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Alden Library

Ohio University
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Latin: Universitas Ohiensis
Former names
American University
Motto Religio Doctrina Civilitas, Prae Omnibus Virtus
Motto in English
Religion, Learning, Civility; Above All, Virtue
Type Public
Established 1804 (state approval)
Founder Manasseh Cutler
Endowment $550 million
President David Descutner (interim)
M. Duane Nellis (incoming)
Provost Pamela Benoit
Academic staff
2,187
Students 21,318 (Athens)
40,025 (all campuses)
Undergraduates 17,965 (Athens)
34,289 (all campuses)
Postgraduates 3,353 (Athens)
5,736 (all campuses)
Location Athens (main campus)
Chillicothe
Dublin
Ironton
Lancaster
Pickerington
Proctorville
St. Clairsville
Zanesville
, U.S.
Campus Rural, 1,850 acres (7.5 km²) on the Athens campus
Student newspaper The Post
Colors Ohio Green and White
         
Athletics NCAA Division IMAC
Nickname Bobcats
Mascot Rufus the Bobcat
Affiliations University System of Ohio
SURA
APLU
Website www.ohio.edu
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Ohio University Libraries
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Established 1804
Location Athens, Ohio
Collection
Size 3,000,000+ volumes
Access and use
Population served Over 20,000
Other information
Director Dean Scott Seaman
Staff over 100
Website http://www.library.ohiou.edu/find/
University rankings
National
U.S. News & World Report 128

Coordinates: 39°19′39″N 82°06′00″W / 39.327500°N 82.100000°W / 39.327500; -82.100000

Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio, United States. One of America's oldest universities, the second oldest in Ohio, it was chartered in 1787 and approved in 1804, opening for students in 1809. As of 2014, the Athens campus had 23,300 students; the other five campuses had approximately 10,000, and eLearning 5,900.

Having the nation's 25th largest total residential student enrollment among all of its campuses, Ohio University maintains a selective admission rate with further admission requirements for its schools. The Heritage College of Medicine maintains its separate select admissions criteria. Ohio University offers more than 250 areas of undergraduate study. On the graduate level, the university grants master's degrees in many of its major academic divisions, and doctoral degrees in selected departments. Ohio University is fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies Ohio as a Research University (high research activity) under the Basic Classification category.

Ohio's athletic teams are called the Bobcats and compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as charter members of the Mid-American Conference.Ohio football has participated in ten bowl games through the 2016 season, while the men's basketball team has made 13 appearances in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.


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