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Public health update: Dec. 21, 2021

December 21, 2021 4 min

Please join me in celebrating some amazing news that all of us at OHIO can be proud of: Our Athens campus has now achieved a vaccination rate of 91.1%, and our all-campus vaccination rate is at 88%.

Student Expo registration opens Jan. 12; live and social media options planned

December 21, 2021 2 min

91ԭ�� will host the annual Student Research and Creative Activity Expo on April 7, 2022, at the Convocation Center.

91ԭ�� Registrar Emeritus Bill Jones passes away

December 21, 2021 4 min

Former 91ԭ�� registrar and assistant vice president for academic services Bill Jones, a 38-year University employee, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 5.

91ԭ��’s Veterans and Military Student Services Center announces new veteran’s scholarship for fall 2022

December 21, 2021 3 min

OHIO's Military and Veteran Student Services Center and Fiserv have announced a joint scholarship for the 2022 academic year at 91ԭ��.

91ԭ�� partners with Jackson County to train community health workers

December 21, 2021 6 min

The Jackson County Health Department is working in partnership with OHIO to train and deploy 13 community health workers to address public health concerns and impacts of COVID-19 across 11 counties.

Six people stand together in a hallway with masks on for a picture

OHIO welcomed delegates from Andijan State University, Uzbekistan, during International Education Week 2021

December 20, 2021 2 min

Hosted by the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) and Office of Global Affairs, delegates from Andijan State University (ASU) in Uzbekistan visited 91ԭ��’s Athens campus on Nov. 15-19.

Child and Family Studies’ Child-Life program offers support to children at vaccine clinics

December 20, 2021 5 min

Child and Family Studies’ Child-Life program have been working with the Athens City-County Health Department 5- to 11-year-old child vaccine clinics to help ease the children's anxiety.

Ronan Carroll receives Rakowski Award, continues research into genetics of Staphylococcal infections

December 20, 2021 7 min

Ronan Carroll, Ph.D., recently received the Robert F. Rakowski Award for Outstanding Research for breakthrough work involving non-traditional RNA and Staphylococcus bacterial infections.

Alumni News | Magdalyne Akiding plans to bring kindness, fun activities to her classroom

December 20, 2021 5 min

91ԭ�� alumna Magdalyne Akiding came to Athens as an international student to earn a master's degree in linguistics.

Sugar Bush Foundation joins national economic development initiative

December 20, 2021 3 min

The Sugar Bush Foundation, a supporting organization of The 91ԭ�� Foundation, has been announced as part of a $100 million national initiative to invest in equitable economic development.

Brian Schoen publishes new chapter in ‘The Cambridge History of America in the World’

December 20, 2021 3 min

Brian Schoen, Ph.D., published a chapter in “The Cambridge History of America in the World, Volume 2: The Nineteenth Century.”

Seven OHIO students receive Gilman International Scholarships to study abroad during 2022

December 17, 2021 3 min

Seven 91ԭ�� undergraduate students received Gilman Scholarships for studying abroad in 2022.

Alumnus, former WOUB student Jeff Bidwell is raising money to give Christmas to kids in Mayfield, Ky.

December 17, 2021 3 min

As business owners, former WOUB student and 91ԭ�� graduate Jeff Bidwell and his wife, Jennifer Rukavina-Bidwell, are victims of the devastating tornado that hit Mayfield, Ky., last week.

Newsweek lauds OHIO's national leadership in experiential learning, benefitting the community

December 17, 2021 6 min

At 91ԭ��, students have numerous opportunities to learn by doing. Those key experiences have been highlighted by Newsweek in their Best Maker Schools 2021 list.

OHIO Online student balances work, school, and family

December 17, 2021 4 min

OHIO Online criminal justice student Christina Cox took a non-traditional route to college, starting her associate degree at Sinclair Community College in 2015 after having been a stay-at-home mom.