September 2024
Off to a Winning Start!
As one new Bishop shares, Camp Oh-Wooo is “a thousand times better” than traditional icebreakers, creating a fun and engaging way to meet classmates, current students, and faculty and staff. Check out this year’s Camp Oh-Wooo adventures!
Launch & Learn
OWU students visit Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) facilities, including a rocket launch site, as part of their study of “Space Exploration: Past, Present, and Future.”
Exploring Kenya
Amelia Thrasher ’25 sees elephants in the wild while studying in Kenya. Her semester in East Africa focuses on endangered species, biodiversity conservation, and related issues.
Lizard League
OWU’s self-described Lizard League spends the summer studying the Common Wall Lizard and how the invasive species is spreading in urban Columbus and Cincinnati environments.
Spacetime Symmetries
Parthey Vasani ’27 works on his Summer Science Research Project, a physics-related exploration of spacetime symmetries and violations of those symmetries.
Unlimited Potential
The 2024-2025 Woltemade Economics and Business (WEB) Fellows include 19 students with a high potential for success at OWU and an interest in business-related studies.
Future Teachers
Ohio Wesleyan names nine first-year students as 2024-2025 Education Fellows based on their strong potential to succeed at OWU and their intention to become classroom teachers.
‘Helen’
Kaya Ferrell ’26 (left) and Liv Feisel ’26 each portray the title character in the university’s production of “Helen,” set to debut Oct. 3 for five performances in OWU’s Chappelear Drama Center.
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Seeds of Imagination
Sarah Hahn ’08, OWU’s 2023-2024 artist-in-residence, installs her sculpture, “Where the Wind Carries You,” featuring three 10-foot-tall dandelion seeds. OWU will dedicate the sculpture Oct. 5.
Redefining Student Success
President Matt vandenBerg will discuss unlocking student potential during a United Nations General Assembly forum Sept. 24 in New York.
‘Just Getting Started’
Ohio Wesleyan is celebrating a large and diverse incoming class, strong retention figures, new partnerships to expand access to a college degree, and more.
All in for Democracy
Ohio Wesleyan earns a national Silver Seal award for excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement and campus turnout in the 2022 midterm elections.
Hall of Famers
OWU is inducting 10 former Battling Bishop standouts into the Athletics Hall of Fame. Inductees include Cara De Angelis ’14 (left) and Dan Stroka ’00.
Protect, Serve, and Celebrate!
The Delaware Police, Delaware Fire, and OWU Public Safety departments host a community tailgate Sept. 7 at Bishop Backers Fall Community Day. The Bishops bested the Otterbein Cardinals 26-7 on the football field, and eventgoers contributed $925 to support Stratford Ecological Center, an educational farm and nature center. (Photo by Paul Vernon)
‘A Tale of Two Slave Traders’
Smith Civil War Lecture
to be Held Sept. 30, 2024
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Lifelong Learning Institute
Registration Underway,
Classes to Begin Oct. 7
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Homecoming Weekend
OWU to Celebrate Family
During Oct. 4-5 Event
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Treat or Treat
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October’s Public Events
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