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Ohio University
File:OhioUniversityLogo.PNG
MottoReligio Doctrina Civilitas, Prae Omnibus Virtus (Religion, Learning, Politics/Civility; Above All, Virtue)
TypePublic coeducational
Established1804
PresidentRoderick J. McDavis
Undergraduates16,680 Athens
Postgraduates3,000
Location
Athens
,
Ohio
,
USA
CampusRural, 1,800 acres
Sports teamsBobcats
ColorsHunter Green █ and White █
Websitewww.ohio.edu

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio, enrolling almost 20,000 students on its main 1,800 acre (7.3 km²) campus. It is the oldest college in Ohio and the first in the Northwest Territory.

Organization

Ohio University's 285 undergraduate majors, as well as its master's and doctoral programs, are organized into 11 degree granting units:

More than 8,000 students attend Ohio University's five regional campuses:

The school colors are hunter green and white; the mascot is Bobcat. The Bobcats compete in NCAA Division I (I-A in football) as a member of the Mid-American Conference. Most recently, the Ohio Bobcats mens' basketball and womens' volleyball earned conference championship titles.

The school is nationally ranked among the nation's finest institutions of higher learning. [1] University libraries contain more than 2.4 million bound volumes. The university's student-run newspaper is The Post. WOUB radio and television stations, affiliated with NPR and PBS, originate in the WOUB Center for Public Media.

Ohio University was named by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to reflect its growing number of graduate programs. Only four other institutions in Ohio -- Ohio State University, Kent State University, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Toledo -- are at the same level.

Ohio University should not be confused with the Ohio State University.

History

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 called for educational institutions as part of the settlement and eventual statehood of the Northwest Territory: "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." In 1797, settlers from Marietta traveled up the Hocking River to establish a location for the school, choosing Athens due to its location directly between Chillicothe (the original capital of Ohio) and Marietta. At first called American Western University, Ohio University was founded on February 18, 1804, a year after Ohio was admitted to the Union. The first three students enrolled in 1808. Ohio University graduated two students with bachelor's degrees in 1815. The famous E.W. Scripps School of Journalism was established with a grant from the Scripps Foundation. In 1975, Ohio University opened the College of Osteopathic Medicine, which remains the only college in Ohio specializing in osteopathy. Today the university is known for its strong Journalism and Visual Communication programs, as well as its Avionics Engineering Center. The Avionics Engineering Center, the only facility of its kind in the United States, specializes in the research, development, and evaluation of electronic navigation, communication, and surveillance systems. The center, the largest at Ohio University, was established in 1963 to support a unique combination of theoreticians and technical specialists to address navigation issues encountered in air transportation and furnish immediate, practical solutions. Recently, Ohio University has gained infamous acclaim for its ranking in the Princeton Review as the second-best party school in the nation, partly due to the reputation and size of its annual Halloween party.

Presidents of Ohio University

20th Roderick J. McDavis (2004-Present)
19th Robert Glidden (1994-2004)
18th Charles J. Ping (1975-1994)
17th Harry B. Crewson (1974-1975)
16th Claude R. Sowle (1969-1974)
15th Vernon Roger Alden (1962-1969)
14th John Calhoun Baker (1945-1961)
13th Walter Sylvester Gamertsfelder (1943-1945)
12th Herman Gerlach James (1935-1943)
11th Elmer Burritt Bryan (1921-1934)
10th Alston Ellis (1901-1920)
9th Isaac Crook (1896-1898)
8th Charles William Super (1884-1896)
(1899-1901)
7th William Henry Scott (1872-1883)
6th Solomon Howard (1852-1872)
5th Alfred Ryors (1848-1852)
4th William Holmes McGuffey (1839-1843)
3rd Robert G. Wilson (1824-1839)
2nd James Irvine (1822-1824)
1st Jacob Lindley (1809-1822)

Famous/Distinguished Alumni

Media

Under the umbrella of Ohio University Public Radio, the university operates a number of public FM radio stations. WOUB Athens, WOUC Cambridge, WOUH Chillicothe, WOUL Lancaster, and WOUZ Zanesville broadcast the same programs throughout southeastern Ohio. WOUB-AM is also a public radio station, but the broadcast is limited to Athens and The Plains, Ohio.

Ohio University Public Television is a PBS affiliate broadcasting on WOUB Athens/WOUC Cambridge. In addition to national PBS programs, WOUB features Newswatch, a nightly news broadcast with professional and student reporters.

The web site, Wired for Books, has been ranked by the National Endowment for the Humanities as one of the best online resources for education in the humanities. Wired for Books is produced at the WOUB Center for Public Media.

The campus newspaper The Post is officially independent of the university and its administration.

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