alumni college

Thank you for another great Alumni College!

Want to "graduate" from college in just four days? Alumni College is an opportunity to return to your alma mater and learn from Ohio University’s renowned faculty. The weekend includes classes, campus tours, socials, dinners, theatre, and film productions.

Here is just a sampling of this year’s sessions and entertainment:

  • Harvey Ballard Jr. - Southeast Ohio's Edible Wild Plants
  • Christine Bhat - Education (Topic TBA)
  • Tom Carpenter - Wine, Women and Song in Athens (Greece)
  • Lynn Harter - Health Communication (Topic TBA)
  • Vincent Jungkunz - Race and Racism
  • David Kirch - Greed 101
  • Scott Moody - Biological Sciences (Topic TBA: What Really is Causing the Obesity Epidemic OR Biology Behind CSI)
  • Michael Pfahl - Recreation and Sport Science (Topic TBA)
  • Eric Stinaff - Nanoscience: How Tiny Technology Is Transforming Our World
  • Richard Vedder - Economics (Topic TBA)
  • Screening of 'Trailerpark' - feature-length film based on a Russell Banks short story collection that has been entirely produced by students in the School of Media Arts and Studies (formerly Telecommunications) here at Ohio University.
  • Ohio Valley Summer Theater Production– “Into The Woods” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Tony Award-winning musical will be directed by Dan Dennis with music direction by Lynn Sullivan. This fast-paced and funny musical intertwines the plots of several familiar fairy tales.