July 2024
Building Businesses
Ohio Wesleyan launches the U.S. Entrepreneurship Competition – the largest business plan competition in Ohio. It features prizes valued at nearly a half-million dollars.
East Asian Politics
Students visit Gyeongbokgung Palace during an OWU Connection trip to South Korea to explore politics, economy, and culture. Professor Ji Young Choi (right) leads the Travel-Learning Course experience.
Digging Into Learning
Ellie Dodds ’25 (from left), Lily Bechina ’26, Auzlynd Katterhenrich ’25, and Frankie Nuss ’27 travel to Japan to participate in the 7th annual International Soil Classification Congress as part of an OWU Travel-Learning Course.
Evolving Education
OWU students and faculty visit a lava tunnel during their Travel-Learning Course studying Island Biology in the Galapagos. The area is one of the most important for scientists studying biology and natural selection.
More Than Squid Games
Doyi Kim ’27 (pictured) and Andrew Inamdar ’27 search for antimicrobials with potential for human drug development as part of their research into how bacteria protect Hawaiian bobtail squid eggs.
Hunger for Learning
OWU students and faculty members, including Professor Christopher Fink (front), explore “Cuban Migration, Food, and Identity” during a trip to Louisville, Kentucky – the second-largest Cuban community in the nation.
Opportunity Magnified
Jack Gensler ’26 presents research on plant nutrient cycling at the American Society for Microbiology’s Microbe 2024 national conference. He previously shared his work at the Ohio ASM conference.
Learning from Experts
A group of Woltemade Economics and Business Fellows travel to New York City for an OWU-funded trip to meet with influential business leaders, including several successful Bishops.
Mapping Solutions
Logan McFarland ’27 (right) flies a drone under the supervision of Professor Nathan Rowley while researching “the ability of drone imagery to map patterns in water and ecology.”
Family Matters
Willow Bryn Rosser ’26 conducts psychology research into “Development in the Context of LGBTQ+ Families” as part of Ohio Wesleyan’s Summer Science Research Program.
Literacy Lead
Marissa Dial ’26 reads to children while working in Cleveland as a literacy lead intern. Her experience is coordinated through the Summer on the Cuyahoga program.
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Going the Distance
Javelin thrower Trey Theobald ’25 is named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America men's track & field teams. He is a first-team selection.
Brainy Bishops
The latest NCAC Academic Honor Roll boasts the names of 142 Battling Bishop student-athletes. The sophomores, juniors, and seniors have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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