Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences Forum

This photo traces the International Space Station flying over Adams Hall, where the ISU students stayed this summer. Photo by Remco Timmermans Ohio Today Online reaches great heights this summer by taking flight. Said another way, this theme explores some of the numerous ways that Bobcats soar. For instance, astronauts descended onto the Athens Cam... pus this summer as part of the International Space University 28th annual Space Studies Program. Also, Ohio Valley Summer Theater revived the airborne Mary Poppins, with help from OHIO. And freshman and transfer students attended a summer orientation to launch their higher education. Meanwhile, the school participated in the worlds largest international paper airplane contest last spring. Plus, two alumnae relaunched their careers in personal ways. Check out these stories, photos, video, and audioand several other pieces about rocketing Bobcats! Jenny Hurst stands next to a plane at Sundowner Aviation in Lancaster, where she learned to fly. A deaf, part-time instructor at Ohio University Lancaster Campus earned her pilot license. Jenny Hurst, who teaches sign language, took her first solo flight last July. Deaf since age 2, she longed to be at the controls, just like her grandfather, a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, according to an article in the Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle-Gazette. Hurst has had cochlear implants since 2001. She owns Hammock Gear camping outfitters with husband Adam, who had contacted an aviation school for her. They have four children. Hurst hopes to become accredited in instrument flight rules to fly larger planes. OHIO students, alumni, and faculty traveled to Ghana in June to participate in Diema, a celebration of contemporary Ghanaian music and dance. Twelve OHIO students and alumni performed with the National Symphony Orchestra and the National Dance Company of Ghana at the National Theatre of Ghana. Works were composed and choreographed by Paschal Yao Younge, professor of music, and Zelma Badu-Younge, associate professor ...Read More