Entrepreneur for the Environment

Jack Foley ’22 founder of ReYuze Cases

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

Business Executive: Boulder, Colorado, Internship

Aidan Stout '19 with Bob Gordon '88

International Finance Exec: Internship with microfinance in Costa Rica

Josh Martineau '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

Is racism itself a moral disorder involving people who . . .

Judylyn Ryan, English

Watch: "R.S.D. (Racism Spectrum Disorder)"

This activity builds on the Egyptian idea of a whole innate 'you' that was not just a body and a soul but . . .

Ellen Arnold, History

Read: "The OWU Book of the Dead"

If we can start to understand why these two fish choose each other, then . . .

Shala Hankison, Zoology

Watch: "Tinder for Fish"

Events

Campus Events Academics Arts & Entertainment Athletics

September 19

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Mount St. Joseph

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 20

Science Lecture Series: Dr. Timothy Hawthorne

4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

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September 20

Smith Lecture in Civil War History: Michael Les Benedict

7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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September 21

Workshop: Black Quantum Futurism Collective (OWU Community)

1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

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September 21

Workshop: Black Quantum Futurism Collective (broader community)

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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September 21

Evening Programs at Perkins Observatory

9 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Kenyon

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Oberlin

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer vs Oberlin

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 22

Theatre Performance: 'New Scenes'

8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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September 23

Organ Recital with Joe Musser

3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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September 24

Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium

12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

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October 3

Film Screening: 'Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope'

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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October 24

Stefanie von Hlatky: 'Gender Considerations in Military Operations: Mission Critical?'

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 21

Workshop: Black Quantum Futurism Collective (OWU Community)

1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

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September 21

Workshop: Black Quantum Futurism Collective (broader community)

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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September 22

Theatre Performance: 'New Scenes'

8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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September 23

Organ Recital with Joe Musser

3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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September 26

Art Exhibit Artist's Talk: Robby Herbst

4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

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October 1

Art Exhibit: 'Stateless,' Oct. 1 - Dec. 15

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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October 2

Film Screening: 'The Queen of Spain'

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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October 18

Art Exhibit: 'Double Take: Ambiguity in the Photograph,' Oct. 18 - Dec. 13

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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September 19

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer at Otterbein

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 19

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Mount St. Joseph

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey at Denison

4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

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September 21

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis at ITA Central Regional

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis at ITA Central Regional

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Golf at Bridgewater Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Kenyon

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Football at Allegheny

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball at Hiram

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Oberlin

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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September 22

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer vs Oberlin

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis at ITA Central Regional

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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