Pina, a Rhode Island native, will begin his role on June 13 after originally applying and failing to get the same position nearly four years ago.
Though Wednesday night’s Ohio University Student Senate meeting will end just minutes before election results are announced, members of the body will be busy voting on eight resolutions.
Student Senate candidates continued campaigning after election ballots were made available at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
University officials made the arrangement after receiving what they called a "reasonable request" from students.
Two seniors, Tyler Blust and Anthony Mikicic, started a virtual reality gaming company, Guessworks VR, with hopes of joining the future of gaming.
The university said the future of the property is "still to be determined."
Starting Fall Semester 2016, OU Housing and Residence Life will introduce an LGBT Living Experience community that will provide residential programs directed toward LGBT-identifying students.
Executive candidates from Impact and UNITE met Thursday for the second and last time before elections next week.
Jason Pina was announced as Ohio University's new vice president for Student Affairs, and he will start at OU on June 13.
Two students started the Twitter account @OUforTrump16 earlier in March to help increase support for the candidate in Athens.
The $320,000 observatory will be home for an historic 10-inch refractor telescope that was previously salvaged from a fire.
OU contributed about $15 million from the OU Fund, and OSU gave $20 million to start up the fund in 2012, though the process to create it started years before.
Because a steam shutdown is required during construction, officials say it was necessary to start construction now in order to ensure buildings can be heated later on.
Candidates for senate's executive positions answer questions about their ticket in anticipation of the upcoming election.
Since its inception in 2014, the OU Smash Team has been a haven for the rising competitive gaming scene.
Construction on the new Jefferson Marketplace will begin in May, and during the Fall Semester a temporary market will be open.
Ohio University Student Trustees Sharmaine Wilcox and Patrick Roden will present Board of Trustees' agenda items during Student Senate's Wednesday meeting.
This year's senate election are between two tickets, UNITE and Impact, both of which have executive candidates who are part of this year’s body.
Almost a third of the total money raised came from the 11 largest donations per year of the campaign.
About 55 percent of students with Pell Grants graduated in six years from 2009 to 2015.
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