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Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs was awarded a $2.2 million investment from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to accelerate the region’s transition from a coal economy through a new initiative called Resilience Initiative for Southeastern and Eastern Ohio (RISE Ohio).
RISE Ohio is a $2.7 million, two-year program led by Ohio University’s Voinovich School, in partnership with the Buckeye Hills Regional Council (BHRC) and Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA), focused on helping communities in an 18-county region make an economic transition to new industries and ensuring continued job creation, as well as economic growth and diversification. The new funding will enable these communities to engage in Opportunity Zone planning, along with assisting them with the impacts of coal-fired power plant closures.
Agencies awarded $2.2M grant to boost community economic growth
Staff Report
ATHENS Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs was awarded a $2.2 million investment from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to accelerate the region’s transition from a coal economy through a new initiative called Resilience Initiative for Southeastern and Eastern Ohio (RISE Ohio).
RISE Ohio is a $2.7 million, two-year program led by Ohio University’s Voinovich School, in partnership with the Buckeye Hills Regional Council (BHRC) and Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA), focused on helping communities in an 18-county region make an economic transition to new industries and ensuring continued job creation, as well as economic growth and diversification. The new funding will enable these communities to engage in Opportunity Zone planning, along with assisting them with the impacts of coal-fired power plant closures.
Dear University faculty and staff,
As we move into the spring semester, my leadership team and I are focused first on the health of our faculty, staff and students as we continue to increase density on campuses and second on the continued financial health of the institution under the pressures of the pandemic and the shifts we have seen in enrollment. As we begin to make plans to address our most recent budget assumptions, we are committed to communicating regularly with you and providing opportunities for you to share input and ideas on how we can best meet the challenges we face.
OHIO programs earn strong rankings by US News & World Report Published: January 26, 2021 Author: Staff reports Cutler Hall overlooks Ohio University s College Green.
Two Ohio University online bachelor’s programs are ranked as the best in the state and in the top 20 nationally in the latest rankings released today by
U.S. News & World Report.
OHIO also placed several programs among the top 100 institutions in the nation in the latest rankings of online master’s programs. And two of those programs were considered the best in Ohio for veterans among public institutions.
“Ohio University is committed to helping our students receive the best education available, whether at one of our beautiful campuses or online,” OHIO President M. Duane Nellis said. “These latest rankings show that the options we offer are competitive on a national scale and ensure that students can get a transformational education as Bobcats.”
Ohio University announces plans for virtual spring commencement 2021 Published: January 19, 2021 Author: Staff reports
Ohio University is making plans to hold virtual ceremonies for spring 2021 graduates.
Current state regulations and the continuing public health risk posed by large gatherings unfortunately prohibit the University from hosting its traditional in-person commencement ceremonies this spring.
Ohio University will continue to monitor changes to state guidelines for gatherings as well as progress in the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the University will be prepared to reconsider in-person commencement celebrations if there is a substantial change in the state’s public health situation in the coming weeks.