Category New Students

This Week’s OWU Lingo: Dining Dollars

Dining Dollars  noun /dIEnIng • dAHlUHRz/ “Dining Dollars” are funds you and your families can add to your OWU ID for use at on-campus dining locations and a select number of Delaware restaurants. Dining Dollars can be used to purchase food…

Discover Delaware: Hamburger Inn Diner

“The staff at Hamburger Inn are really kind. It’s a great place to go with friends to get good burgers for a reasonable price.” -Brian Harrington ’25 Hamburger Inn Diner, 16 N. Sandusky Street (4-minute walk from campus) “Take a…

This Week’s OWU Lingo: Hambo

Hambo  noun, place /ham-bou/ “Hambo” is an affectionate nickname for a long-time Delaware favorite, the Hamburger Inn Diner. Decades of alumni, family, and current students have spent late nights in Delaware grabbing a milkshake, cinnamon roll, or other diner delight from…

i³ Video of the Week: Assumptions, Inequalities, and Congressional Committees

Meet Franchesca Nestor, Ohio Wesleyan’s Associate Professor of Politics & Government. Watch Dr. Nestor’s mini-lecture, “Assumptions, Inequalities, and Congressional Committees.” Dr. Nestor’s lecture is part of OWU’s signature event, i³: Ideas. Insight. Imagination. OWU held the seventh season of i³…

Camp Oh-Wooo Assignments Sent by August 1

Students will be informed of the Camp Oh-Wooo track (Challenge, Service, or Wilderness) they were placed into via their OWU email address on or before August 1.  Camp Oh-Wooo, our orientation program for new students, begins on move-in day, August…

Don’t get locked out of your BishopMail!

When you activate your OWU account and then log into BishopMail (OWU Gmail) for the first time, Google will warn you that “your domain will soon enforce 2-step Verification to ensure better account security.” It’s certainly tempting to click the…

OWU Point of Contact List

As a reminder, all general inquiries or questions about starting at OWU this fall as a new student should be emailed to newatowu@owu.edu. We’re here to help or point you in the right direction! Please use the corresponding email address below…

Take the Economics Proficiency Exam for Course Credit

All first-time freshman and new transfer students at OWU have the option of taking the Economics Proficiency Exam offered by the Department of Economics and Business. The online, proctored exam is offered during the summer. It is designed for incoming students who have a firm grasp of college-level introductory economics but do not have formal credentials…