 4, 2010
(Photo by John Holliger)

Looking through the windows of OWU’s new Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center at night. Dedication of the Meek Center is set for Saturday, November 6.
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Letter Perfect

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November 4, 2010
(Photo by Cole Hatcher)

Workers installed new signage Wednesday on the Schimmel/Conrades Science Center. The building is named in recognition of OWU alumni Paul R. and Cleo Ritz Schimmel, both graduates of the Class of 1962, and George H. and Patricia Belt Conrades, who graduated in 1961 and 1963, respectively.
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Meet the Meek

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October 28, 2010
(Photo by Natalie Fisher ’12)

Ohio Wesleyan students and employees are invited to a campus open house to tour the new Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center from 3:30-5 p.m. on October 29. A short program will begin at 4 p.m. A Delaware community open house also will be held from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on October 30. Ohio...
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Arboretum Exploration

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October 28, 2010
(Photo by Suzanne Samin ’13)

Ohio Wesleyan sophomore Lenore Wilbert of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, was one of the botany students who gave public tours of OWU’s Jane Decker Arboretum on October 23.
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Diving into a New Era

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October 21, 2010
(Photo by Melissa Mackey, courtesy of The Delaware Gazette)

The OWU men’s and women’s swim teams jumped into the pool at the Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center for the first time Monday. The pool holds 366,310 gallons of water and is heated to about 78 degrees. A community open house for the Meek Center will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m....
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Rafiki wa Afrika

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October 21, 2010
(Photo by Suzanne Samin ’13)

OWU President Rock Jones dons a chef hat to prepare a meal for students. Jones made shrimp and grits on Monday, using OWU’s “My Pantry” in Smith Hall. Students also are able to cook their own meals in the unique My Pantry station.
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A Meal Fit for a President

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October 7, 2010
Photo by Alex Crump ’13

OWU President Rock Jones dons a chef hat to prepare a meal for students. Jones made shrimp and grits on Monday, using OWU’s “My Pantry” in Smith Hall. Students also are able to cook their own meals in the unique My Pantry station.
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Black Comedy – Featured Photo

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October 7, 2010
(Photo by Taylor Rivkin ’14)

Grammy Award-winning comedian, author, playwright, and actor Lewis Black performs in Ohio Wesleyan’s Gordon Field House. Black’s Wednesday appearance was sponsored by the OWU Campus Programming Board and funded by WCSA (Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs).
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Mountaintop Mining Protest – Featured Photo

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September 30, 2010
(Photo by Matthew Jordan ’11)

Ohio Wesleyan students were among the protestors in Washington on September 25-27 in a national event to protest mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
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Enhancing OWU’s Arboretum – Featured Photo

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September 30, 2010
(Photo by Suzanne Samin ’13)

Ohio Wesleyan students and botany professor David Johnson recently installed new aluminum tree identification markers for OWU’s Jane Decker Arboretum. The markers were donated by Henry Decker, husband of botany professor Jane Decker, who taught at OWU for 20 years before her death in 1988. Faculty and students use the arboretum as a living...
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OWU Under the Lights – Photo Gallery

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September 30, 2010
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(Photos by Amy Allan, Sara Tincher, and Taylor Rivkin ’14)
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All We Need is You! – Featured Photo

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September 23, 2010
(Photo by Sara Tincher)

Ohio Wesleyan University will hold its first-ever night game at Selby Field on Saturday when the Battling Bishops take on the Wooster Fighting Scots. Admission is free for everyone, and an iPad tablet computer will be given away at halftime. The fun kicks off with special programming at 6:40 p.m. See you at the...
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A Summer of Science Research – Featured Photo

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September 23, 2010
(Photo by Suzanne Samin ’13)

OWU President Rock Jones welcomes everyone to the 18th annual Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium on September 20. Click here to read the full story.
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Right on Target – Featured Photo

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September 16, 2010
(Photo by Alex Crump ’13)

OWU’s Panhellenic Council and Council of Fraternity Presidents hosted their first Greek Carnival on Wednesday afternoon. The community-building event featured lots of fun games and prizes.
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Getting Good Counsel – Featured Photo

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September 16, 2010
(Photo by Alex Crump ’13)

Nearly 425 college admission counselors and high school guidance counselors from Ohio and neighboring states visited Ohio Wesleyan on Thursday as part of the 2010 Ohio Association of College Admission Counselors (OACAC) Articulation program. Ohio Wesleyan was the only private college chosen to host a program this year. Here, President Rock Jones welcomes OWU’s...
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