Utah Desert

Travel-Learning: Plant Communities & Ecosystems

Where do you want to go?

Go global. The OWU Connection can transport you anywhere. Two-thirds of OWU students take their learning beyond the classroom – and across the globe.

Italy

Travel-Learning: Music Composition

Shakespeare's England

Class Touring Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire

Alaska

Travel-Learning Class: Mathematical Models of Climate

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

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”

What is the most dangerous personality volcano in the U.S. today? . . .

Bart Martin, Geology

Watch: “The Personalities of Volcanoes”

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

November 16

Friday Evening Programs at Perkins Observatory

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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November 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Basketball vs Capital vs. Wittenberg

6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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November 20

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Basketball vs Otterbein

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

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November 26

Book Reading: Terese Mailhot, 'Heart Berries: A Memoir'

4:10 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

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November 28

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Basketball vs Hanover

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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November 29

Science Lecture Series: Dr. Arianna L. Smith

4:10 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.

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December 1

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Basketball vs Allegheny

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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January 24

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

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November 26

Book Reading: Terese Mailhot, 'Heart Berries: A Memoir'

4:10 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

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December 2

Concert: Ohio Wesleyan Choral Art Society

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

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December 3

Winterfest Concert: Lessons and Carols

7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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December 4

Art Exhibit: 'Gaps In Memory,' Dec. 4 - April 25

8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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January 19

55th annual President’s High School Band Festival

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

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January 22

Art Exhibit: Curated by Bettye Stull, Jan. 22 - March 31

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Wrestling at Baldwin Wallace Invitational

12 a.m. – 3 a.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Basketball vs Washington (Md.)

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Basketball vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Chicago

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Basketball at Penn State-Schuylkill vs. Alvernia

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

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November 17

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Basketball vs Springfield

4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Wrestling at JCU Duals

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Swimming & Diving vs Corbiere-Merion Invitational

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Men's Basketball vs consolation game

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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November 18

Ohio Wesleyan University Women's Basketball vs consolation game

1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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