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Ohio Wesleyan Announces 2025-2026 Woltemade Economics and Business Fellows
DELAWARE, Ohio – Ohio Wesleyan University has selected 21 first-year students as 2025-2026 Woltemade Economics and Business Fellows. The competitive, four-year fellowships are awarded each fall by OWU's Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship.
The fellows are selected based on their high potential for success at Ohio Wesleyan and their interest in business-related studies. OWU's newest Woltemade Economics and Business (WEB) Fellows and their hometowns are:
- Davis Brewster of Seattle, Washington
- Joseph Christy of Pickerington, Ohio
- Jaasiel Dennis of Columbus, Ohio
- Brandon DiSavino of Satellite Beach, Florida
- Lela Funk of Jeromesville, Ohio
- Reagan Gault of Collegeville, Pennsylvania
- TJ Goberville of Coconut Creek, Florida
- Aiden Gryzlo of Strongsville, Ohio
- Mallory Hannan of Hudson, Ohio
- Bailey Hawkins of Xenia, Ohio
- Ariel Headings of Ashley, Ohio
- Tanner Hower of Austin, Texas
- Darren Krider of North Olmsted, Ohio
- Jules Kyle of Pennington, New Jersey
- Renee Litle of Miamisburg, Ohio
- Chloe McGee of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Brady Morrell of Leesburg, Virginia
- Abe Parillo of Ashland, Ohio
- Chris Restaino of Stamford, Connecticut
- Simon Stoller of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Bailey Terry of Delaware, Ohio
Being selected as a WEB Fellow ensures that the first-year students are assigned an academic adviser from the Department of Economics and Business, receive sophomore or junior peer mentors as freshmen, and are paired with professional mentors as seniors.
The fellows also are eligible for a $250 academic scholarship during their second semester and are enrolled in a first-year seminar open only to them. The seminar is team-taught by the entire Economics and Business faculty, helping the students to build relationships with their new professors quickly and learn about the fields of economics and business.
In their second year of the program, the WEB Fellows take a fully paid, faculty-escorted study trip to a major U.S. city, such as New York, where they meet with distinguished Ohio Wesleyan graduates and other professionals working in the city in business or government.
To be considered for the fellowship program, students must have earned a high school grade point average of 3.25 or higher and indicate an interest in accounting, business administration (management or marketing), economics, finance, international business, management economics, or quantitative economics on their application for admission. They also must have a high school record that indicates the potential for high achievement at Ohio Wesleyan and complete a personal interview with OWU professors from the Department of Economics and Business.
The Woltemade Economics and Business Fellows program is supported by the McGinty Family Endowment, in recognition of Kevin J. McGinty, OWU Class of 1970, and his long-standing service on the Woltemade Center's Alumni Advisory Board.
Learn more about The Woltemade Center, WEB Fellows program, and Department of Economics and Business at owu.edu/Woltemade and owu.edu/economics.
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