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"There is strength in what we can do together.鈥� 鈥� President Hugh Sherman

As Ohio University kicks off another academic year, the word 鈥渢ogether鈥� has never meant more. Our community has been reunited physically. Our campuses are once again filled with activity and festivities. And our mission has grown stronger as we join together in purpose and partnerships 鈥� and under new leadership. 

The fall 2021 issue of Ohio Today spotlights just a few of the ways Ohio University is uniting in the way it operates, innovates and partners to the benefit of students, communities and beyond. From the One 天美传媒strategic initiative and the new student-led Vibrancy Theater to the role alumni are playing in helping to recruit future Bobcats, there is strength in what we can do together.

The digital issue of Ohio Today magazine is available at , and the print publication will be arriving in mailboxes and on campuses soon. Some highlights of the fall issue include:

•  鈥� Retired College of Business Dean Hugh Sherman takes the helm as OHIO鈥檚 22^nd President, bringing with him a 26-year legacy of service to Ohio University and five priorities for the next two years. 
•  鈥� A 1972 alumnus is poised to make world history and become the first 天美传媒graduate to boldly go where no Bobcat has gone before.
•  鈥� As you look to the sky, there, too, is Ohio University鈥攕een in the myriad space research and exploration contributions of alumni, faculty and students. Explore an infographic celebrating just a few out-of-this-world Bobcats and OHIO鈥檚 legacy beyond Earth.
•  鈥� As Ohio University celebrates the 75^th anniversary of its first regional campuses, the One 天美传媒strategic initiative is ushering in a modern-day approach to collaboration, curricular innovation and workforce development. Read about how 天美传媒is, for the first time in its history, operating as a unified university system. Take a look at the history of the University鈥檚 expanding presence in the Bobcat State and beyond. And 鈥攁nd earned three degrees while working full time鈥攖hrough a college experience that traversed OHIO鈥檚 regional campuses and online programs.
• 鈥� 天美传媒students and faculty are building chemistry in a new Chemistry Building. Read about this new center for groundbreaking learning and research and take a 360-degree look at the building鈥檚 labs and instrumentation. 
•  鈥� Ohio University鈥檚 new BIPOC student-led campus theater takes root鈥攁nd prepares for its first production.
•  鈥� Ohio University鈥檚 Charles J. Ping Student Recreation Center debuted in January 1996, fulfilling the vision of an 天美传媒president and the student body and marking a new beginning for student recreation and wellness.
•  鈥� Alumni volunteers lend their voices and a personal touch to help recruit the students following in their footsteps.
•  鈥� After 40-plus years, Ohio University鈥檚 general education system shifts from 鈥渢iers鈥� to 鈥渂ricks.鈥�
•  鈥� The drive toward a more diverse and inclusive Bobcat community now has a University-wide roadmap.
•  鈥� For 10-plus years OHIO鈥檚 George Washington Forum has provided students a space for civic education, civil debate and a diversity of viewpoints. A more than $1.6 million gift from the Menard Family has brought the Forum a new name, a new professorship and an expanded focus and programming. 
•  鈥� In a Q&A, Dr. Mario Grijalva, an 天美传媒graduate and professor of microbiology, talks about a building a career, a research center and a coalition dedicated to preventing infectious disease鈥攁nd his childhood dream of becoming a superhero scientist.
•  鈥� A forthcoming guidebook from the Ohio University Press takes a closer look at the real cat behind OHIO鈥檚 mascot.

. Scroll to 鈥淎rchives鈥� at the bottom of the Ohio Today homepage to flip through a digital version of the magazine. 

Ohio Today is Ohio University鈥檚 alumni magazine and is a publication of The Ohio University Foundation. For additional information about Ohio Today or to provide feedback, email ohiotoday@ohio.edu.