Aiding Wildlife

Abbi Turner ’20, Zoology

Think Big

What do you care about? With 90 majors and mentored research opportunities, OWU helps you find your passion, make connections across subjects, and explore important issues.

Enriching Lives Through Art in Houston

Josh Martin ’20, Theatre

Exploring the Mediterranean Diet in Italy

Abby Bowman ’20, Nutrition and Psychology

Researching Infant Heart Disease at the Mayo Clinic

Landry Cowles ’20, Pre-Medicine and Neuroscience

The OWU Connection

The OWU Connection is Ohio Wesleyan's unique program of guided, personalized, guaranteed, and proven experiences that lead you to Think Big, Go Global, and Get Real, and connect you to a better future.

Only through The OWU Connection can you craft a personalized degree plan from more than 90 academic majors and with expert guidance from faculty mentors. Each student is guaranteed at least one signature research, travel-learning, or internship experience that is proven to connect you to a better future.

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Explore OWU

Schedule a campus visit and experience firsthand where students live, learn, create & play.

Think Big

With The OWU Connection, combine the arts, sciences, and humanities to explore complex, real-world challenges.

Go Global

Expand your learning by immersing yourself in another culture. And check out our innovative Global Scholars Program.

Get Real

Take what you learn in the classroom and put it to work in real-world settings.

Feed Your Mind

Our professors are Fulbright, Mellon, and Guggenheim award winners. Top researchers. Authors, artists, and scholars. First and foremost, they're teachers and mentors.

Find your future

Fully 94% of 2015 graduates report being employed or in graduate school within months of graduation. The OWU Connection helps you develop the skills employers crave.

Chew Up the Competition

Since the year 2000, OWU varsity teams have won 71 conference championships, and 151 student-athletes have been named All-American.

Celebrate Friendship

Our Day on the JAY celebration brings out the whole campus for a street fair.

Have a Ball

Three out of four OWU students play varsity, club, or intramural sports

Be an Entrepreneur

Forbes ranks OWU as the #1 "Most Entrepreneurial" college in Ohio and #17 in America.

Make a Difference

Every year, OWU students perform more than 40,000 hours of community service

Dig into Seconds

More than one-fourth of OWU students graduate with more than one major. We help you connect almost any disciplines to create your pathway.

From Our Perspective

We are active and engaged with the world. We have thoughtful opinions, big ideas, and we share them in a rich campus conversation.

Essays, Blogs & Videos Explore Our Majors

When you save the rainforests, you actually save . . .

Laurie Anderson, Botany & Microbiology

Watch: "Rainforests, Cloud Fountains, and the Flying River of Brazil"

So the number of migrants is staying relatively the same, but their . . .

Robert Gitter, Economics

Watch: “New Destinations for Mexican Migrants”

The power of protest is not based just in disruption but also . . .

James Franklin, Politics & Government

Watch: "How to Fight the Power"

Events

Campus Events Academics Arts & Entertainment Athletics

August 23

Evening Programs at Perkins Observatory

9 p.m. – 11 p.m.

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August 26

Sagan National Colloquium: “42” Screening and Virtual Discussion with Branch B. Rickey ’67

6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Transylvania

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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August 30

Sagan National Colloquium: Ryan Haddad ’15

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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August 31

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Chatham

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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September 6

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer vs Wheaton (Ill.)

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 6

Evening Programs at Perkins Observatory

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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September 7

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Concordia (Wis.)

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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September 7

Ohio Wesleyan University Football vs Otterbein

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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September 7

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer vs Colorado College

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 8

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Wilson

12 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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September 10

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball vs Heidelberg

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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August 29

Last Day to Add/Drop Full-Semester and First-Module Courses

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September 23

Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

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August 30

Sagan National Colloquium: Ryan Haddad ’15

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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September 6

Art For Everyone: Making the Delaware Mural Project

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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September 7

Art For Everyone: Artist talk with Cook

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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September 7

Art for Everyone: Reception

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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September 18

After/Before Art Exhibit - Curator’s Tour and Exhibition Reception

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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September 20

Faculty Concert: James Hildreth, Organ

7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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September 29

Faculty Concert: Frank Chiou, Piano

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey at Houghton

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball at Ithaca

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball vs Wisconsin-La Crosse

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer at Kalamazoo

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Cross Country at Kenyon Tri-Meet

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Cross Country at Kenyon Tri-Meet

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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August 30

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Transylvania

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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August 31

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Golf at Transylvania Fall Invitational

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August 31

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Golf at The Stateline Shootout

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August 31

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball vs Berry

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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August 31

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey at Nazareth

2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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August 31

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Chatham

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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