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Students Move Into New Residence Hall

From nursing home to residence hall, the recently renovated building at 25 W. Home St., Westerville, will become home to 200 students as they move back to campus Sept. 13-14. Read more.

The Otterbein College Master's of Business Administration (MBA) is restructuring to meet the demands of adult students working in a rapidly evolving business world. After an intensive study of student and business needs, academic quality, and structures of MBA programs across the country, Otterbein's MBA has streamlined the curriculum to offer more choices and less time in the classroom for students wanting to earn a quality business education. Press release.

Otterbein Ranks High in U.S. News & World Report

In the 2009 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges," Otterbein College earned the ninth highest peer assessment (academic reputation) score in the Universities-Master's (Midwest) category and earned the 15th highest overall score among its 140 peers.

"This is our first full year in this category and we are especially pleased to be ranked 9th out of 65 in peer assessment (academic reputation)," said Otterbein College President Brent DeVore. Some peers in the category include Butler, Drake and Xavier Universities. Details.

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Otterbein College's New Patrick and Jill McCuan Center for Equine Studies

It was a day of hard hats and horses as Otterbein College broke ground on its new Patrick and Jill McCuan Center for Equine Studies, Friday, June 13 at 800 N. Spring Road. The $4.92 million facility will be the first of its kind – combining horses, stables, pastures and education in a suburban setting.The Center is slated for completion in Spring 2009 and is made possible by a generous gift of $1.5 million from the McCuans.

The new facility will allow the Equine Science program to expand its program offerings and to admit more students. Fifty-two stalls, as opposed to the current 25 stalls, will allow the enrollment to double from 75 to 150 students over the next 10 years. It will replace the buildings and pastures leased for the past 25 years about five miles north of Westerville. The plans for the new state-of-the-art facility also call for improved indoor and outdoor riding arenas, as well as pastures, classrooms, a riding trail and housing for a full-time stable manager. Press release.

Otterbein's Miller Gallery to Feature Garden Photography

Sunflower by P. J. Rogers.

The Miller Gallery of Otterbein College will host In the Garden, an exhibition highlighting eleven contemporary Ohio artists who focus on garden-related imagery in their photographs. Made possible through funding from the Ohio Arts Council, the exhibition also highlights the Council's Individual Excellence Award program recipients.

The Miller Gallery, located in the Art and Communications Building at 33 Collegeview Rd. in Westerville, is the only central Ohio venue for the exhibition. The exhibition runs June 23-Aug. 29, with an opening reception open to the public at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 26. The exhibit is free and open to the public. More information.