January 2023
‘Innovative, Energetic Leader’
Ohio Wesleyan names Matthew P. vandenBerg, Ed.D., as the University’s 17th president. vandenBerg will join OWU on July 1.
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Diversity Fellowship Program
Brianna DeMuth ’23 is one of nine scholars nationwide to earn 2023-2024 Diversity Fellowship Program awards in the American Political Science Association’s fall application cycle.
Understanding History
Jemimah Chukwuemeka ’26 (from left), Anya Robinson ’26, and Jada Respress ’23 earn OWU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Grants to support academic projects in the United States and abroad.
Saline Solution?
Wesley Rancher ’23 works to determine which ponds in Delaware County are most vulnerable to road salt pollution to help protect them and their ecosystems.
Aiding the Environment
S.K. Bulander ’23 creates the OWU Recycling Connection, an online map that shows what materials can be recycled locally and where.
Major Insights
Nathan Zuniga ’25 spends a semester studying Physics/Engineering at Australia’s University of Technology Sydney.
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Graduate-School Ready
Josie Fornara ’23 spends six weeks studying songbird nest microhabitats and predation at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
Scripting Her Future
Camy Dodd ’23 uses an OWU Connection grant to travel to Chicago to research feminist dramaturgy in support of her senior capstone project in Theatre.
STAR Supervisor
Buildings and Grounds staff member Shane Andrews earns OWU’s 2022 Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Award for his contributions to campus.
Melvin Van Peebles Symposium
Actress-dancer-director Jasmine Guy will headline OWU’s inaugural symposium to explore the artistic legacy of groundbreaking Black filmmaker and OWU graduate Melvin Van Peebles ’53.
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A New Standard
The OWU women’s basketball team defeats Kenyon in a Jan. 4 matchup that sets a school record for fewest points allowed in the third quarter. The four points break the mark of six points set in 2017.
‘We Recommit Ourselves’
Each year’s commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day provides a fresh opportunity to recommit to fulfilling King’s dream, Columbus City Council member Nick Bankston says.
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