Features
Meeting Their Match
From pinning to texting, a few of the 3,736 alumni married to alumni share the stories of how they met through OWU.
‘Dear Older Me…’
A quarter century ago, members of the Class of 1992 wrote letters to themselves to be opened at their 25th reunion. In May, they read them.
Nashville Q&A
Dwight Wiles ’78 sits down with his old fraternity brother Eric Gnezda ’79 to discuss his long career as a business manager for some of the top acts in country music.
Departments
Leader’s Letter
Jobs Change but Value of Education Endures
From the JAYwalk
Doug Zipp Named New Athletics Director
House of Black Culture Receives Leadership Gift
Latinx Summit Features ‘Maria’ from ‘Sesame Street’
OWU Joins Carnegie Mellon Program
Gifts and Gratitude
Class of ’17 Impresses with Senior Class Gift Participation (and Beats Denison!)
Class Acts
Renaissance Woman Prefers the Middle Ages
OWU Timescapes
Comfort Zones
Fody Frentsos ’84 – Littick Field
Bishop Battles
Alumni Profiles
Entomologist Caught Research Bug at OWU: Julie Peterson ’07
Giving Counsel to the University That Shaped Him: James W. “Jim” Pry II ’67
Alumni Happenings
Faculty Notes
Class Notes
The Final Word
The Committee: Nearly 60 Years of Happy Meetings – by Betty Crider Henderson ’58
Members of the incoming class of 2021 enjoyed Orientation on campus in June. New students will move in Aug. 20. (Photo by Mark Schmitter ’12)
More than 900 alumni and friends from classes ending in 2 and 7 returned to campus May 19-21 for Reunion Weekend, featuring the all-alumni picnic. (Photo by Mark Schmitter ’12)
The Final Lap
Seniors celebrated the inaugural year of an event destined to become a graduation tradition by running “the final lap” of campus on May 9, under inflatable arches decorated with lights down the path around Slocum Hall to Chappelear Drama Center and back down the JAYwalk to Gordon Field House, followed by an all-campus party. The Class of 2017: (From left, in front) Melody Smith, Shank Sharma, James Murphy, and Lee LeBoeuf.