Announcements
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Ohio Five Inclusive Curriculum Grant
February 7, 2018
A $50,000 planning grant awarded in January 2018 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support a five-college investigation of best practices for teaching and advising its increasingly diverse student bodies, with a special focus on the rapidly growing Latinx/Hispanic populations. The planning grant, led by Ivonne García, associate professor…
Five Colleges of Ohio Presidents Advocate for Permanent Legislative Solution on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
February 7, 2018
In the face of a possible end to the protections from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order, the Five Colleges of Ohio Presidents advocate to Ohio’s senators for a permanent legislative solution to assure the continued inclusion of DACA students in our institutions.
September 5, 2017
The Honorable…
Five Colleges of Ohio Presidents Oppose Pending Congressional Tax Legislation
November 20, 2017
November 20, 2017
The Honorable Rob Portman
United States Senate
448 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Portman,
Higher education is one of Ohio’s greatest assets. Our private colleges and public universities are talent importers, bringing…
Five Colleges of Ohio Presidents Send Letter to Trump in Support of NEH and NEA
September 5, 2017
1 March 2017
Dear Mr. President:
At this critical time, continued Federal funding for the important work being done at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is essential.
As the presidents of Ohio’s leading liberal arts colleges, we have seen how the NEA…
Five Colleges of Ohio Former Executive Director Susan Palmer Awarded the ACL 2016 John B. Noftsinger Award for Service and Leadership
November 14, 2016
Susan Palmer, Executive Director of the Five Colleges of Ohio, was awarded the 2016 John B. Noftsinger Award for Service and Leadership by colleagues in the Association for Collaborative Leadership at the group's annual conference in Northampton, Massachusetts on October 26, 2016.
In remarks…
Five Colleges of Ohio Names Sarah Kahrl as Executive Director
November 3, 2016
The Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc. has announced that Sarah Kahrl, director of the Kenyon Institute and senior advisor to the president at Kenyon College, will become its next executive director beginning July 1, 2017. Following a national search, Kahrl succeeds Susan Palmer, who is retiring after serving as the organization’s leader for 20 years…
Partnership with The Ohio State University Places Postdocs in the Liberal Arts Classroom
July 25, 2016
On December 4, 2015, the Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc. was awarded a four-year $2,000,000 grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on behalf of The Ohio State University and the consortium members Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and The College of Wooster. The grant, Language Enrichment and…
Five Colleges of Ohio Mellon Digital Scholar Jacob Heil Named 2016 Library Journal Mover and Shaker
May 18, 2016
The Five Colleges of Ohio's Mellon Digital Scholar Dr. Jacob Heil was named one of 2016's Mover and Shakers by Library Journal for his work facilating collaborative digital scholarship projects and conversations about the role digital scholarship at liberal arts colleges. Read the…
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Extends Five Colleges of Ohio Digital Scholarship Grant
May 18, 2016
We were happy to learn last week that The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved our grant extension request, so we will be hard at work on Ohio Five Digital Scholarship through another academic year! We are grateful to the steering committee for their work in the minutiae of the request, and especially Susan…