Building Community Through Geography

Janelle Valdinger ’20 is one of fewer than 20 undergraduate and graduate students across the country invited to participate this month in the first national Workshop on Community Geography.

Gilman International Scholarships

Joe Brush ’20 and Paris Norman ’20 earn competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to study abroad this semester. Brush will study in Florence, Italy, and Norman in Paris, France.

OWU Connections

The latest OWU-funded Theory-to-Practice grants will enable students and their mentors to complete OWU Connection experiences on campus; in Columbus, Ohio; and abroad in Costa Rica, Italy, Morocco, and Northern Ireland.

OWU Career Connection Center

Megan Ellis ’05 is named, following a national search, as executive director of OWU’s new Career Connection Center. “I am honored to be part of such a visionary project,” she says.

In Concert at Carnegie Hall

OWU professor and trumpeter Larry Griffin (left) performs in New York recently as part of music producer Ray Chew’s sold-out concert, “A Night of Inspiration.”

2019 STAR Award

“Fody” Frentsos earns this year’s Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Award from the University Staff Council in recognition of his outstanding commitment and contributions to the OWU community.

‘The Central Park Five’

On January 30, Sarah Burns will screen and discuss her documentary exploring the 1989 Central Park jogger case. The event is the 2019 Butler A. Jones Lecture on Race and Society.

All-America Team

Kyle Hogan ’20, defensive end for the OWU football team, caps off the season with a spot on D3football.com’s All-America teams. He is a first-team All-America selection as a special-teams player.

President’s High School
Honor Band Festival
January 19, 2019

Bishop Backers
Winter Community Day
February 16, 2019