Schedule

The OWU Connection Conference schedule offers a variety of platforms and opportunities for students to share the impact of their OWU Connection experiences, how they designed these opportunities, and inspire the entire OWU Community to take part in the OWU Connection.

The OWU Connection Conference will be held on the OWU campus on Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., EST. All sessions are 45 minutes unless otherwise noted.

The schedule is still being finalized. Please check back soon for more updates.

If you have questions, please contact the Connection team at connect@owu.edu.

All Day

• Fine Arts Showcase: Kathleen Kahn "Out of My Sight, Out of My Mind"

8:30 a.m. - Noon

• U.S. Entrepreneurship Competition

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• The Link Between Marijuana Use, Body Weight, and Diet

9-9:40 a.m.

• Cooking Matters
• Introduction to Research in the Natural Sciences: Speed Round!
• Public Health in Practice: Internship Insights
• English Edge
• Funding Study-Away: Affordability Abroad

9:40-10 a.m.

• Mid-Morning Remarks & Refreshments
• Marching Bishops

10-10:45 a.m.

• Recent Travel-Learning Courses in Turkey, Japan, the UK, and Ecuador: Firsthand Encounters with History, Culture, Science, and Policy
• From Screen to Scene: Unlocking Career Opportunities through Film Studies Internships
• Enhancing Your Med School Application: Co-Curricular Activities That Count
• Bridging Disciplines During Immersive Journeys: OWU's African Study Experiences
• Ready, Set, Register
• Athletics & The Connection – How to Solve the Puzzle

10 a.m. - Noon

• Pathway to Securing an Internship/Research Experience

11-11:45 a.m.

• The World is Your Classroom: Internships Away
• Introduction to Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works in the Humanities: Speed Round!
• OWU in Italy
• Rewilding Chile: A Service-Learning Project in Patagonia
• Bishops in the Birthplace of Reggio Emilia: Illuminating Progressive Pedagogy 

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

• Service-Learning Fair

Noon - 12:45 p.m.

• Lunch Break

Noon - 2 p.m.

• Black Wall Street

1-3 p.m.

• Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium

1-4 p.m.

• Plant Communities & Ecosystems: A Collaborative Art Project

1-1:45 p.m.

• OWU in Cuba - SIP to TPG to TLC
• COMM Learn About Internships: Communication Students Share Internship Experiences
• Dialogue in Practice: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Conversations
• Go Global! All About Study-Abroad
• Applied Exercise Science: Student Insights from Internships and Field Work
• Introduction to Research and Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Speed Round!

1:50-2:10 p.m.

• Feed your Brain and Belly

2-2:45 p.m.

• Passport to Knowledge: Upcoming Travel-Learning Courses
• See You at CU: OWU's Sister School Claflin University
• The World Awaits: Bring your Interest in Languages and Cultures to Life Through the OWU Connection
• Funding Your Future: The Baran Scholarship & Other Major Scholarships
• Artistic Journeys Through Internship Experiences
• Dialogue in Practice: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Conversations
• OWU Voices Unbound: Student Publications Making an Impact

3-3:45 p.m.

• Wild Careers: Intern Experiences in Zoos, Conservation, and Animal Care
• Making Waves of Change: Marius Smit – The Plastic Whale
• Get Real with the New York Arts Program