Spring 2022 OWU Magazine

Preparing for a World of Puzzles and Mysteries
by Rock Jones, President, Ohio Wesleyan University
As I write this essay, students have returned from spring break and for the first time in two years everyone is on campus, with no restriction to activities, and without the need to wear facial coverings and keep a distance from one another. The energy is palpable as we enter the final weeks of an academic year, complete with lectures, concerts, productions, art shows, athletic competition, celebrations of student scholarship and accomplishment, and ultimately, preparation for Commencement.

Includes:
Guiding OWU Magazine and Connecting With Readers, OWU Magazine Relaunch

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Ohio Wesleyan Greeks Win National Academic Honors, OWU Teams up With Mount Carmel to Offer Nursing Degree, Think Big. Go Global. Get Real. Do Good., Statewide Service Award Recipient, and Thumbs Up! Esports Program Begins at OWU

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74 Years of Loyalty and Love

Kira Bailey
Merrick Hall Classrooms
Kira Bailey’s academic comfort zone is the brain. As Ohio Wesleyan’s senior faculty member in neuroscience, the associate professor of psychology and neuroscience welcomes scores of students into the world of the brain as a space for them not to find comfort, but to spark fascination, curiosity, exploration, and maybe a lifelong career. OWU launched its neuroscience program in 1994, named the program in honor of former professor and provost David Robbins in 2005, and expanded the program with a 5-year, $5 million gift from George ’61 and Patricia Belt ’63 Conrades in 2011.

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Dark Matter and the OWU Connection

Step into the classroom of Physics & Astronomy Professor Bob Harmon and learn what the "OWU connection" is to the discovery of dark matter.

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Amy Butcher, David Caplan, Andrea Colvin, Vicki DiLillo, Amy Downing, Bonnie Milne Gardner, Will Georgic, Marty Kalb, Sarah Kaka, Donald Lateiner, Barbara MacLeod, Antron Mahoney, Chris Modica, Franchesca Nestor, Michele Nobel, Eva Paris-Huesca, Dustin Reichard, Rosemary Riley, Goran Skosples, Chelsea Vadnie, and Chris Wolverton.

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Class Notes, Weddings, Births, and In Memoriam,

OWU Women’s Soccer Team Does It Again
Junior forward Erika Howland scored midway through the first half and the Ohio Wesleyan defense made it stand up as the Battling Bishop women’s soccer team defeated Messiah, 1-0, in the NCAA Division III championship game on Nov. 30 at Artificial Turf Stadium on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y.

Featuring Belle Norman ’22