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Stacy Family Farm Cultivates Young Minds As Well As Strawberries

Adam_Rich — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:29:23 +0000

On this episode of Conversations from Studio B, host Loring Lovett talks with Bill and Janet Stacy of Stacy Family Farms in Marietta. The fourth generation of family farmers, The Stacy's celebrate the culture of family farming, and feature U-Pick strawberries at their Reno location, 27515 State Rt 7. Every year, they invite thousands of children to the farm for school field trips where they learn all about where our food comes from.

For more information on the Stacy Family farm, visit their website: http://www.stacyfarm.com

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Business & Economics

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Dean Leite Discusses Innovations Within the College of Health Sciences and Professions

Adam_Rich — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:32:31 +0000

Randy Leite, dean of the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University, has guided his college through a series of significant changes in recent years.

Next month, he will be starting yet another new program. A new Physician’s Assistant Program will begin at Ohio University’s new Dublin campus just northwest of Columbus.

That program is among four or five new health related programs to be started over the next couple of years at the brand new Dublin Integrated Education Center on Ohio University’s new Dublin campus.

Leite, who became dean in 2011, after two years as interim dean has helped build his college to be the largest at Ohio University.

He has helped facilitate the expected growth at the Dublin campus as well as re-tooled some of the traditional programs on Ohio University’s main campus.

The College of Health Sciences and Professions also has championed an aggressive online education program as well as robust distance learning opportunities.

Dr. Leite talked to WOUB’s Tom Hodson about the future of his College and the Dublin Campus.

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Education

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Reflecting on "Challenged By Choice"

Adam_Rich — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:04:26 +0000

In this episode of Conversations from Studio B, join host Carolyn Lewis of the Athens City Commission on Disabilities, with guests Dr. Eddith Dashiell and Tyrone Carr, as they reflect on their experiences from "Challenged By Choice".

"Challenged By Choice" is an event that assigns participants a disability, whether physical or mental, for an afternoon, and then they talk about their experience at "Disability Speaks" later in the evening. A few weeks have past since this years event, and the guests discuss how the experience has affected them and how it has helped them better understand living with a disability.

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OU Alumnus Roshan Noorzai Experienced War Journalism In Afghanistan

Adam_Rich — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:56:07 +0000

Roshan Noorzai received his PhD in mass communication in 2012 from Ohio University’s School of Media Arts and Studies. Noorzai, an Afghan native, is an international broadcaster for Voice of America’s Afghanistan Service in Washington, D.C. He sat down with “Conversations from Studio B” host Kelee Riesbeck during OHIO’s International Alumni Reunion to talk about studying journalists in Afghanistan war zones for his doctoral research.

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WOUB Alumna Named Among Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Global TV

Adam_Rich — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:47:26 +0000

Norico Tanaka-Wada grew up in Athens and began attending classes at Ohio University at the age of 14. Her "second home" on the Athens Campus was WOUB, where she produced a daily afternoon local news program and had her own music radio show. Tanaka-Wada was named by the Hollywood Reporter as one of the top 25 Most Powerful Women in Global TV. In this interview, Tanaka-Wada talks with “Conversations from Studio B” radio host Kelee Riesbeck about her current career at Tokyo Broadcasting System, her fond memories of working at WOUB and her experiences living in Japan as a Japanese American.

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Ron Luce Profiles the Programs Available at Clem House for Recovery Support

Adam_Rich — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:40:09 +0000

Ron Luce is the First Executive Director of the John W. Clem Recovery House in Athens. It is a live-in facility for men 18 and older trying to break the cycle of addiction to alcohol, drugs or both.

The Clem House concentrates on recovery support based upon the 12-Step program with peer support from the other male residents. The normal length of a stay at the house is approximately three months.

Residents often come to the Clem Recovery House through some type of intervention – sometimes from friends, family, or co-workers. Sometimes, a court has ordered some type of recovery program.

The House has been in existence since 2006. Its stated purpose is to “bring male alcoholics and drug addicts into recovery and to assist them in becoming sober, productive members of the community.”

Luce stressed that Clem House is not a treatment program for early stages of withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. It is not a detoxification program.

Instead, it is recovery program that provides “a safe haven free of drugs and alcohol.” It supports healthy lifestyles, creates opportunities for meaningful changes, provides guidance and advice, and aids unemployed residents in finding work.

Luce recently talked about this program, located on Dairy Lane in Athens, with WOUB’s Tom Hodson.

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Ohio University Alumnus Ken Kies Explains the Country’s Fiscal Crisis

Adam_Rich — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:31:19 +0000

Kenneth J. Kies, managing director of the Federal Policy Group, recently shared his concerns about the enormity of the national debt and the apparent inability of the executive and legislative branches to address it effectively.

Kies is one of the nation’s foremost experts on taxation and federal budget matters. While visiting students and faculty at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, he spoke with WOUB’s Tom Hodson.

Kies expressed grave concerns about Washington’s apparent gridlock in tackling major financial issues – especially those concerning Social Security, mounting interest payments and health care expenses.

