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Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a public research university in Athens, Ohio, United States. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequently approved for the territory in 1802 and state in 1804, opening for students in 1809.
The university was first envisioned by Manasseh Cutler, credited as the school's founder along with Revolutionary War Brigadier General Rufus Putnam. [1] Cutler had served as a chaplain in then-General Washington's Continental Army. On March 1, 1786, Cutler attended a meeting at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern with Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, and ...
Founding and early years (1870–1899) University Hall was the first building on campus, built in 1873 and reconstructed in 1976. The proposal of a manufacturing and agriculture university in central Ohio was initially met in the 1870s with hostility from the state's agricultural interests and competition for resources from Ohio University, which was chartered by the Northwest Ordinance and ...
Ohio University is a major public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an 1,800-acre (7.3 km 2) campus.Founded in 1804, it is the oldest university in the Northwest Territory and ninth oldest public university in the United States.
The Ohio Bobcats football team is a major intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as the senior member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), playing at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Bobcats have played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio since 1929.
The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is governed by the Ohio Department of Higher Education . Unlike other state university systems outside Ohio such as the University of California System, Ohio's university system operates without blanket names of its members or de jure flagship institutions.
Ohio ( / oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ / ⓘ oh-HY-oh) [13] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ohio borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area.
Ohio University Zanesville ( OU Zanesville) is a satellite campus of Ohio University in Zanesville, Ohio. It was founded in 1946 [4] and serves commuter students who seek associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, community education, or business and industry training. The campus practices open admissions. [5]