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Ohio State graduate Nathan Heiser credits a well-rounded liberal arts education at Ohio State Marion for providing the necessary tools in critical thinking, written, and oral communication that have helped him excel as an attorney.

Well over 100 community leaders, Ohio State Marion and Marion Technical College students, faculty, staff, alumni, and administration came together to officially celebrate the grand reopening of the Alber Student Center on the Marion campus during a Marion Area Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting and Open House event held Wednesday, August 25th.

The Ohio State University at Marion was well represented at Pelotonia the weekend of August 6-8 as eight people from the campus came together to raise over $10,000 for cancer research during this year’s ride to raise research funds for Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.

Ashley Kroon Van Diest built her career on a strong foundation that all began with the dedicated and caring faculty at Ohio State Marion and today empowers her to positively influence the lives of young people both clinically and academically.

Ohio State English alum Jeffrey Kuhn made a minor adjustment early in his educational career and found the connections and personal attention of Ohio State’s Marion regional campus was the perfect environment to foster his love for learning and subsequent rise to a successful career in the world of gaming, virtual reality, and immersive design.

A group of Ohio State Marion faculty researchers were recently awarded a $156,000 federal grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute for research in the role of chromatin remodeling factors in DNA double strand break repair.

Ohio State Marion Disability Services Coordinator Julie Prince was recently announced at the 2021 Dick Maxwell Award recipient by the university.

Ohio State Marion Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Dr. Renee Bouley first met student Lauren Frank in her chemistry 1210 course as a freshman. Bouley immediately noticed her dedication to academics and work-ethic in the lab, which led her to recruit Frank to work in her research lab. Now entering her junior year, Frank was named the campus’s third Pelotonia Fellow in the past four years.

Emily Meadows credits her Bachelor of Arts with Research Distinction in Psychology from The Ohio State University and her access to faculty and research opportunities on the Marion campus for having a profoundly positive impact on gaining access to a graduate program and obtaining a competitive position in the area of research after graduation.