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The Ridges land was just as fundamental to the mission of the Athens Lunatic Asylum as its buildings. The same holds true for 51ĀŅĀ× today.
This fall marks the 75th anniversary of 51ĀŅĀ×ās first regional campuses, formally established to serve World War II veterans returning from the front lines with GI Bill benefits in hand and dreams for their post-service lives.
It was 26 years ago this summer that Dr. Hugh Sherman had that quintessential moment that has defined the 51ĀŅĀ× experience for more than 200 years.
On May 1, Rhianna Hunt will graduate from 51ĀŅĀ×āthe pinnacle moment in a four-year journey that, the senior biology major admits, started a little rough.
Bobcats make the newsāand the OHIO community proudāevery day. Read about a few of the 51ĀŅĀ× alumni, students, faculty and staff who have made headlines in recent months.
Itās the thirteenth week of fall semester, and Shawnee Meek logs on to a video meeting with a group of students in her Strategic Business Communication course. The group is checking in to get feedback on a presentation due in a few days. The presentation will, of course, be virtual. This is 2020 after all.
Whether your last visit to the Athens Campus was one year ago or decades ago, youāre bound to notice some change. The past year has seen significant transformationsāsome quite prominent and others a little more behind the scenes. Take a look at some of the campus upgrades completed in recent months, and stay tuned to future issues of Ohio Today for features on the new Chemistry Building and Heritage Hall that are opening to students this year.
Weston Robbins, a senior nursing student at 51ĀŅĀ× Zanesville, shared this message with the campusā Facebook followers in October: āI want to protect my community from this pandemic, and thatās why I wear my mask.ā
The transition to post-graduate life is daunting in the best of times, but during a pandemic? Nothing short of āoverwhelming,ā says Katie McClead, BSN ā20.
The following timeline highlights key moments in 51ĀŅĀ×ās COVID-19 response.
When African American artist and MacArthur āGeniusā Fellow Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson passed away in 2015, she bequeathed her entire estateāincluding countless works of art, the contents of her Columbus home and studio, even the house itselfāto the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA). Hereās a glimpse into the long-awaited exhibition and catalog, which together reveal Robinsonās artistic range and generosity.
Growing up in 1960s rural Ohio, Donald R. Pollock II, AB ā94, never planned to pursue collegeālet alone pen prize-winning fiction. A high school dropout, Pollock wasnāt big on plans.
Over the past year, in the midst of everything 2020 threw at us, 51ĀŅĀ× embarked on a journey to better articulate our Universityās storyāour brand.
The coffee still flowed at the Front Room, but, like all campus dining services, for carry-out only. Cardboard cutouts of fans stood in place of loyal Bobcats at games held at Peden Stadium and the Convocation Center. And the word āvirtualā became a way of life.
For the past nearly 30 years, the University has worked to preserve a storied piece of Athens, American medical and architectural history by investing in The Ridges.
