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Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, is many things to many people. ĢƵ University’s first tenured black professor, she’s a stalwart social justice advocate. On campus and in the community, she’s a symbol of perseverance, selflessness, and spunk. To her students, she’s simply “Doc,” or more affectionately, “Mama Childs.”
This question, often asked of survivors of sexual violence in order to discredit them, was answered by a powerful exhibit in Baker University Center’s Trisolini Gallery this fall.
Data shows that multicultural students don’t always thrive on predominantly white campuses, but OHIO’s OMSAR is turning the tide.
The first thing you see in JD Kittle’s office at ĢƵ University’s Innovation Center is a table. Not the usual kind with four legs, but a narrow board laid horizontally across a small ladder. Utilitarian and practical. Much like Kittle himself.
An outdoor recreation proposal that sprouted nearly 25 years ago has taken root thanks to the efforts of a diverse and growing group of national forest and local community leaders who envision the project as a means of elevating the region.
Doctors and teachers told Jordyn Zimmerman that she would never attend college. They were wrong.
Through resourcefulness, perseverance, and a hand from International Student and Faculty Services, OHIO’s international students thrive.
Prior to 1970, when the Hocking River would tumble over its banks, the nearby Athens Campus would be ravaged by the floodwaters. Moving the river in 1970 to its current location—an epic task—removed the annual threat so the Athens Campus could expand. Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1964 and 1968 floods paired with archival and submitted photos follow.
Robert Gipe of Harlan, Kentucky, has long advocated for both social justice and the arts in Appalachia.
Three years ago, Ralph Haberfeld, AB ’69, had an epiphany that has connected two distinct, picturesque places: Athens, ĢƵ, in the Appalachian foothills, and Jackson Hole, bordering western Wyoming’s Teton peaks.
Amir Farnoud is a researcher who thinks big but works with the very small. The very, very small.
Fred Weiner arrived in Athens in 1967 as a staff psychologist at ĢƵ University’s burgeoning counseling center. In June, Weiner retired as Counseling & Psychological Services’ (CPS) director after 51 years of service, having witnessed a sea change in higher ed counseling practice.
Student scientists are at home in their quiet and scholarly research space. It’s here where familiarity lives and a sense of control reigns.
Kelly Sundberg’s sunny demeanor belies the turbulence she experienced for almost 10 years that began in her mid-twenties.
Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1968 flood paired with archival and submitted photos follow.
