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As this Lakeside summer keeps with its traditions of swimming, shuffleboard and sunburns, we welcome ice popsicles from Rime Time Curiously Crafted Pops into the mix.
With offbeat flavors such as avocado, peanut butter and jelly, watermelon habanero and more, Rime Time’s offering of popsicles are like the business itself: seasonal. Only open from May until October each year, the cart can be seen all over Columbus at Farmers’ Markets, festivals and other local events. More than 1,500 Facebook shares and comments later, the first Ultimate Congress Giveaway has its deserving recipients.
In early August the All American Quarter Horse Congress Facebook page posted the opportunity for followers to like, comment and share on the pages of Congress Partners for the chance to win not only a free stall at the Congress but hundreds of dollars in gift cards, a Congress jacket, apparel, subscriptions and more. Brandi Foster and her 10-year-old daughter Baylee Oskin, of Jefferson, Ohio were the lucky winners, but not without challenges on their journey to Congress. “We had kind of a rough year,” Foster said. Hungry students, meet anytime dining.
Ohio Wesleyan University’s new food provider – Warren, Ohio-based AVI Fresh – is ready to serve you 24 hours a day with small-batch, locally sourced, fresh food. Jim Pearce, AVI Fresh’s on-campus resident director, says he and his team are pleased to bring AVI’s delicious food and innovative ideas to Ohio Wesleyan. “AVI brings a unique program created specifically for the needs of OWU students – an unlimited card swipe access program,” Pearce says. “This eliminates any previous meal plan insecurities. OWU students will always have a place to eat on-campus, regardless of time of day. We believe students will really enjoy our wholesome, real ingredients and our unwavering commitment to fresh.” When 2018 Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Mary Cranley, Derek Shank, and Haley Talbot-Wendlandt begin graduate school this fall, they’ll take something with them that no other OWU student has ever had.
All three graduated with honors, but they also are the first students to be awarded Ohio Wesleyan Bachelor of Science degrees in the areas of microbiology, physics, and geology, respectively. OWU’s new Bachelor of Science degrees were announced in 2017 with the first recipients conferred in May. Ohio Wesleyan University’s Richard M. Ross Art Museum wants to help ramp up the community’s interest in public art.
To catch people’s attention, museum director Erin Fletcher has enlisted award-winning Columbus artist Queen Brooks to paint a mural on the east side of the museum’s accessibility ramp. Brooks, with help from fellow artist Shelbi Harris, began work March 23 to enliven the concrete structure with her signature style of lines, symbols, and vibrant colors. South Africans’ hope that their country would become powerful politically, economically and internationally failed to materialize under President Jacob Zuma.
Zuma resigned on Jan. 14, following years of political ruptures and corruption accusations. Current financial projections for the 2018-19 Ohio Wesleyan school year predict a deficit of $3 million that will cause expenses to be decreased or revenue to be increased.
From 2016-17 and 2017-18, OWU’s Board of Trustees approved endowment draws of more than $3 million to balance the projected budgets, but they expect the estimated $6.5 million total drawn to be paid back. The fiscal 2018-19 does not anticipate an endowment draw. Thus, the current budget for the coming year currently forecasts a deficit of approximately $3 million. Julie Peterson ‘07 made sure that she lived up to her childhood nickname “Bug.” Now an assistant professor of entomology and extension specialist at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Peterson spends her time researching insects and sharing her findings to the agricultural community.
Peterson was a zoology major and Spanish minor while at Ohio Wesleyan, but did not realize her interest with insects until later in her coursework. |