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Pictured from left to right: Anna Sinisalo of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal; Jambay Choden for the Department Hydro-Met Services; Bhutan; Inka Koch, (ICIMOD, Nepal; and Dr. Joel Barker of Ohio State Marion.
Buckeye pride in Bhutan ⟩
Ohio State Marion Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, Dr. Joel Barker was recently part of a collaboration between the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development and the Division of Hydro-meteorological Services in Bhutan to examine the mass balance and hydrology of Thana Glacier, Bhutan.
Ohio State Marion Dean and Director Dr. Greg Rose and local attorney Ron Cramer posing for picture in front of Ohio State Marion science and engineering building under construction
Major gift brings bike trail and chemistry lab to campus ⟩
The legacy left by a Marion woman, who once worked for Huber Manufacturing, means that work will begin on a new walking/bike trail around the Marion campus and will put her name on the organic chemistry lab in the new Ohio State Marion science and engineering building now under construction.
A symbiotic relationship ⟩
Sakamura USA, a forging machinery manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan, with its U.S. operations located in Marion, Ohio’s Dual Rail Industrial Park, has found a ready supply of new employees on Ohio State's Marion campus. The burgeoning relationship between Ohio State Marion and Sakamura is the kind of win, win relationship the campus would like to foster. Ohio State Marion is helping Sakamura grow as a company. Sakamura is helping Ohio State Marion students expand job skills and experiential learning, while also making an investment in Ohio State Marion's new Science and Engineering Building. The two entities combined are contributing to Marion's growth as a 21st century economy.
English class helps students link community need with generational desire to give back ⟩
Millennials may be the most maligned generation in recent history. The post 9/11 generation is often faced with stereotypes, being labeled as coddled, detached, lazy, shallow, and narcissistic. Research indicates a much different reality. Millennials are volunteering in record numbers and are considered by many to be the most civic minded generation since the 1930’s.
New facility, degree, and engineering define Marion campus future ⟩
On April 21st, 2016, university and campus leaders, area businesses, government officials, donors, faculty, staff, students, and the community came together on a rainy Thursday afternoon to officially break ground on Ohio State Marion's $15 million investment in STEM education. Construction of the new building is paramount in linking together elements in the campus's strategic plan. The ultimate goal is to become a destination campus for students who want a degree and/or career in the burgeoning fields of science, technology, engineering, and math . The campus, located just 45 minutes north of Columbus, Ohio has been pointing to the opening of the new Science & Engineering Building as key to bring its future plans to fruition.
Pictured from left to right: freshman psychology major, Anandita Mahajan; English lecturer, Sue Oakes; freshman business major Lucas Allison; and sophomore criminal justice major, Brandon Gobrecht.
Students learn from innovation and breakthroughs ⟩
Spring-semester students in engineering 2367, a second-year writing class taught by English lecturer Sue Oakes, recently interviewed a variety of Marion, Ohio business and industry leaders about technological advancements and the use of scientific principles in their career fields and industries.
Dan and Mildred Mitchell
​Successful Ohio State Marion alum honors her parents through perpetual scholarship ⟩
Dr. Heidi Ries, Dean for Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (formerly Heidi Mitchell), remembers her parents, Dan and Mildred Mitchell of Prospect, mentoring would-be teachers during their long careers in three local school districts. Dan Mitchell taught music and was a band director at Elgin, Pleasant and Centerburg schools. His wife, Mildred, taught kindergarten in Prospect for 35 years.
photo of members of OSUnited Volunteers in the Boys & Girls Club of Marion County
Ohio State Marion students give back to the community ⟩
A new student organization, OSUnited Volunteers, brought fellow Ohio State Marion students together on Saturday, April 9th to help clean the Boys & Girls Club of Marion County as part of Buckeyes Give Back Day.
photo of Lecia Brooks
Annual Norman Thomas Lecture welcomes Lecia Brooks ⟩
The Ohio State University at Marion invites the community to attend the 44th Annual Norman Thomas Memorial Lecture, Friday, April 22nd, 12 p.m., in Maynard Hall's Guthery Community Room on the Marion campus. This year’s lecture features Outreach Director with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Lecia Brooks. Brooks will present, "Fighting Hate, Teaching Tolerance, Seeking Justice."