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April 2023

Bishop Scholars

Bishop Scholars

Sai Suresh Kannan ’24, Camila Morales ’25, Carlos Coello Escoto ’24, Gabby Gonzalez-Duarte ’26, and Tiwa Adediran ’25 tutor third-graders at Columbus Bilingual Academy North as part of Ohio Wesleyan’s grant-funded Bishop Scholars program. OWU tutors also assist youths in the Delaware City and Buckeye Valley Local school districts, helping the children recover learning lost during the pandemic.

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Jemimah Chukwuemeka ’26 (left) and Anya Robinson ’26

‘Day of Reckoning’

Jemimah Chukwuemeka ’26 (left) and Anya Robinson ’26 explore Black women’s healthcare at the 2023 Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Day of Reckoning Conference in Alabama.

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Nick Mankowski ’25

STEM Scholar Showcase

Nick Mankowski ’25 presents information about his programmer analyst internship at the 2023 Choose Ohio First Scholar Showcase at the Ohio Statehouse.

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Emma Zajac ’23 (clockwise from standing left), professor Kira Bailey, Abby Markley ’24, and Navami Shenoy ’23 (seated)

Serious Game

Emma Zajac ’23 (standing from left), professor Kira Bailey, and Abby Markley ’24 are using a video game programmed by Navami Shenoy ’23 (seated) to study cognitive functioning.

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Amarilys Torres-Nuñez ’25

Building Community

Amarilys Torres-Nuñez ’25 (left) collaborates with faculty and staff, including Sally Aluso in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, to support OWU’s first-generation students.

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Charis Blake ’24

Coffee, Strikes, & Ancient Monuments

Charis Blake ’24 is studying abroad in Scotland, taking Comparative Literature and Psychology classes and traveling throughout Europe.

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Ava Hurd ’25

Abroad in Athens

Ava Hurd ’25 goes global, spending the semester studying at The American College of Greece in Athens. “The study abroad experience drew me to Ohio Wesleyan," she says.

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Lily Good ’23

‘Kaleidoscope’

Ohio Wesleyan’s graduating senior art show is on display until May 13 at the Ross Art Museum. The juried exhibition features the works of nine students, including Lily Good ’23.

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University Hall Tower - Sunrise Aerial

Spring Break Service

Two teams of OWU students spend spring break rebuilding hurricane-damaged homes in Texas and exploring Lakota-Anglo relations on a South Dakota reservation.

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Graham Steed ’23

‘Powerful Role Model’

Graham Steed ’23 earns a 2023 Ping Student Service Award from the Ohio Campus Compact for leadership, service, and “making a positive difference in everything he does.”

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Sally Leber

‘Excellence in Service’

In “some of the best news ever,” Director of Community Service Learning Sally Leber is honored by the Ohio Campus Compact for her work in service learning and civic engagement.

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Thea Smekens

Bishop Elevate

OWU announces a new Bishop Elevate initiative to help first-generation students persist to graduation. Thea Smekens will serve as the first director of First-Generation Student Success.

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Deydre Smyth Teyhen ’93

Brigadier General

Deydre Smyth Teyhen ’93 will serve as the keynote speaker May 13 at OWU’s 2023 Commencement ceremony. She is commanding general of Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas.

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Tyler Bodovetz ’25

Wrestler Recognition

Tyler Bodovetz ’25 earns Scholar All-American recognition from the National Wrestling Coaches Association. He led the Bishops with 26 wins and six tournament placements during the 2022-2023 season.

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National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame logo

Hampshire Honor Society

Football players Ethan Brooker ’23, Trevar Meese ’23, Travis Sanders ’23, and Tyler Shuster ’23 are selected to the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame’s Hampshire Honor Society in recognition of their academic and athletic success.

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Khloe Dubenion ’23

All-Ohio Champions

Battling Bishop women’s track & field athletes Khloe Dubenion ’23 (shown), Eleanor Luttman ’25, and Ari McPheters ’23 win individual championships and the OWU 400-meter relay team earns an All-Ohio title at the All-Ohio championships.

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Antonio Sonego ’24

All-Ohio All-Stars

OWU men’s track & field athletes Antonio Sonego ’24 (shown), Trey Theobald ’25, and Kory Kaiser ’25 win All-Ohio honors at the April 15 All-Ohio championships. They compete, respectively, in the discus, javelin, and 10,000-meter run.

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Melvin Van Peebles Symposium video still

‘We Got Your Back’

Ohio Wesleyan’s inaugural Melvin Van Peebles Symposium honors the legacy of the 1953 OWU alumnus and his impact on the work of other Black artists.

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Student Symposium

Spring Student Symposium

April 20, 2023

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Elissa Washuta

Elissa Washuta Book Reading

April 25, 2023

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