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, September 18, 2025 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.

This draft schedule is to help you with preliminary planning around the Conference. Session descriptions will be included this week, and additional sessions may be added.

9-9:40 a.m.

• Passport to Learning: Study-Away Stories Near and Far
• Introduction to Research in the Natural Sciences: Speed Round!
• Affordability Abroad
• Spanish and Public Health: Community Connections and Experiences
• Beyond the Classroom: English, Education, and the Herbst Prize

9:40-10 a.m.

• Mid-Morning Remarks & Refreshments
• Marching Bishops

10 a.m. - Noon

• Launch Your Future - How to Secure Internships & Research Roles

10-10:45 a.m.

• Passport to Learning: Academic Journeys Around the World
• Peer-to-Peer Pre-Health Roundtable
• Introduction to Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works in the Humanities: Speed Round!
• The Fulbright Research Experience from a 2024 Winner

11-11:45 a.m.

• Leveraging the Library for Your Connection Experience
• Partnering with Incarcerated Students
• Introduction to Research and Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Speed Round
• The World is Your Classroom: Internships Away

Noon - 1 p.m.

• Service and The OWU Connection

Noon - 2 p.m.

• Black Wall Street

1-3 p.m.

• Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Scholarship & Research Symposium
• Afternoon Sun Gazing with Perkins Observatory

1-1:45 p.m.

• Go Global! Steps to Study Abroad
• Athletics & The OWU Connection: How to Leverage Your Experience
• Satisfying the GenEd CX: Your Roadmap to the Connection Experience Requirement
• The World Awaits: Bring Your Interest in Languages and Cultures to Life Through the OWU Connection

1:45-2:15 p.m.

• Feed Your Brain and Belly

2-2:45 p.m.

• Unlocking Your Get Real Internship
• Passport to Knowledge: Upcoming Travel-Learning Courses
• Dialogue in Practice: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Conversations
• Do Good with Bishop Scholars
• Wellness in Scandinavia: A Theory-to-Practice Grant

3-3:45 p.m.

• New York Arts Program
• Rewilding in the Scottish Highlands
• Funding Your Future: The Baran Scholarship
• Ready, Set, Register!
• ​OWU in Italy: Summer Study Abroad Experiences

4-5:15 p.m.

• CANE: Scenes and Songs from a New Musical