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Sleepy in Class? Find the Reason

Sep 23, 2019

Updated with current information for 2023 One of the most common problems that students face is falling asleep in class. This can be embarrassing, distracting, and can negatively impact academic performance. While there are a number of reasons why students might fall asleep in class, some of the most common include sleep deprivation, poor …

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Ready to Move to Athens Campus? Relocate Day Is Oct. 25

Sep 21, 2019

Students attending one of OU’s branch campuses who wish to relocate to Athens are known as relocating students. Relocation is available for any student who has earned at least 12 credit hours of coursework at a regional campus. This coursework may not be in remedial or developmental courses. Those with fewer than 12 credit …

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Tailgating in Style at OU

Sep 20, 2019

There’s a long tradition of getting crazy during college football season that usually involves spray painting yourself in the college’s colors, donning kooky hats and wigs, marking up your face in cryptic tribal patterns or, for OU students, spraying your pet bobcat green (JK). Another football season tradition you’re probably familiar with is tailgating. …

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CHSP Opens Doors for Community Gathering

Sep 16, 2019

Are you one of those university students who sits in your Athens Ohio rental uptown or elsewhere and agonizes over what you should really major in? One field that’s hard to beat these days is health sciences. Colleges of health science professions have seen rapid growth in most universities, and OU is no exception, …

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Physics Major? Catch the Speakers at the Physics Colloquium

Sep 13, 2019

Those pursuing a career in the sciences will want to become quite familiar with words such as colloquium, which translates as an academic conference or seminar. If you’re enrolled as a physics major, you can get a taste of what colloquia are all about on Wednesday, Sept. 25, when Professor Charlotte Elster, Ph.D. , …

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Innovative Percussionist Cameron Leach to Perform

Don’t try this in your Athens Ohio apartments, students. Better to exercise and exorcise your inner drummer by planning to hear Columbus percussionist Cameron Leach on Sept. 19 at 8 p.m., at OU. Leach has been making a name for himself as a daring and innovative performer – said to be blurring “the lines …

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Management of Ohio Waterways Topic of Ohio River Basin Consortium

Sep 09, 2019

Management of resources is a big deal in a world that is running out of them. Whether from climate change, development, toxic pollutants or other problems, loss of water resources is particularly worrisome. Maybe you’ve already thought about that as you turn on the water in your Athens Ohio housing to wash your hair, …

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Undecided on a Major? Get Help at the Majors Fair

Sep 06, 2019

Undecided about your major? You’re not alone – in fact, you can meet and mingle with a good many others of your ilk on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Baker Center Ballroom during the Majors Fair. Here you’ll find faculty and staff ready to help advise, recruit and …

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Dog-Swimming Benefit Planned for Athens City Pool

Sep 05, 2019

Got pet-friendly Athens Ohio off campus housing with a friendly pooch who loves to swim? Why not bring Fido or Fifi for Athens’ end of summer Dog Swim, sponsored by Friendly Paws Pet Supplies and Grooming and the Athens City Pool on Sept. 18, 4 to 7 p.m. Dogs of any size are welcome, …

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Celebrate Our Native Pawpaw at the Annual Festival

Sep 02, 2019

Do you know what a pawpaw is? Now that you’re in Ohio and it’s September, you may be hearing about these distinctive native fruits quite frequently. Pawpaws ripen in September and are widely enjoyed by those who have developed a taste for the fruit’s bold flavors. Pawpaws were of course savored by indigenous people, …

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