Campus Events

Check back often to learn about different events available on-campus!

Fall 2024 Upcoming Events

August Events

August Events:

  • Get To Know Your OWU Community, This is your crash course in bystander intervention, OWU policies, campus resources, and how to help keep our community safe.This presentation is part of of Camp Oh-Wooo and is required for for all incoming students. For assigned session dates and times check your OWU email.  
  • Overdose Awareness Day, August 28 11am-1pm on the JAY. Come join Delaware Public Health's Project Dawn, Drug-Free Delaware, and the Bishop Way on the JAY for information on how to recognize and prevent overdoses! Join us for Narcan training, drug disposal kits and other giveaways. Cool off with some free Kona Ice. Sponsored by Delaware Public Health District and The Bishop Way.
  • Overdose Awareness Day: Movie at the Strand, August 28, The Strand Theater. The movie "Beautiful Boy" will be shown at The Strand Theatre (about a 5-minute walk from campus) at a discounted price of $10 for OWU students. This purchase includes a ticket to see the movie, a small drink, and a small popcorn! Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the movie will start at 7 p.m.

September

  • National Hazing Awareness Week, September 25-29.  Follow the Bishop Way on Instagram to see our social media campaign. We will be sharing information on hazing awareness and prevention. @owu_bishopway
  • International Recovery Day, September 30 from noon to 1pm on the JAYwalk. Recovery is for everyone! International Recovery day acknowledges those with drug, alcohol, and behavioral addictions. Join the Bishop Way, Counseling Services, & and other local resources to celebrate! We will have give-a-ways, community & campus resource information, safe at-home drug disposal pouches, and ally resources, fentanyl test strips, and more! Find us on the JAYwalk, or with bad weather inside the Hamilton-Williams Atrium.

October

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Wanna Make Out? A Conversation About Consent, October 1, 7:00pm, Gray Chapel. Dr. Lori Bednarchik takes a unique, positive, uninhibited and uncensored approach to talking about sexual consent and communication. The focus throughout the program is promoting safe, fun, positive, and consensual sexual activity, and providing participants with specific and practical skills to effectively communicate to, and with their partner about sex and consent.
  • Awareness Flags, October 2-31 on the JAYwalk. 34,560 people experience sexual violence, emotional violence, or stalking by an intimate partner per day in the United States. Each flag represents 24 people.  The amount of people that experience intimate partner violence per minute in the U.S.
  • Wear Purple Day or #PurpleThursday, October 17. Purple is the official color of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The third Thursday in Domestic Violence Awareness month is recognized nationally as wear purple day.  Everyone is encouraged to wear purple, raising awareness of domestic violence and showing your commitment to promoting healthy relationships.
  • Group Hike, Saturday, October 19 @ 1pm. The Bishop Way is hosting a group hike at Alum Creek State Park! Come enjoy the fall foliage! We'll be hiking for around 2 hours, with breaks for games and discussions. Snacks and water will be provided. We will also provide transport, but signups are limited to the first 15 students, so sign up fast! Sign up
  • Take Back the Night, October 29. Ohio Wesleyan particpaites in the national Take Back the Night march. Take back the Night is an event centered around the mission of ending sexual, romantic, and domestic violence. Sponsored by the Bishop Way, SAGE, Residential Life, and Women's Resource Center. Check the OWU Daily for event time and location details.
  • Wellness Week, October 28-November 1. View full schedule here. 

Past Major Events & Guest Speakers:

Have an idea for an event? Want to collaborate? Email thebishopway@owu.edu.

  • I Love Female Orgasm, Spring 2023. I ❤️ Female Orgasm coming to Ohio Wesleyan as part of Bishop Wellness Week! Join us to laugh and learn about the "big O," the most popular topic sex educators Lindsay Fram and Marshall Miller teach about! Orgasm aficionados and beginners of all genders are welcome to come learn about everything from multiple orgasms to that mysterious G-spot. Whether you want to learn how to have your first orgasm, how to have better ones, or how to help your partner, Lindsay and Marshall cover it all with lots of humor, plenty of honesty, and an underlying message of sexual health and women's empowerment. Are you coming?
  • Sex Discussed Here, Fall 2022. This week's hottest "class" on campus, Sex Discussed Here! Marshall Miller and Lindsay Fram teach sex education unlike any you've had before -- this is definitely NOT your high school health class. Learn how to figure out what your partner really wants sexually, the real deal on lube, magic words for the bedroom, and answers to your secret sex questions (find out what everyone else has been wanting to know, too!). People of all genders and sexual orientations welcome, beginners and sexperts alike. Come prepared to laugh and learn!
  • Birdie Light, Spring 2022 & Spring 2023, BirdieLight saves lives by educating young people about the danger of unintentional fentanyl ingestion, and by empowering them with tools to detect fentanyl before they ingest.

  • Sexual Violence Prevention Speaker, Kyle Richard, Spring 2022. Kyle Richard will be speaking at OWU as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, an annual university-wide collaboration to raise awareness about sexual violence and educate communities and individuals on the prevention of sexual violence. Kyle is a sports activist, advocate and speaker. His area of focus is preventing sexual, domestic, and gun violence. Formerly a collegiate football captain and athlete activist, Kyle works with athletic departments, sports teams, fraternities, sororities and other organizations that are focused on violence prevention. Kyle has been nationally recognized for being an active bystander and using his platform to cultivate healthy campus cultures.

  • Sex in the Dark, Fall 2021. Stay anonymous in this lights-off in-person event while professional sexperts answer your deepest, darkest questions. No question too simple — or too outrageous. Pick up your free glow bracelet or necklaces at the event
  • Sex in the Pandemic, Spring 2021. An interactive virtual event with all the focus on social distancing, navigating sex and relationships can feel more challenging than ever. Can Covid be transmitted through sex? Do we have to wear masks if we boomchikawowow? Should you ask your hookup their vaccination status? Is snuggling indoors with your boo too dangerous? How to make Facetime sex less awkward? In this interactive virtual program, tailored to the needs of those in attendance, we'll explore answers to these questions and more, and give you tips for what you can practice now that will make you a better partner later.