Kies speaks about these issues from experience. He has been a lobbyist concerning these matters and also, he has served at the top levels of government. In 1995-1998, he was the Chief of Staff of the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation and in 1982-1987, he was Chief Republican Tax Counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee.

Kies often serves as an expert for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ABC, CNN, Fox News, CSpan, MSNBC and National Public Radio.

In 2012, he was the first ever recipient of Ohio University’s Outstanding Federal Government Alumnus Award. In 2001, he was one of three Medal of Merit award winners at Ohio University. He received his undergraduate degree from Ohio in 1974.

Government & Politics

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Renowned Journalist and Expert on Cambodia Testifies at a Genocide Tribunal

Adam_Rich — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:35:12 +0000

Elizabeth Becker, renowned journalist and author, recently testified as an expert witness at the Khmer Rouge Genocide Tribunal to details atrocities she saw while being a reporter in Cambodia in the 1970’s.

She testified for the prosecution against two living accused war criminals from the time when the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia. During four years in power, the Khmer Rouge killed over two million people, about one-fourth of the Cambodian population, according to Becker.

The trial is intended to provide some modicum of justice to victims of the Khmer Rouge’s brutality and their crimes against humanity and genocide from 1975-1979.

Becker in an award winning journalist who has written for both the Washington Post and the New York Times and she was Senior Foreign Editor for National Public Radio. She is on the Ohio University campus to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of the Cambodian War and to speak to students. She is a guest of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism.

Becker first went to Cambodia in 1972 for the Washington Post to cover the war there as the Khmer Rouge insurgents were trying to gain power. She returned in 1978 as one of only two journalist allowed back into the country after the Khmer Rouge takeover. She interviewed Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot while he was in power.

During her visit to Cambodia, she and her colleagues were attacked by armed gunmen and one scholar in the group, Malcom Caldwell, was killed.

In 1986, she wrote When the War Was Over, a history of modern Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. She won the Robert F. Kennedy citation for the book. It was updated and translated into French and Khmer in 1998.

In 1992 she also wrote America’s Vietnam War, a narrative history of that period, for young adults.

Her most recent book was published in 2014 called Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism.

While on campus, Becker discussed her Cambodian experiences and her testimony with WOUB’s Tom Hodson.

Government & Politics

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Sue Morrow Is Creating A Documentary About “Last Chance Corral” In Athens Co.

Adam_Rich — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:32:57 +0000

Tom Hodson talks with Sue Morrow about "Born to Die"

“Born to Die” is the ominous title of Visual Communication alumna Sue Morrow’s documentary about abandoned foals in the equine industry and the efforts of Athens County-based Last Chance Corral to save them.

Morrow, an assistant multimedia director, on leave from the Sacramento Bee newspaper is in Athens County capturing more video and conducting additional interviews.

In the horse breeding world, high priced foals need “nurse mares.” These are mares that are impregnated so that they can give milk to another mare’s more valuable foal. The more valuable mare is either bred again or often ignores its own foal – thus making a nurse mare necessary.

Meanwhile, the nurse mares’ foals are abandoned and often thrown away. It is these abandoned foals that are rescued each season by Victoria Goss and her staff at Last Chance Corral. The young horses are nursed back to health, nourished and then adopted by good owners.

“Born to Die” tells the story of this precarious journey. It started as a master’s degree project for Morrow in 2010-2011 but she has decided to expand it to a full-length documentary. She launched a Kickstarter campaign. She exceeded her goal, thereby, enabling the film to be finished.

Morrow is an experienced storyteller. She has worked for five major newspapers: The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, the San Jose Mercury News, the St. Petersburg Times and the Sacramento Bee.

Morrow was the editor of a Pulitzer Prize winning entry for feature photography in 2007. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University’s School of Journalism and her master’s degree as a Knight Fellow from the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.

Morrow discussed her documentary and her creative process with WOUB’s Tom Hodson.

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WOUB alumnus Brian Unger Launches New Show on Travel Channel

Adam_Rich — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:35:12 +0000

Brian Unger, a WOUB alumnus, has been a major success in television since leaving Ohio University. Now he is about to launch yet another new show – Time Traveling with Brian Unger on the Travel Channel.

Unger is known to be a media innovator.

This new show brings to light little know historical facts about American cities and places. Unger said the show is “funformative” and a “historic thrill ride.” He also says it is where the past and present collide.

New computer graphic technology is used in the show to bring history to life. New 4-D cameras are also used to give the highest degree of video quality, according to Unger.

Unger is an experienced producer, commentator, host, actor and comedian. He has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment by Entertainment Weekly.

He was part of the team that launched “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central and his other credits include: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Some Assembly Required,” and “How the States Got Their Shapes” for the History Channel.

Unger, who gave the Ohio University 2006 Commencement Address, has been a long-time supporter of WOUB and Ohio University.

He talks with WOUB’s Tom Hodson about his new show and the importance of WOUB to his overall career.

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