Theatre Director

Ares Harper ’19

Who do you want to be?

Get real with The OWU Connection and real-world internships, mentored research, and creative projects.

Media Pro: Media & Branding Internship in Seattle

Allisa Schuller ’19

Global Advocate: South Africa Internship

Raissa Kanku ’20

Entertainment Industry: SoCal Internships

Leah Crawford ’19

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

What do late-night slam poetry parties in Israel have to do with the struggle . . .

Michal Raizen, Comparative Literature

Watch: "Ars Poetika’s Slam Poetry of Resistance in Israel"

In the early 1900s, nutritionists cautioned against eating too much Italian food because . . .

Chris Fink, Health & Human Kinetics

Watch: “Authentic Pot Pie Has No Crust”

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

Robert Gitter, Economics

Watch: “New Destinations for Mexican Migrants”

Events

Campus Events Academics Arts & Entertainment Athletics

March 19

Lecture: "Why Did the United States Invade Iraq in 2003?"

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 19

Community Film Festival: "Far from Heaven"

9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Baseball vs John Carroll

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis vs Wittenberg

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 20

Documentary Screening: "The Destruction of Memory"

6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Lacrosse vs John Carroll

7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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March 20

Community Film Series: "Far from Heaven"

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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March 22

Great Decisions: Nuclear Negotiations

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

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March 22

Evening Programs at Perkins Observatory

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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March 22

Senior Project: “A Mother’s Love”

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Tennis vs Transylvania

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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March 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Tennis vs John Carroll

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 28

Merrick Lecture: Vasudha Narayanan, "Who Owns a Story? Global Religions and Cultural Territoriality"

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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March 19

Community Film Festival: "Far from Heaven"

9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

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March 20

Documentary Screening: "The Destruction of Memory"

6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 20

Community Film Series: "Far from Heaven"

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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March 22

Senior Project: “A Mother’s Love”

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 23

Senior Project: “A Mother’s Love”

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 26

Concert: Ohio Wesleyan Park Avenue Jazz Ensemble

8 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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March 26

Community Film Series: "Brokeback Mountain"

9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

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March 27

Community Film Series: "Brokeback Mountain"

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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March 31

'Requiem' Central Ohio Symphony Concert with OWU Choral Art Society

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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March 19

Ohio Wesleyan University Baseball at Otterbein

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Softball at Muskingum

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Baseball vs John Carroll

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis vs Wittenberg

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Tennis at Wittenberg

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Lacrosse vs John Carroll

7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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March 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Track & Field at Amy Adams Memorial Invitational

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March 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Track & Field at Amy Adams Memorial Invitational

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March 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis at Ohio Northern

4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

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March 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Track & Field at Amy Adams Memorial Invitational

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March 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Track & Field at Amy Adams Memorial Invitational

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