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Frances Sivakoff, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology and faculty member at The Ohio State University at Marion has been selected as a recipient of The Ohio State University’s 2024 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. Established during the 1959-1960 academic year, it is one of the university's most prestigious teaching awards.
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Amy Tibbals, a senior lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of English at The Ohio State University at Marion, has been selected as a recipient of The Ohio State University’s 2024 Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer.
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The Ohio State University received a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support community engagement through the arts. The grant’s intended long-term outcomes include strengthening Ohio State’s partnerships with community arts and cultural organizations in Columbus, bolstering a cross-sector career support system for arts students and visual and performing artists in central Ohio, and increasing opportunities for engagement with the arts at all five of Ohio State’s campuses.
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A group of ten Ohio State Marion students, who were recently part of the university’s Second-Year Transformational Experience Program (STEP) trip to Washington D.C. over spring break, found more than history and culture on their trip, they created bonds that will last throughout college and beyond.
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A group of freshmen and sophomores in Ohio State Marion’s education 5101 teaching and learning with drama course, benefitted from a recent demonstration of puppeteering from professional puppeteer and actor Joe Kovacs. Kovacs, who has a lifelong career in puppeteering and is most famous for his work with the Jim Henson Company presented dozens of hand puppets, marionettes, and shadow puppets during a recent class session.
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United Way of North Central Ohio visited The Ohio State University at Marion’s Guthery Community Room in Maynard Hall, Thursday, February 22nd to officially present a check for $5,000 to the campus’s Pay It Forward Project.
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After a short stint at a private university in the south, Ohio State Marion junior biology major and Marion, Ohio native Kiersten Dailey has set big goals for her educational journey and future career as a doctor. According to Dailey, the campus has given her all the tools and support she needs to achieve her goals.
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In this edition of Community Spotlight, we learn about the art exhibition: The Silk Road at The Ohio State University at Marion from exhibit organizer, Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Amanda Respess of Ohio State Marion.