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The Ohio State University at Marion and Marion Technical College are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Marysville native Dawn Hockensmith as the Alber Student Center Activities Coordinator.

The Ohio State University at Marion is pleased to welcome Chris Deel to their administrative staff. Deel will serve as executive administrative assistant to the campus dean and director, associate dean, and assistant dean.

Check out this photo gallery of students, faculty and staff from Ohio State Marion marching in the 2024 Marion Popcorn Festival Parade. Special thanks to Mathews Auto Group for the use of a red and grey 2025 Dodge Ram Rebel! Members of the 2024 Ohio State Marion Homecoming Court and Buckeye Ambassadors that work in the Office of Admissions at Ohio State Marion joined select faculty and staff as part of this year's parade contingent.

First Gen Friday is a monthly first-person narrative written by other first generation college students who are now fellow faculty, staff, and students at Ohio State Marion. The goal of the stories is to provide advice to other first generation college students and create a sense of belonging among the campus community.

Associate Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Frances Sivakoff (pictured left) and Senior Lecturer in English, Amy Tibbals (pictured right) were honored on the field in Ohio Stadium during Ohio State’s opening game vs. University of Akron, Saturday, August 31.

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of a local community committee, The Ohio State University at Marion is pleased to announce that the $250,000 fundraising goal has been met and the campus gymnasium in the Alber Student Center, will be named the Greg Swepston Gymnasium in honor of the beloved Marion resident, coach, mentor and former major league baseball scout.

The Ohio State University at Marion awarded their 2024 Outstanding Staff Award to Senior Registration and Records Coordinator, Amy Erickson during their annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon, Monday, August 5 at noon in Maynard Hall’s Guthery Community Room.

Ohio State Marion Assistant Professor of Reading Education, Julia Hagge and a team of researchers recently received a $59,000 research grant funded for the upcoming year by The Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment, for the research titled, Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Generation and Translation of Evidence-Based Practices in Education.

A group of 80 middle and high school students from across central and north central Ohio descended on the Marion campus June 10-14, 2024, to be part of Ohio State Marion’s annual high school STEM camp, high school and middle school engineering camps.