October 2024
An OWU Celebration
It’s thumbs up for the mighty Bishops as alumni, family, and friends join the campus community to celebrate Homecoming & Family Weekend.
‘Truly Transformative’
President Matt vandenBerg congratulates the winners of OWU’s inaugural U.S. Entrepreneurship Competition. The professional and college student teams each earn an investment worth $100,000.
Creating Opportunity
Kathrine Trine Grissom ’92 holds a photograph of her mother, Mary Ellen Grissom, whose memory she is honoring with a $12 million estate commitment that will benefit first-generation OWU students.
‘Lead the Change’
President Matt vandenBerg shares the OWU story during a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2024 panel discussion on creating more inclusive experiences in schools and workplaces.
‘Embracing New Experiences’
Kahlil Mitchell-Smith ’25 discovers a different side of the world while studying in New Zealand. The experience “has changed me as a person,” he says.
Valuable Exchange
Hayley Sanders ’26 is spending the semester studying in Belfast, Northern Ireland, through the Irish American Scholars Program.
Profitable Experience
Luisa Pereira Duarte ’26 interns for the summer as an economic development public policy fellow for Cuyahoga County and continues as a consultant this fall.
Sizable Research
Avery Panozzo ’25 (left) and Ava Swanson ’26 use 3D-printed chipmunks to research how house wrens respond to predators of different sizes.
Growing as Scientists
More than 50 students share the results of their 10-week mentored research projects at OWU’s annual Summer Science Research Symposium.
Team Title Winners
Zoe Ward ’27 finishes third among individuals and the Bishops place five runners among the top 15 individuals as the women’s cross country team wins the team title at the OWU Invitational.
Soccer Hall of Famer
The winningest men’s soccer coach in NCAA history, Ohio Wesleyan’s own Jay Martin, is selected to the inaugural class of the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association’s Hall of Fame.
Milligan Lecture, Oct. 15
Michael Tiedemann ’93 to Discuss
Creating a Wealth Management Firm
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Carpenter Lecture, Oct. 17
Philosopher, Game Designer Ian Bogost
to Talk About “How to Live Playfully”
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Visiting Writer, Oct. 24
Megan Pinto ’14 to Read
from New Book of Poetry
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