ohio university

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

College of Arts & Sciences
College of Business
College of Communication
College of Education
Russ College of Engineering and Technology
College of Fine Arts
College of Health & Human Services
Honors Tutorial College
University College
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Center for International Studies

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

The school colors are hunter green and white; the mascot is the Bobcat. The Bobcats compete in NCAA Division I (I-A in football) as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The school is nationally ranked among the nation's finest institutions of higher learning. http://www.ohio.edu/rankings/all.cfm 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 telecommunications center.

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. At first called American Western University, Ohio University was founded on February 18, 1804, a year after Ohio was admitted to the Union.

Famous Alumni

Roger Ailes, president of FOX News
Richard Dean Anderson, actor on MacGyver, Stargate SG-1, television producer
Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart and several other characters on The Simpsons
Jim Dine, pop artist
Thomas Ewing, cabinet member under several U.S. presidents
Arsenio Hall, comedian, former talk show host
Leon Harris, news anchor, CNN and WJLA
Sammy Kaye, celebrated bandleader
Matt Lauer, co-host of NBC's The Today Show
Piper Perabo, actress
Edward James Roye, former president of Liberia
Van Gordon Sauter, former head of CBS News
Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame third baseman
Walter Tevis, author
Betty Thomas, actress on Hill Street Blues, film director
George Voinovich, U.S. Senator, former Ohio governor

External links

http://www.ohio.edu Official university site
http://www.ohio.edu/bicentennial/index.cfm Ohio University Bicentennial site
http://www.ohiobobcats.com Official Ohio athletics site
http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/facts.cfm Ohio University Fact Sheet
http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu The Post Online

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