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November 2021
All Business
For Jacob Dodds ’22, the OWU experience includes three internships, two job offers, and a new life in Pittsburgh after graduation.
Exploring Ecuador
Meg Edwards ’22 is spending fall semester in Ecuador studying the South American country’s development, politics, and languages.
Music Coming Alive
Music written by Tiyinoluwa Olushola-Alao ’23 will be among the pieces played Nov. 18 at the OWU Fall Composition Studio Recital.
Future Veterinarian
Chase Reinert ’22 earns an OWU Connection grant to support her internship at the South Florida Wildlife Center in Fort Lauderdale.
‘Mothertrucker’
Creative Writing Director Amy Butcher’s new book is an Amazon No. 1 bestseller in the memoir, travel writing, and feminist theory categories.
Keeping Students on Course
Twenty-one year higher education innovator Michele Kibler joins Ohio Wesleyan as the University’s new registrar.
Learning What You Don’t Know
OWU alumnus and award-winning photographer John Clark Mayden ’74 shares life lessons with students at his ‘Baltimore Lives’ exhibit.
National Recognition
OWU’s Richard M. Ross Art Museum is one of 15 organizations nationwide selected to receive 2021 grants from the Andrea Frank Foundation.
Men’s Soccer
Jaggar Brooker ’24 (left) is the NCAC Offensive Player of the Year, and Hector Gomez ’22 repeats as NCAC Midfielder of the Year. Both are first-team All-NCAC selections with Ethan Marshall ’23. Cristian Gomez ’23 and Ethan Love ’23 are second-team, and Antonio Mendez ’24 is honorable mention.
Women’s Soccer
Defender Isabella Geiler ’23 (right) is named a second-team All-NCAC selection, and four of her Battling Bishop teammates are honorable mention selections: Taylor Floyd ’22, Ryan O'Neill ’25, Ellie Redman ’23, and Makayla Watkins ’25.
Field Hockey
Midfielder Astrid Koek ’22 is the NCAC Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-NCAC selection. Veronica Hardman ’23 and Zoë Nelson ’25 are second-team choices, and Gabi Dahllof ’25 is an honorable mention pick.
Volleyball
Outside hitter Melissa Murray ’24 (center) is a second-team all-NCAC conference choice, while middle blocker Ava Kutilek ’25 and outside hitter Eliza Richardson ’24 are honorable mention selections.