Internet technology pioneer and 1961 Ohio Wesleyan University graduate George H. Conrades borrowed some advice from another successful OWU alumnus when Conrades delivered the keynote address May 12 at Ohio Wesleyan’s 169th commencement ceremony.
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Ohio Wesleyan University senior Bradley P. Turnwald has earned a three-year Stanford University Graduate Fellowship in the California-based college’s biomedical science doctoral program. The fellowship is valued at more than $220,000.
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It’s not terribly surprising that history and pre-medicine double major Kassel Galaty ’13 became fascinated by nineteenth-century epidemiologist Dr. William Budd’s advocacy of the germ theory of disease.
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Ohio Wesleyan senior Megan Fris recently has received the Ohio Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (OBASM) 2013 Career Workshops Award, and recent graduate Rachel Fleming Pritchard ’08 was awarded this honor as well.
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Numerous OWU alumni living in the Boston area as well as the community of Boston University, led by Reverend Robert Allan Hill ’76, Chaplain and Dean of Boston University’s Marsh Chapel, came together to open their hearts and homes to the families and victims of Monday’s horrific explosions that occurred toward the end of...
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OWU’s most-recently-awarded Theory-to-Practice grants continue to enable student to link academic theory with real-world experiences.
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Ohio Wesleyan senior Justin Giarrusso is finishing up his studies at OWU with a flourish, as he recently was selected as one of three winners in the Manhattan Choral Ensemble’s Choral Composition Contest.
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The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ annual Evening of Excellence program on April 10 in Columbus (OH) was complemented by an excellent presentation by OWU student researcher Kassel Galaty ’13.
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Funding from USAID in the shape of a $25 million grant, is enabling Professor Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela ’92, “Reitu,” and her colleagues at Michigan State University to establish the Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (GCFSI).
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What started for Matt Hill ’13 as a 2012 OWU Travel-Learning course on “British Images,” grew into his Theory-to-Practice grant called “Reading the Museum: Institutional Determinants of Cultural Identity in Liverpool,” and research at the Museum of Liverpool over spring break.
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Pedal-powered smoothies. A giant recycled-waste sculpture. A unique chance to become more environmentally aware. Ohio Wesleyan University’s first Green Week will offer all of this and more – even the chance to snag a free spork.
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Ohio Wesleyan alumnus Jabez Co ’12, a member of the Columbus Symphony Chorus and associate flutist/piccoloist for the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, has received the International Sterling Achievement Award—the highest honor awarded by the international professional music fraternity, Mu Phi Epsilon.
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From the castles and cathedrals of Scotland and England to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park—the 10 OWU spring 2014 Travel-Learning Courses will offer students challenging classroom study complemented by transformative worldwide travel experiences that will add a dimension of practical understanding for each student.
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Ohio Wesleyan University professors Lynette Carpenter and Jeffrey Nilan believe a thorough understanding of the American Landscape is an essential part of a college education.
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Late this month, Ohio Wesleyan Associate Chaplain Lisa Ho will find herself in the company of Vice President Joe Biden, Presidential Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) as she attends a “national gathering of some of the most influential and leading clergy” for a national convening and briefing on the faith...
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From studying the literature and politics of Ireland to exploring the intersection of religion and environmentalism in northern India, to delving into conservation possibilities for the endangered Green Sea Turtles of Tortuguero, Costa Rica, OWU’s newly-awarded Theory-to-Practice grants promise continued connection between academic theory and real-world experience. Here are our 2013 recipients:
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David Caplan, associate professor of English at OWU, has been awarded the prestigious Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry by the Virginia Quarterly Review for spring 2012.
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In tandem with work now under way to redesign Ohio Wesleyan’s website, myOWU is taking on an even more critical role in connecting students, faculty, and staff members to services and relevant information, data, procedures, and to each other.
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From the remarkable renovation of Stuyvesant Hall, to the stellar season of the Battling Bishop football team, to the soaring success (literally!) of the “The Fairy Queen” cast—Ohio Wesleyan University has had much to celebrate during 2012.
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Success has been abundant for Christopher G. Cowen ’94, who studied theater and English at OWU and quickly delved into the film industry after graduation.
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