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ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Voices

Our students and recent graduates have amazing stories to tell about their ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú experiences.

Amitoj Kaur standing in front of some leafy bushes on ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's campus

Amitoj Kaur '23

When you go to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú … Love and Honor is woven into every part of campus. It really is just a community environment, and that doesn’t stop when you graduate – which has just been ...

Political Science • Emerging Technology in Business and Design

Jack Fazio working with Professor Joseph Karlin in a Microbiology lab, they are examining some vials of clear liquid

Jack Fazio '25

Since I joined ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s board of trustees as a student member, since joining the institutional mental health task force … I’ve been so shocked at how valued the student voice is an...

Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education • Microbiology

Micah Ballard showing some audio equipment in a display case

Micah Ballard '24

For my research, I focused on what it takes to develop a game from the ground up, especially as an individual … All these experiences I've had at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú will be very helpful for me in lan...

Music • Emerging Technology in Business and Design

Lake Ernst working in a biology lab with his professor

Lake Ernst '24

The Undergraduate Research Forum is a great opportunity to showcase and highlight all the amazing research that is done by the undergraduate students at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú. It's a place where professors, s...

Biology • Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education

Jeysla Rosario Santos standing in front of the recital stage with a grand piano

Jeysla Rosario Santos '24

The connections that I have made here at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University allowed me to get an internship at the Cincinnati Opera this past summer, and I was able to work with the individuals there to learn more a...

Art • Music

Katie Gabe trying on hats with her friend at one of the shops in Uptown Oxford, Ohio

Katie Gabe '24

Uptown is the heart of Oxford. There's a ton of things to do and places to eat. I like how everything is super-walkable, and it feels really like a college town. Everything is fun here. Oxford...

Institute for the Environment and Sustainability • Biology

Nick Wallace

Nick Wallace '24

Coming to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú was the best decision I could have possibly made for myself and my future. I came into college not really sure of what I wanted to do, but going through classes and going through Mi...

Speech Pathology and Audiology

Lorena Ianiro

Lorena Ianiro '24

I think ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú has prepared me by giving me the space and the opportunities to pursue what's meaningful to me, and to learn through things and grow through things. I owe a lot of my growth to t...

Art

Jojo Peregrina in the Communication Design studio

Jojo Peregrina '25

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú has helped me a lot to build my professionalism and professional career by allowing me to speak with experienced designers as well as create classes that are catered towards my needs.

Art

Kylee Halter in the Communication Design studio

Kylee Halter '24

Communication design has opened my eyes to seeing how big of a role design plays into everyday things … It's definitely my happy space, seeing the practical application and being able to...

Emerging Technology in Business and Design • Art

Zachary Abrahms

Zachary Abrahms '24

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú has the resources of a very large institution … If I went to an Ivy League school, a lot of my work would be reserved for a graduate student. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's access to different resources ...

Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education • Biology

Peren Tiemann talking with her professor

Peren Tiemann '24

The thing that I'm most proud of would be I started our national Students Demand Action Queer Students affinity group. For me, that was really important to emphasize the intersections of LGBTQ...

Political Science

Levi Grimm in a classroom working with his professor

Levi Grimm ’24

I knew I wanted to have a business of my own someday. So I thought this is the perfect opportunity … It's been incredibly helpful to do it at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú that has such a real-world focus and h...

Entrepreneurship • Information Systems and Analytics

Evelyn Morrison talking with Randi Thomas of ASPIRE

Evelyn Morrison '25

I want to ensure that other people also have opportunities that I didn't have, and I think that should be the goal of any public servant — just making sure that each generation that come...

Political Science

Anastasija standing next to a sign for the Volunteer Lawyers Project at the office entrance

Anastasija Mladenovska ’26

I’m really interested in creating new knowledge and sharing it out there with the community. I get to wake up every day thinking I'm doing something good, and that is so special as a sec...

GRAMELAC • Political Science • Accountancy

Ava Shaffer looking at a large book in the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University Library Special Collections

Ava Shaffer '24

Literary London is a six-week summer program where you spend in London, in Stratford-upon-Avon, and other literary places around there, and it's a really hands-on experience.

Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry • English

Chanakya Pandya working in a physics laboratory with some machinery

Chanakya Pandya '25

My professors have been very exceptional, and their support to me as well. I think the people that I've met, especially in this department, have all played their part in pushing me to get to w...

Physics • Computer Science and Software Engineering • Mathematics

Cece Meinking working in a biochemistry lab with her professor

Cece Meinking '25

I feel like ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú has done a really good job at allowing me to explore my music interests and my chemistry interests … I can take classes I genuinely enjoy and value, and where I still have t...

Music • Chemistry and Biochemistry

Audrey Allen working in a lab with her professor

Audrey Allen '25

What motivates me to work in this research field is the overarching goal of sustainability and environmental science. As climate change becomes a more pressing matter … it feels like a step i...

Institute for the Environment and Sustainability • Geology

DJ Henry standing on the outside patio entrance to the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú rec sports center

D.J. Henry '24

From my professors to the friends that I've met since freshman year, they have helped me to keep pushing forward and continue to grow. ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú will always have a special place in my heart for th...

Marketing

Lauren Tolliver

Lauren Tolliver '25

I met so many people with common interests through my classes and my organizations. Whenever I'm walking around campus, there's always someone to say hi to. So I feel really welcomed like...

Media, Journalism, and Film • Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry

Nyah Smith walking on campus while talking with the Dean of Student BaShaun Smith

Nyah Smith '24

What I've been able to learn here is that there are so many different ways that I can apply what I'm learning in the classroom into my everyday life. I've been able to grow as a lead...

Family Science and Social Work • Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health

Bradley Gartner controlling a robotic arm to pick up an object

Bradley Gartner '25

Without ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, I would have never been able to start the opportunity from scratch. Most institutions would have made it a lot more difficult for me to start thinking of something from the ground up.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jules Jefferson working with her professor in a lab on a biochemistry project

Jules Jefferson '24

Research really pushes your brain in making sure that you're answering questions that no one knows yet. With those new hypotheses and new experiments, you're going into the challenging pa...

Chemistry and Biochemistry • Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health

Tammy Sanow sitting on a theater stage

Tammy Sanow '24

I have a major in Theatre and a major in English Literature, and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú has given me the opportunity to put them together and study them both. A lot of the places I looked at, I couldn't do that.

English • Theatre

Bradley Hershberger sitting in the debate classroom

Brady Hershberger '24

Before ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, I never knew how important it was to build a network, but ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú showed me how to. I made some of the deepest connections here in ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú … people that I know are there for me and ...

Justice and Community Studies

Jonathan Erwin standing in front of the Center for Performing Arts

Jonathan Erwin '24

When I first met all those new people who had already been here for one or two years, and I was touring the basement of the arts building, they totally dropped everything they were doing to say hi ...

Art • Theatre

Marissa McClurg working with another ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú student using their laptops

Marissa McClurg '25

It's really important to build a great relationship with your professors because they can truly help you understand any questions or issues pertaining to particular projects or even your major...

Management

Shayna Pekay at Goggin Ice Center on the skating rink

Shayna Pekay '24

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú was a perfect choice for me because it wasn't too small. It wasn't too big. I knew that I wanted a school that had a campus feel, and I knew the minute I stepped on campus that Miam...

Speech Pathology and Audiology

Abbey Stoltzfus sitting on a bridge on ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's Oxford, Ohio campus unzipping her backpack

Abbey Stoltzfus '24

Double majoring was important to me because I felt that the four years here are so experience-worthy, and I didn't want to waste any time, so I took every opportunity that came my way.

Political Science • Sociology and Gerontology

Eric Kronz working with machinery in the mechanical engineering lab at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University

Eric Kronz '24

I learned a lot from my internship — and it wasn't just technical experience. It's also the soft skills and little things that make a bigger difference in the world to communicate t...

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering • Institute for the Environment and Sustainability

Abby Rineer standing in front of a news room filming studio

Abby Rineer '25

Going to school in a college town is a very unique experience, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. You really have the opportunity to make that town your own, whether it's the people y...

Media, Journalism, and Film