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, February 27, 2025 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., EST. All sessions are 45 minutes unless otherwise noted.

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

All Day

• Fine Arts Spring Show

9-9:45 a.m.

• Pathways to Medicine: Integrating Co-Curricular Experiences in the Medical and Dental School Application
• Exploration with Purpose: Ambitious Self-Discovery for Undeclared Majors
• Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium
• Affordability Abroad
• The Humanities in Europe: Spring 2026 Travel-Learning Opportunities
• Connecting World Languages and Cultures Majors to Real-World Experiences

10-10:45 a.m.

• From Art & Philosophy to Computer Animation, Video Games, AI: My Creative Journey with Glenn Entis '76
• Making the Connection: Linking Your Connection Experience to Your Major
• Education Pathways: Exploring Careers, Connections, and Opportunities in Teaching
• Graduate School Pathways: Master of Fine Arts

11 a.m. - Noon

• i³ Lectures

12:10-2 p.m.

• OWU Career & Summer Internship Fair

1-1:45 p.m.

• Making the Connection: Linking Your Connection Experience to Your Major
• OWU's Baran Fellowship and Other Competitive Fellowships
• Funding Your Ideas: Fill the Gap with Connection Grants
• Consent, Coercion, & Cost: A Crash-Course in the Ethical Use of Humans in Research
• Entrepreneurship at OWU

1-3 p.m.

• Sun-Gazing with Perkins Observatory

2-2:45 p.m.

• Snack Attack: Quick & Tasty Bites for College Life with Cooking Matters
• Pitch OWU
• What's Going On? Understanding the Impact of Recent Governmental Actions
• Brush, Book, & Stage: How Fine Arts Graduates Thrive in Any Field

2-3:30 p.m.

• The Required OWU Connection Experience: Understanding Your Requirements and Starting Your First Step

3-3:45 p.m.

• Dialogue in Practice: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Conversations
• Graduate School Pathways: Ph.D.s in the Arts & Humanities
• Study Abroad 101
• Pathways to Impact: Opportunities at the Early Childhood Center for All Majors
• Pitch Perfect: How to Present Your Research in Three Minutes
• The Woltemade Big Problem Challenge

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