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Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. today announced that Ross Bjork will become the university’s next senior vice president and Wolfe Foundation-Eugene Smith Endowed Athletics Director, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Bjork, who has more than 30 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics, will begin his tenure as athletics director at Ohio State on July 1, 2024.

Examine the textiles that gave the Silk Road its name, and travel across the trade routes that connected the cultures of Afro-Eurasia for centuries as The Ohio State University at Marion hosts a special art exhibition of textiles, jewelry, and gemstones titled, “The Silk Road” in the Wayne & Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery in Morrill Hall, January 22 through March 15, 2024.

The Ohio State University at Marion Office of Student Success Programming will hold a series of academic growth workshops during spring semester 2024 titled "Workshop Wednesdays" in the Library Classroom Building beginning January 17 through April 17, 2024.

Growing up in Prospect, Ohio, just a short 20-minute drive from The Ohio State University at Marion, alumni John Bowley followed a familiar path of many area students, launching his Ohio State educational journey.

The Ohio State University community is pleased to welcome Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. as the 17th president of the university. President Carter has a passion for Ohio State’s mission to shape the future of research and innovation, workforce development, the arts, health care, college affordability and college athletics.

Read the top stories from Ohio State Marion from January through December 2023.

Gene Smith, The Ohio State University’s senior vice president and Wolfe Foundation Endowed Athletics Director, will deliver the autumn commencement address next month. Approximately 3,600 students will receive degrees or certificates at the ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Schottenstein Center.

The Ohio State University at Marion and Marion Technical College partnered together once again to offer local area high school students the opportunity at $18,000 in scholarships awarded at the campus's annual mathematics challenge.

A team of three entrepreneurial students from Ohio State Marion’s Engineering 1182 – Fundamentals of Engineering II course, taught by Assistant Professor of Practice in Integrated System Engineering, Chandika Annasiwatta took first place in the Fundamentals of Engineering Design Showcase held on December 6 in the Physics Research Building on Columbus campus.