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What do you get for $4.7 million? In the case of Ohio State Marion, the 2018 capital improvement projects have brought smoother asphalt, new parking lots, a bridge across a creek, improved outdoor lighting, and a total rebuild of Morrill Hall’s third floor.

October 2018 marks 50 years since the inception of the Ohio State Marion campus at its current location on state route 95 in Marion. It also marks 50 years since the dedication and opening of the first campus building Morrill Hall, which opened to students autumn quarter, October of 1968.

The Ohio State University at Marion is a 186 acre oasis of green space that features breathtaking architecture, nature and highlights of the rich diverse history that is the Marion campus.

In recognition of Depression Awareness Month during October, students are encouraged to participate in the 31 Day Mental Health Wellness Challenge. This campaign is developed to increase awareness about the importance of maintaining emotional wellness.

Primary Investigator (PI), Ohio State Associate Professor of Psychology, Laura Wagner and Ohio State Marion Associate Professor of Psychology, Nikole Patson were recently awarded a $353,879 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support their research project entitled, "Promoting Science Understanding and Interest through Language Science.”

Ohio State Marion Assistant Professor of Physics, Dr. Chris Orban is featured on The Ohio State University's Physics News section as part of his joint work with Physics Education Research group postdoc Chris Porter.

The Ohio State University at Marion was well-represented at this year's Pelotonia, Ohio State's tenth annual ride for cancer research. The six member team combined to raise $16,323 to date for cancer research at Ohio State.

A new leg of the Marion campus biking/walking trail is taking shape as the campus’s summer paving project progresses. A section of the trail that will eventually connect with the Royal Oaks subdivision on the west and the Forum Shopping Center on the east is now being paved. The campus trail will cut through the woods to Woodside Drive and allow easier access from the campus to the Forum Center with a pedestrian bridge over Grave Creek.

Attracting attendees from throughout Ohio and from around the country each year, the Harding Symposium at Ohio State Marion will be held Friday, July 20th and Saturday, July 21st. The symposium features an opening reception, the annual presidential wreath-laying ceremony at the Harding Memorial, three workshop sessions with outstanding scholars, historians and journalists, and a concluding dinner program, as well as guided tours of the Harding Home & Memorial.