Ohio University

Note: The Ohio State University is a separate educational institution and is not to be confused with the one described in this article.

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio, enrolling almost 20,000 students on its main 1,800 acre (7.3 km&sup2) campus. It is the oldest college in Ohio. Its 276 undergraduate majors, as well as master's and doctoral programs are organized into 10 colleges:

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

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.

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
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
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

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