On Friday, December 9, 2016, more than 170 students from 8 north central Ohio area high schools participated in the 6th Annual Marion Mathematics Challenge, hosted by Marion Technical College and The Ohio State University at Marion in Morrill Hall Auditorium on the Marion Campus. The Marion Mathematics Challenge is a rigorous on-line math competition […]
Buckeyes help provide warmth to Marion area families
December 2, 2016 by
Ohio State Marion students kicked off the season of giving by collecting, packaging, and distributing over 1,000 articles of winter accessories to help less fortunate Marion area families stay warm this winter. Students from Amy Tibbals’s English 2367.01S were able to assemble and distribute over 455 “Loving Scarves” bags to the local community, through partnerships […]
Campus group partners with local schools on urban gardening
November 28, 2016 by
The idea was a good one. Three years ago, Marion City Schools partnered with Marion Public Health and the Marion YMCA to build raised garden beds at each of the city’s elementary schools. Neighbors could adopt a bed and grow their own produce, particularly in “food desert” areas of Marion, or so the thinking went. […]
College Democrats partner with community for literacy initiative
November 2, 2016 by
The Ohio State University at Marion College Democrats, Let’s Read 20, and Marion Public Health are partnering on a new and gently used book drive through November 8, 2016 to benefit children of Marion. The groups are seeking donations of books for children under age 5 who are participating in the Women, Infants, and Children […]
Campus musical comedy, “Sugar,” opens November 3rd
October 28, 2016 by
The Ohio State University at Marion’s performing arts and entertainment series Five Nights on Campus will present the student based Broadway musical comedy, Sugar, Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Morrill Hall Auditorium. Based on the Billy Wilder film, “Some Like It Hot,” starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and […]
Marion professor helps launch university-wide teaching institute
October 24, 2016 by
Ohio State Marion, Professor Emeritus, Dr. Mary Jo Fresch (College of Education and Human Ecology) was recently selected to serve as a faculty fellow for Ohio State’s newly formed University Institute for Teaching and Learning. The University Institute for Teaching and Learning was developed as part of Ohio State President, Dr. Michael V. Drake’s 2020 […]
Popcorn Festival, Marion campus hosting Zombie 5K
October 17, 2016 by
The Marion campus and Marion Popcorn Festival are joining forces to host The Running Dead: Zombies Unleashed 5K Run, on Saturday, October 22nd on the Marion campus The race starts at the Alber Student Center, where runners will endure a 5K run through a zombie-infested course. Participants are encouraged to test their speed, endurance, and […]
Campus prairie to conduct prescribed burn
October 14, 2016 by
A wildfire management course from The Ohio State University’s Columbus campus will conduct a controlled prairie burn at the Larry R. Yoder Prairie Learning Lab on the Marion campus, Saturday October 22, 2016, weather permitting. According to Ohio State Marion staff member Marketa Lillard, who co-coordinates activities on the prairie with Professor Bob Klips, the […]
Appalachian bluegrass & folk fusion kicks off Five Nights
October 12, 2016 by
The Ohio State University at Marion’s Five Nights on Campus performing arts series is pleased to welcome The Barefoot Movement to Morrill Hall Auditorium, Thursday, October 13th, 7:30 p.m. to launch this year’s Five Nights entertainment series. The Barefoot Movement is anything but your standard bluegrass band. They stretch from a strong foundation of traditional […]
Marion campus fitness team takes first in Rivals Challenge
July 25, 2016 by
A twenty member Ohio State Marion faculty and staff team, calling themselves OSU Marion Fitness “FAN”actics, were celebrated on Columbus campus recently for logging the most average daily minutes of physical activity as part of the university-wide Ohio State vs. Michigan Rivals Challenge. The Rivals Challenge was a physical activity challenge initiated through the universities […]
