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Building safer communities: Megan Rookard named 2025 recipient of Dr. Dan Evans Alumni Leadership Award

March 26, 2025 5 min

Megan Rookard, advocate and educator, is the 2025 recipient of the Dr. Dan Evans Alumni Leadership Award for her work supporting survivors and leading open conversations about sexual harm.

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Community Events

��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra to perform at OHIO Southern April 5

March 26, 2025 2 min

��Ƶ Southern will host the ��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra on April 5 at 3 p.m., concluding the Ironton Council for the Arts’ 2024-25 concert season.

Alumni

The Stolls credit their careers to experience gained at WOUB

March 25, 2025 5 min

When Justin Stoll and Emily Baird Stoll came to study at ��Ƶ, they both started working for WOUB and discovered they wanted to pursue a career in media.

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Giving Day

Imagining and creating communities together: A relational approach to fundraising

March 25, 2025 4 min

Read about how top-raising advocates for OHIO Giving Day in 2024 are reaching for even greater Giving Day participation in 2025.

OHIO Announcements

OHIO posts two draft policies for review

March 25, 2025 1 min

The ��Ƶ Executive Staff Policy Committee (ESPC) has posted drafts of two updated policies for review.

Giving Day

OHIO Giving Day is set for April 2: Donate to make a difference

March 25, 2025 3 min

��Ƶ’s sixth Giving Day kicks off at midnight on Wednesday, April 2, inviting alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends to celebrate all ��Ƶ has been and is, by giving to the funds that matter most to you and to current and future Bobcats. Our goal this year is 3,110 donors. Together, we can ensure OHIO’s next era is the best one yet.

OHIO Events

OHIO employees invited to April 15 ice cream social

March 25, 2025 1 min

All ��Ƶ faculty and staff are invited to an ice cream social on Tuesday, April 15, at the Friends of the Library Room on the third floor of Alden Library.

Research

Plastic from plants? NSF grant helps OHIO researchers explore plant polymer scaffolding in search for fossil fuel replacements

March 25, 2025 7 min

In a world increasingly aware of the environmental impact of fossil fuels, researchers are embarking on a venture to find sustainable alternatives for one of the most widely used materials: polymers.

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Electronic Media

Students celebrate storytelling, creativity at EMPixx high school media competition

March 25, 2025 5 min

��Ƶ Southern hosted the 2025 EMPixx Media Competition on March 21, celebrating student creativity with 101 entries from 8 schools and a keynote by alumni from MyTown TV.

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Community Engagement

��Ƶ Southern and Scioto County Aspire launch PRISM Program to strengthen workforce skills

March 25, 2025 2 min

Free 8-week PRISM training at ��Ƶ Southern helps adults build retail, customer service, and logistics skills with industry-recognized credentials.

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Corporate Partnerships

Building the Future

March 24, 2025 3 min

A strategic partnership is elevating construction management education at ��Ƶ.

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Faculty Profile

Last Word with Nukhet Sandal

March 24, 2025 7 min

��Ƶ’s ACE Fellow reflects on her career path, teaching philosophy and what makes Athens special.

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Alumni & Friends

The Gift of Memories

March 24, 2025 7 min

A decades-spanning collection of images by photographer Dan Dry provides an important glimpse into OHIO history and beyond.

Bobcat Pride

100 Years of Bobcats

March 24, 2025 2 min

OHIO’s mascot celebrates a century of school spirit.

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New Faces

Roll Out the Welcome Mat

March 24, 2025 8 min

Two of the University’s newest hires are partnering to lift OHIO’s national profile as a leading research institution.

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