Leaping into the Future
The Connect Today, Create Tomorrow campaign shattered giving records, transformed the campus, and is opening life-changing opportunities for students.
If you haven’t visited Ohio Wesleyan in a few years, prepare to be astounded. Thanks to the overwhelming success of the recently concluded Connect Today, Create Tomorrow campaign, the beloved and historic OWU campus has been refurbished, renovated, and updated for a new generation of students—and alumni—to enjoy.
The transformation on campus is beautiful, and it extends beyond the physical aspects. Scholarships and financial aid, experiential learning through The OWU Connection, faculty development and recruitment, and the overall learning environment all benefit from the tremendous generosity of OWU’s alumni and friends, which raised nearly $238 million, shattering the original campaign goal of $200 million...
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Rising to the Challenge of a Pandemic
OWU is one of America’s leading universities for preparing Ph.D. scientists, especially women in life sciences. Many have helped lead our battle against COVID.
As SARS-CoV-2 upended the world, ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s many women of science have pivoted, tirelessly continuing their work with global impact.
Whether they are working at research centers, public health agencies, pharmaceutical companies, or hospitals, none as undergraduates could have foreseen the importance of being a scientist during a pandemic and influencing public health.
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Mothertrucker
Amy Butcher, OWU’s director of creative writing, says her new memoir is a book about “what it means to be a woman in America.” Five-star reviews are pouring in.
Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America, the new book from Amy Butcher, director of creative writing and associate professor of English, began receiving stellar reviews and awards months before it was to land on store shelves.
Publisher’s Weekly called it “tender and gripping,” writing that the book “explores myriad issues with nuance and grace, including Indigenous rights, violence against women, religious hypocrisy, and environmental concerns.” Kirkus Reviews praised the book as “a searching and deeply empathetic memoir” and “a sobering reflection on verbal and psychological abuse” that “honors the healing power of female friendship and questions the nature of divinity beyond its constricting patriarchal manifestations.”
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My Delaware Mom, Thanks for Everything
Greg Moore ’76 pays tribute to Alfreda Bonner, longtime librarian, campus thespian, and one of OWU’s greatest ambassadors.
It’s taken me a while to collect my thoughts about my Delaware mom. Mrs. Alfreda Bonner, a longtime librarian, campus thespian, and one of ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s greatest ambassadors, was an amazing woman and, quite frankly, the first diva I ever met.
Early on, I didn’t frequent Beeghley Library (I preferred Slocum), so my first memory of Mrs. Bonner is at the Chappelear auditions for A Raisin in the Sun in 1972. She naturally owned the role of Lena. I played the son, Walter Lee Younger—Sidney Poitier’s signature part.