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Campuswide News & Events
Sept. 16 – Chalk the JAY! 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Come join the Honors Board on Wednesday, Sept. 16, (11 am – 3 pm) to color with chalk and hang out in the sun! Chalk Art Categories are: School Spirit, Pets/Animals, Fall Favorites (or whatever you want!) All participants will…
Getting Through it Together – A Free, Drop-In, Support Group
Getting Through it Together is a free, drop-in, no registration necessary, peer support group. For anyone who has been impacted by how difficult 2020 has been. It is a virtual space that will meet for one hour each week on…
Friday @ 12:10 – 9/11 Reflections with Sahar Khan ’06 (RSVP Now!)
Professor Sean Kay’s American Foreign Policy class is welcoming OWU alumna Sahar Khan ’06 to share reflections on 9/11 at 12:10 p.m. Friday, and the OWU community is invited to listen in. To receive the Zoom invitation, email Dr. Kay…
Sept. 10 & 11 – Perkins Observatory Offers Free Zoom Events
Expand your universe! You’re invited to join Perkins Observatory for two free online events this week. At 8 p.m. Sept. 10, Barbara Ryden, Ph.D., of The Ohio State University’s Department of Astronomy will discuss “Einstein, Friedmann, and the Expanding Universe…
Nominate a Deserving Individual for a You Are OWU Award
The You Are OWU Award recognizes students, staff, and faculty for their success and accomplishments that benefit the OWU community and for being an exemplary leader for others. Click here to nominate today: The selection committee prefers to recognize specific…
Fear & Loathing in the 2020 Election? Join us Sept.16!
Rachel Bitecofer, Ph.D., elections researcher and public policy expert, will discuss “Fear and Loathing in the 2020 Election: The Negative Partisanship Forecast Model” at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 via Zoom. As part of her analysis, Bitecofer created an election-forecasting model…
OWU Connection News & Events
Student News & Events
Seeking Spring Break Plans? Check Out This Year’s Wilderness Treks
If you are looking for something fun, challenging, and meaningful to do for spring break, then check out this year’s two Wilderness Treks: Backpacking and Rock Climbing in California and Kayaking in Florida. Each trip focuses on outdoor skills and…
Need Some Cash?
The Department of Economics and Business is now accepting applications for the Burton Morgan Entrepreneurship Student Paper Competition Award. The competition is open to all junior or senior students at OWU and is designed to encourage student research in entrepreneurship…
Get Real About Your Accomplishments!
Attention OWU Students! Career Connection wants YOU to Get Real About Your Accomplishments! Tell Career Connection about your internship, volunteer, research/project, or work experience by completing the “Get Real” Survey! By taking a few minutes to complete this survey, it…
Spring Break Service Week – Applications Open
Spring Break Service Week is OWU’s alternative breaks program. This year’s teams will be traveling over the week of spring break working with groups like Borderlines, SBP Disaster Recovery, and Lakota Youth Development. Applications to participate on this year’s teams…
Today @ 12pm – COMM Board First Social Event
The COMM Student Board will be hosting a social event on October 22nd, from 12 pm-1 pm outside of Phillips. Food will be provided. Get a chance to meet the COMM Board, Faculty, and other COMM majors! Go to this…
Oct. 24 @ 3pm – Interested in Divine 9? Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Information Session
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Iota Nu Sigma Chapter invites those interested to an Informational Meeting this Sunday, October 24 at 3:00 pm. RSVP to INSantibasileus@gmail.com. Business attire required. Martin Luther King Branch Library, 1467 E. Long St., Columbus Ohio…
Faculty/Staff News & Events
Donation to People in Need this Holiday Season
The holiday season is fast approaching and once again the Provost’s Office will be collecting money to help support Delaware County families through People In Need (PIN). Due to the growing number of families in Delaware County that are assisted…
Have You Seen This Artwork?
The Ross Art Museum is in need of help locating a few of its artworks around campus. If you have seen, or think you have seen in the past, one of these works please contact Ruth Ackermann at rmackerm@owu.edu, or Ext.…
Try the Better Version of Blackboard Courses This Spring!
We’re excited to offer a new course experience in Blackboard, available by request for any Spring ’19 course. It’s Learn Ultra, a new course view that offers a streamlined, more intuitive interface and workflows. We’ve successfully tested it with a…
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