Faculty could face heavier courseload
By Pat Holmes | Apr. 6, 2011With a proposed state budget asking higher education instructors to increase their teaching workload, some OU faculty say Gov. John Kasich is asking them to do “more with less.”
With a proposed state budget asking higher education instructors to increase their teaching workload, some OU faculty say Gov. John Kasich is asking them to do “more with less.”
Students, faculty members and Athens residents will meet tonight to discuss the availability of food and different ways to use it at Ohio University’s second Eco Café.
Local police have arrested an Amesville man Monday for attempting to run his ex-girlfriend off U.S. Route 50 and threatening to kill her in an East State Street parking lot.
Athens City Garage employees reported yesterday that over $1,500 worth of equipment was stolen from a city utility truck.
Technical glitches during the live stream of a national teach-in did not deter a small group of Ohio University students and faculty members from joining the discussion.
Ohio University Human Resources will postpone the deadline for employees to accept a buyout option, according to a Wednesday letter to faculty and staff.
The second finalist for Ohio University’s director of government relations position stressed her own core values and how they would help advance the university.
Two competing Democrats contending for Athens City Council’s First Ward seat faced off yesterday in an open forum to discuss their stances on key issues and constituents’ concerns.
Two Nelsonville individuals were arraigned in court yesterday for corrupting a juvenile with drugs.
Graduate student senators pondered Ohio University budget cuts last night as the body listened to a presentation by the vice president for Finance and Administration.
Ohio University announced yesterday that Athens native Atul Gawande will give the 2011 undergraduate commencement speech.
Ohio University’s new heating plant will not use coal as an energy source, said university officials in a letter to a Sierra Club representative early last week.
Future construction projects in Athens could be more energy efficient if City Council members pass an ordinance to adopt greener building standards.
The dean of Ohio University’s Patton College of Education and Human Services testified in front of the state House of Representatives in February, saying she believes there are holes in the legislation that would bring Teach for America to Ohio.
Both Democratic candidates vying for Athens City Council’s First Ward seat say litter is the name of the game.
As colleges’ and universities’ budgets continue to shrink, nearby Hocking College will create an advisory committee to plan for a $2 million cut in funding.
About 15 Ohio University employees attended yesterday’s open forum to evaluate one of the two finalists for the position of director of government relations.
A Canton man was arrested Saturday for the rape of a juvenile in Albany and is being held on $500,000 bail.
An Athens man who was arrested Saturday for robbing an Ohio University student was arraigned in court yesterday.
Two finalists will visit Ohio University this month to interview for the university’s chief fundraising position, a job that has been vacant since the end of Fall Quarter.