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Ashley Kroon Van Diest built her career on a strong foundation that all began with the dedicated and caring faculty at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Marion and today empowers her to positively influence the lives of young people both clinically and academically.

ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ English alum Jeffrey Kuhn made a minor adjustment early in his educational career and found the connections and personal attention of ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ’s Marion regional campus was the perfect environment to foster his love for learning and subsequent rise to a successful career in the world of gaming, virtual reality, and immersive design.

A group of ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Marion faculty researchers were recently awarded a $156,000 federal grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute for research in the role of chromatin remodeling factors in DNA double strand break repair.

ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Marion Disability Services Coordinator Julie Prince was recently announced at the 2021 Dick Maxwell Award recipient by the university.

ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Marion Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Dr. Renee Bouley first met student Lauren Frank in her chemistry 1210 course as a freshman. Bouley immediately noticed her dedication to academics and work-ethic in the lab, which led her to recruit Frank to work in her research lab. Now entering her junior year, Frank was named the campus’s third Pelotonia Fellow in the past four years.

Emily Meadows credits her Bachelor of Arts with Research Distinction in Psychology from ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ and her access to faculty and research opportunities on the Marion campus for having a profoundly positive impact on gaining access to a graduate program and obtaining a competitive position in the area of research after graduation.

Amber Alexander, a senior English major at ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Marion, was named a recipient of The Place Project grant last spring and hopes to travel between autumn and spring semester to find her inspiration at a national wildlife refuge in Florida.

OSU physics undergrad Nashad Rahman had big plans to work on laser experiments in summer 2020. But of course Covid-19 changed all that. Out of an abundance of caution, the social distancing guidelines at OSU did not allow undergrads to participate in lab research during summer 2020. The timing was especially unfortunate because Nashad was going into his senior year.

A new bachelor’s degree program that launched last fall on ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ’s regional campuses is preparing students to excel as business-oriented engineering leaders in the highly automated manufacturing industry.