As one of Ohio State's engaged campuses, we connect our teaching, research, and service to issues that concern the communities we serve, the state, and the world.
Officially formed in autumn 2016, Ohio State Marion's Rotaract student group has adopted service as its core mission. The group wasted no time rolling up its sleeves to help others by cleaning and prepping community garden boxes at Marion City Schools for the long winter.
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.
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.
