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National reputation. Personalized opportunities. OWU is widely recognized for great teaching and beyond-the-classroom experiences that matter.

"OWU's culture is defined by warmth and helpfulness."

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102 OWU-Funded Theory-to-Practice Projects

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The OWU Connection

The OWU Connection is voracious learning and passionate teaching. It’s personal attention, global understanding, and real-world experience. It’s our comprehensive program with three core promises: You will Think Big. You will Go Global. You will Get Real Experience.

The OWU Connection is our commitment to help you find your passion and build your pathway to meaningful work and a rewarding life.

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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

But what if the policies implemented in the name of public safety were . . .

Shari Stone-Mediatore, Philosophy

Read: "Tough Questions for Tough-on-Crime Policies"

We can put 'America First,' only if we first put America at the international negotiating table in good faith . . .

Laurie Anderson & Nathan Rowley, Environmental Science

Read: "Global Climate Solutions Require Global Cooperation"

There is power in rock and roll – an art form that has modernized American values and . . .

Sean Kay, Politics & Government

Read "Emancipation Through Song" at duckofminerva.com

Events

Campus Events Academics Arts & Entertainment Athletics

September 21

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Denison

4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

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September 21

Hispanic Film Festival: 'Ixcanul' ('Volcano')

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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September 21

Sagan National Colloquium: Daniel Derksen

7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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September 22

Perkins Observatory: Evening Sky Watch

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Football vs Allegheny

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball vs Hiram

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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September 26

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Oberlin

7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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September 26

Sagan National Colloquium: Katherine Von Stackelberg

7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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September 27

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer vs Capital

4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

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September 27

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer vs Capital

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 28

Sagan National Colloquium: Lise Van Susteren

7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

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November 9

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar: Laura Wexler

7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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December 1

Last Day to Present Petitions for Withdrawing from Full-Semester and Second-Module Courses

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September 21

Hispanic Film Festival: 'Ixcanul' ('Volcano')

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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September 28

Hispanic Film Festival: 'Pelo Malo' ('Bad Hair')

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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October 4

Hispanic Film Festival: "Neruda"

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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October 17

Hispanic Film Festival: 'Aqui y alla' ('Here and There')

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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October 19

Ross Exhibit: 'Precious Objects' by Chuck Mintz

10 a.m. – 9 p.m.

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October 20

Fall Senior Project Production

8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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September 21

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Denison

4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.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 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Golf at MHC Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.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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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey at Kenyon

11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Volleyball vs Hiram

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Football vs Allegheny

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Soccer at Oberlin

3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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September 23

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Soccer at Oberlin

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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September 24

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Golf at MHC Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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September 24

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Tennis at ITA Central Regional

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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September 26

Ohio Wesleyan University Field Hockey vs Oberlin

7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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