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Children often have big dreams, whether it’s becoming an astronaut, teacher, or the next YouTube sensation. For Delaware Hayes grad and current Ohio State Marion freshman Caleb Richardson his dream was to become a member of The Ohio State University Marching Band. Through hard work and determination, he realized that dream on August 31st of this year, marching during half-time in Ohio State’s opening game against Florida Atlantic University.

Starting college is a daunting process. Often, you’re moving away from the people you know into an environment you know little about. It’s also an exciting time full of opportunities. Here are five tips to make the most of college and handle the challenges that your first semester will throw at you.

Ohio State Marion Director of Community Relations and Development, Dave Claborn retired from Ohio State last week after ten years of esteemed service to the campus, but his impact has always gone beyond his 8 to 5 p.m. job. On August 3, Claborn rode the 100 mile trek across the plains and hills of Ohio to raise awareness and money for cancer research.

The Ohio State University at Marion welcomed former Whirlpool leader Catherine Gerber as its new director of development and community relations, beginning Monday, July 29, 2019.

Ohio State Marion Associate Professor of English, Dr. Ben McCorkle and his co-author Miami University Associate Professor of English, Dr. Jason Palmeri were recently recognized by two scholarly organizations for outstanding digital production based on a review and analysis of the use of technology in English teaching over a 100-year period.

U.S. President Warren G. Harding’s election in November of 1920 was the first in which American women could vote, following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. And vote, they did, swelling voter rolls from 18.5 million in 1916 to 26.8 million in 1920. Harding and his running mate, Calvin Coolidge won in a landslide victory, 60.3 percent of the vote against fellow Ohioan James Cox and Franklin Roosevelt’s 34.1 percent.

Madeline Nicol, former Ohio State Marion student and spring 2018 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, recently presented research at the CUNY Human Sentence Processing Conference in Boulder, CO.

Katie Fusek, a double major in history and English at Ohio State Marion was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society at Ohio State in April.