Schedule

The OWU Connection Conference schedule offers a variety of platforms and opportunities for students to share the impact of their OWU Connection experiences, how they designed these opportunities, and inspire the entire OWU Community to take part in the OWU Connection.

The OWU Connection Conference will be held on the OWU campus on Thursday, February 26, 2026 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., EST. All sessions are 45 minutes unless otherwise noted.

If you have questions, please contact the Connection team at connect@owu.edu.

9-9:45 a.m.

• Pathways to Medicine: Integrating Co-Curricular Experiences in the Medical and Dental School Application
• Exploration With Purpose: Ambitious Self-Discovery for Undeclared Majors
• How You Can Benefit From a Side Hustle
• Zoo, Wildlife, & Animal Rehab Panel: Opportunities and Experiences

10-10:45 a.m.

• Major Mentors: Linking Your Connection Experience to Your Major.
• Upcoming Travel-Learning Courses
• ECC
• Consent, Coercion, & Cost: A Crash-Course in the Ethical Use of Humans in Research

11-11:45 a.m.

• Affordability Abroad
• Making the OWU Connection: Woltemade Center Fellows & Scholars Spotlight
• Get Psyched! How to Reach Your Potential as a Psychology or Neuroscience Major
• GenEd CX on Campus: Landing Your Get Real Internship

11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• OWU Career & Summer Internship Fair

Noon

• Lunch Break

1-3 p.m.

• Sun Gazing With Perkins Observatory

1-1:45 p.m.

• Major Mentors: Linking Your Connection Experience to Your Major
• Curious About Latin America? Discover OWU's Latin American & Latine Studies Program
• Ready, Set, Register
• Peer-To-Peer Roundtable Rotation: GenEd CX Internships

2-2:45 p.m.

• Satisfying the GenEd CX: Your Roadmap to the Connection Experience Requirement
• Pitch OWU
• Study Abroad 101
• REU Ready: From Searching to Submitting, Get Prepared for Your Next Step!
• Special Collections Showcase

3-3:45 p.m.

• The Woltemade Big Problem Challenge
• Behind the Scenes at the Ross Art Museum
• Build Your (Neural) Network: Connection Experiences in Psychology and Neuroscience
• Flip the Script: From Majors to Mission, Purpose, & Challenges

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