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August 2020
Welcome, New Bishops!
Ohio Wesleyan is celebrating the arrival of new and transfer students from 30 States, D.C., and 18 countries. Learn more about this ‘interesting and accomplished’ group.
A Research Splash
The Sport Journal publishes OWU swim team-related research authored by four alumni – faculty member Andrew Busch ’07 and 2020 graduates Morgan Barnard, Tyler Mansfield, and Liz Mayio.
Researchers with Game
Joy Buraima ’22, Isabelle Rodriguez ’21, and Navami Shenoy ’23 work with faculty member Kira Bailey to create video programs to measure possible brain benefits.
Healthy Choices
Bryce Wittman ’22 researches a chemical compound’s photochemical and electrochemical properties as he works toward creating a career in medicine or medical research.
The Write Stuff
Erin Ross ’21 works as an editorial intern this summer for the Northeast Ohio-based GIE Media Inc., where she creates content for Pest Control Technology Magazine.
Finance Internship
Chase Dusek ’21 completes a summer internship helping Columbus-based Vesco Medical LLC with inventory, marketing, and research projects.
A Career Catalyst
Emma Blackburn ’22 conducts summer research with a goal of improving ‘global climate models to better account for the impact of lake and sea spray aerosols.’
Advancing Science
Professor Laurie Anderson is the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation Grant to create online teaching tools aimed at advancing field ecology and data science.
Realism Is Right
In a Security Studies journal article, professor Sean Kay settles one of the most significant debates in international relations theory as it relates to NATO – realism or liberalism?
Celebrated Structure
Professor David Caplan’s poem ‘In a Hotel’ is named one of the ‘10 of the Best Poems about Architecture and Buildings.’ Also on the list are Alfred Lord Tennyson, Emily Dickinson, and Thomas Hardy.
‘Fantastical’ Fiction
Instructor Jeffrey Ford’s latest book – a best-of short-story collection – earns praise from his peers as one of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy offerings.
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Woman on the Move
Four-time NCAA Division III champion Cirrus Robinson ’20 advances to the conference-level phase of the selection process for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Double-Eagle Announcement
Sarah McQuade ’15, assistant women’s basketball coach, is named head women's golf coach. As a student-athlete, she was a four-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference selection.
How to Change the World
OWU faculty develop a course for fall where students will examine ‘wicked problems’ like COVID-19 and explore how different academic disciplines work to solve them.
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