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Campuswide News & Events

Professors in a Dunk Tank?

Come to the 2021 Olentangy River Festival from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 11 and check out who from OWU is in the Department of Environment and Sustainability’s dunk tank! The fundraiser will support the department’s new Outdoor Club and “OWU Outside”…

Sept. 2 @ 5:30pm – GiveBackHack Information Session

You’re invited to come together to learn about an energy-packed weekend of hands-on learning in entrepreneurship & business where real projects are born and have the ability to move forward. The information session will take place on September 2nd from…

Got Oboes?

Did you play the oboe in high school? Need an instrument or help with reeds? Free lesson and oboe reed available through September 30, 2021. Contact Karen Pfeifer @ klpfeife@owu.edu OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Music Contact: Karen Pfeifer at musicd@owu.edu

Sept. 2 @ 5:30pm – GiveBackHack Information Session

You’re invited to come together to learn about an energy-packed weekend of hands-on learning in entrepreneurship & business where real projects are born and have the ability to move forward. The information session will take place on September 2 from…

Aug. 29 – Zoom Opening Reception @ 2pm for Ross Museum

The Ross Museum opens again on the first day of classes with 2 new exhibits! The works of 26 women photographers from the permanent collection of the Museum are featured in an exhibit titled “Women Behind The Lens”. The online…

OWU Connection News & Events

Student News & Events

Dec. 2 @ 7 p.m. – Rescheduled Prism Meeting

Join Prism for our first meeting at the Carper Family Room in Stuyvesant Hall. It will be held on Friday, December 2nd from 7 to 8 pm. We will be doing some icebreakers to get to know each other and…

Dec. 4 @ 5 p.m. – Celebrate Hanukkah with InterFaith and Hillel

Come Celebrate Hanukkah at the InterFaith SLU with Hillel and InterFaith! Sunday December 4, from 5-7pm Join in playing dreidel, enjoy latkes, and learn about Hanukkah! Please RSVP through this link by Saturday, December 3rd:  OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: InterFaith Small…

Dec. 8 @ 5 & 5:45 p.m. – Bigelow-Reed House Tours

Are you interested in a living space with a focus on business, accounting, finance, and entrepreneurship? Come tour Bigelow-Reed and get your questions answered about this house! It’s a space open to all majors, you just have to have an…

Nov. 30 @ 6:30 p.m. – Reproductive Rights Info Night!

Come learn about the legal status of reproductive rights in the U.S. and Ohio, as well as the resources that are available through OWU and in the surrounding community, and the steps that can be taken to guarantee everyone is…

Faculty/Staff News & Events

New Whiteboard Annotation Tools Coming to Blackboard Collaborate

With the Blackboard Collaborate release coming Aug. 6, attendees can enjoy better formatting, usability, and annotation persistence with the release of new whiteboard annotation tools. With these improvements, attendees can enjoy these features on a session whiteboard or shared file.…

Summer Blackboard Collaborate Updates

Blackboard is continually improving their web conferencing platform. Secure recording links will be released on July 16: As part of their commitment to security and privacy, they want to give instructors more control over their recordings. Public access to recordings…

Join ILiADS Summer Activities

Although the Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (iliads.org) is unable to hold its annual event in person this year, the ILiADS Steering Committee will be hosting several conversations over the summer. Our hope is that these activities and new…

University Classifieds

Lost Toyota Car Key

A single Toyota car key was lost on November 30th. It is a black key fob with a key sticking out of it. There is nothing attached to it. If found please return to Anna Fender. Contact at email: acfender@owu.edu Thank…

Lost Under Armour Grey Hoodie

Lost a grey pullover hoodie with a small Under Armour logo in the middle of the chest. If found please email wejones@owu.edu. Thank you Contact: Winter Jones at wejones@owu.edu.

Summer 2019 Camp Counselors Wanted for OWjL Camp

We are looking for male and female counselors for OWjL Camp 2019. OWjL Camp is a summer residential camp for gifted/talented students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades held on the OWU campus each June. Requirements to be a counselor:…


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