October 2022
Making the Connection
Kennedy Watkins ’25 participates in an entrepreneurship panel at the first OWU Connection Conference. The conference allowed students to explore all of the OWU Connection opportunities available to them.
Adopt-A-Drain
Savannah Domenech ’25 spearheads the launch of a citywide Adopt-a-Drain program that invites people to clean storm drains regularly to keep trash out of local waterways.
Chance to Soar
Zynnia Peterson ’23 volunteers with the Macaw Recovery Network in Cost Rica, helping prepare food for the birds, monitor their health, and ensure they have safe living conditions.
Honors Research
Cole Peterson ’23 receives OWU Connection funding to explore “The Perennial March: Britain’s Self-Imposed Disaster in Afghanistan,” conducting research in the United Kingdom.
‘Making Real Strides’
Carly Sanders ’24 anticipates pursuing a career in plant biology and works over the summer in professor Chris Wolverton’s lab on his NASA-funded plant-gravity research.
Plunging In
OWU students share their 10-week summer research experiences at the Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium.
Interfaith in Action
A group of Ohio Wesleyan students travel to Chicago this fall to attend the national Interfaith Leadership Summit and learn more about religious diversity.
Space to ‘Fill’
Ohio Wesleyan’s production of ‘Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill’ features (from left) Owen Rehak ’24 as Ray, Alex Dolph ’23 as Joni, and Millie Rocco ’23 as Lisa. The show debuts Oct. 27.
Check This Out
The Ross Art Museum opens two new exhibits and launches a free program for art lovers and instructors to borrow materials from its educational works collection.
Bishop Blowout
More than 1,100 alumni, families, and friends celebrate Homecoming & Family Weekend. The Oct. 7-8 weekend includes football and field hockey wins over Denison, the Slocum Hall rededication, and more!
Hall of Famers
OWU inducts seven former Bishop standouts, including Travis Wall ’12, and a former coach into the Athletics Hall of Fame and bestows the George Gauthier Award upon Diana Poos Roach ’72 and Mark Shipps ’70.
Black Wall Street
Kourtney Clark (right), owner of Conscious Gleaux, sells plant-based soaps and body butters at OWU’s Black Wall Street event. Local BIPOC-owned businesses and student-entrepreneurs promoted their industries at the Oct. 6 event, which commemorated the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, once known as the Black Wall Street of America.
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