{"id":2111,"date":"2024-09-04T13:16:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2024-09-04T13:16:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:16:35","slug":"september-26-owu-connection-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/september-26-owu-connection-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"September 26 &#8211; OWU Connection Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>What and when is the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/the-owu-connection\/owu-connection-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/the-owu-connection\/owu-connection-conference\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1725553056299000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Utr83QBi51FuYSgUr_iys\"><b>Connection Conference<\/b><\/a><b>?<\/b>\u00a0<b>In the words of our students, the<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QLhR_UT-YmY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/QLhR_UT-YmY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1725553056299000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1DseXqRx9iAmU814irgwqn\"><b>\u00a0OWU Connection Conference\u00a0<\/b><\/a><b>is a <em>can&#8217;t-miss event!<\/em>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Conference (<strong><em>held September 26, 2024, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/em><\/strong>) brings students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the central Ohio community together to experience the OWU Connection through interactive, dynamic, <b>student-led<\/b>\u00a0panels, poster presentations, performances, speed rounds, exhibits, and roundtables.<\/p>\n<p>The complete<a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/the-owu-connection\/owu-connection-conference\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/academics\/the-owu-connection\/owu-connection-conference\/schedule\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1725553056299000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Mt5LsXeQ7-2BK6RkOTYEz\">\u00a0schedule<\/a> and panelists are in development. Some highlights from 8 a.m.-Noon include:<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>U.S. Entrepreneurship Competition:\u00a0<\/b>The best-of-the-best entrepreneurial concepts compete for prize packages that include cash awards, coaching, and office space within DEC OWU.<\/li>\n<li><b>9-9:40 a.m. &#8211; <\/b>Athletics &amp; the Connection: How to Solve the Puzzle<\/li>\n<li><b>9:45-9:55 a.m. &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Welcome remarks with President vandenBerg and the Marching Bishops!<\/li>\n<li><b>10-10:45 a.m. &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Travel-Learning Courses around the world<\/li>\n<li><b>10 a.m.-Noon &#8211; <\/b>Career Connection Connecting the Dots to Secure your Dream Internship<\/li>\n<li><b>Noon-2 p.m. &#8211; <\/b>Black Wall Street: OWU recreates this dynamic business environment on campus to network and interact with local Black- and Minority-owned businesses.<\/li>\n<li><b>1-3 p.m. &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium:\u00a0More than 40 posters presented by OWU scientist scholars.<\/li>\n<li><b>2-2:45 p.m. &#8211; <\/b>Baran Scholarship:\u00a0Hear from Baran Scholars who are using their experience as a scholar to help advance toward advanced degrees<\/li>\n<li><b>3-3:45 p.m. &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Marius Smit, Founder of Plastic Whale:\u00a0Lessons of failure, entrepreneurship, and action for good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0OWU Connection<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Jill Hayes at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:connect@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connect@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What and when is the Connection Conference?\u00a0In the words of our students, the\u00a0OWU Connection Conference\u00a0is a can&#8217;t-miss event!\u00a0 The Conference (held September 26, 2024, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.) brings students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the central Ohio community together to experience the OWU Connection through interactive, dynamic, student-led\u00a0panels, poster presentations, performances, speed rounds, exhibits, and roundtables. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[117,397,14,428,158,94,257],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-academics","tag-career-connection","tag-conference","tag-event","tag-internships","tag-owu-connection","tag-study-abroad","tag-travel"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}