HEALTH IS BIG HERE.

Between having one of the largest nursing schools in the country and leading the state in training primary care physicians, Ohio University has become a national leader in preparing students for careers in health care.

The University launched a statewide branding campaign to raise awareness of its leadership in the field and to attract the best and brightest to a growing array of health care-related programs, from clinical programs to management, communications and more. OHIO is doing groundbreaking research on prevalent health problems; putting community health workers in the field to work directly with people; educating nurses all across the country; and investing in improved facilities to ensure that a forward-thinking, high-quality education for all is in reach. The Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Professions and Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service have joined forces to form the Ohio University Health Collaborative, which is working on issues such as opioids, rural health inequity, health insurance disruption and more. Learn more at ohio.edu/health. —Robin Oliver, vice president for Communications and Marketing at OHIO

The newest members of the Bobcat family light up the Convocation Center during First-Year Student Convocation— and are lighting up the OHIO history books as well. Last fall, OHIO welcomed its largest first-year class in the University’s 219-year history, and the records don’t stop there.

ATHENS FIRST-YEARS: BY THE NUMBERS

The Athens Campus rolled out the green carpet for 4,441 incoming firstyear students in fall 2022, surpassing the record-breaking fall 2015 first-year enrollment (4,423). The class includes the highest number of Ohio residents (3,908) on record, more than 1,100 first-generation college students and 679 children of OHIO alumni—up 21% from 2021.

FIRST-YEAR CLASS IS FIRST IN ITS CLASS

OHIO’s Class of 2026 is one of the most accomplished, too, with the highest average GPA (3.64) on record and more students than ever enrolled in honors and scholars programs. The Athens Campus’ incoming class includes a record-breaking 198 Hispanic students, up 32% from 2021, and a 23% increase in students (764) from Appalachian counties.

OFF-THE-CHARTS COLLEGE ENROLLMENT

Several academic colleges also made enrollment history, with the College of Arts and Science (1,140), the College of Business (772), the College of Fine Arts (262) and the College of Health Sciences and Professions (639) all setting records for incoming class size. Ohio University’s total enrollment, as of September 2022, is 27,634.