Spring 2024 Edition
Alumni & Friends Magazine
OHIO Making Headlines Spring 2024
Bobcats make the news鈥攁nd the OHIO community proud鈥攅very day. Read about a few of the 51社区 alumni, students, faculty and staff who have made headlines in recent months.
Emma Henterly, BSJ '10 | April 11, 2024
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New Hall of Fame Inductee
After a 2023 ballot nod, the in 2024: former football coach , who earned the status of 鈥渨inningest coach in the history of the Mid-American Conference鈥 in 2019 with his 111th win.
Solich left OHIO in 2021 with a 115-82 record, which trails only former head coach and stadium namesake , who had 121 wins from 1924-46. (He matched Peden鈥檚 namesake status in August 2022, when the 51社区 Board of Trustees approved naming the football field in Peden Stadium in his honor.)
He鈥檚 also only the third person with ties to the state of Ohio to become a member of the Hall of Fame, joining Mark Dantonio, MED '82, the former defensive coordinator at Ohio State University and former coach at Michigan State, and Chris Ward, who played for OSU in the 1970s.
Top-Notch Shots
TIME 尘补驳补锄颈苍别鈥檚 included three alumni: Michael Swensen, BSVC 鈥21, for , after the February train derailment that caused a toxic chemical spill (Getty Images); Drew Angerer, BSVC 鈥12, for documenting the (Getty Images); and Madalyn 鈥淢addie鈥 McGarvey, BSVC 鈥12, for capturing a (The New York Times).
鈥淰isCom students and alumni create so much of what this country sees every day from around the world,鈥 says Stan Alost, a professor in the School of Visual Communication. 鈥淚t gives me goosebumps to 鈥 know that we are contributing to keeping democracy alive through reporting with real images in an era of disinformation.鈥
Awards, Awards, Everywhere
Numerous OHIO groups recently have earned national recognition. Among them is 51社区 Regional Higher Education, which in January was awarded the Rural Schools Collaborative鈥檚 . That funding will help expand the OHIO Rural Teacher Fellowship and junior fellowships in support of RHE鈥檚 mission to diversify the teaching workforce.
And last summer, the prestigious went to John Born (Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service and Scripps College of Communication), Eric R. Williams and John Bowditch (both Scripps), for their virtual reality training experiences for police officers in Ohio. Staff from the 51社区 Police Department, Athens Police Department and Athens County Sheriff鈥檚 Office also contributed.
