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Location: Westerville, Ohio
Founded: 1847
Control: Private not-for-profit
Carnegie Classification: Master's Colleges & Universities
Size & Setting: Four-year, small, highly residential
Enrollment: 3,000
President: John Comerford, Ph.D.
Colors: Tan and Cardinal
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Otterbein Instructor Newcomb Makes Vaccine Possible for Her Students — and Everyone Else

News - March 16, 2021

Senior Lecturer Suzanne Newcomb stepped away from her piano last summer to roll up her sleeve and participate in a Pfizer vaccine study. She recently learned that is in the group that received the now-approved vaccine and has returned to teaching in-person lessons with precautions in place. Newcomb joined the music faculty in 2000 and currently teaches applied piano, theory, chamber music and duets — and she is passionate about her job. Suzanne Newcomb in Riley Auditorium “My favorite part of my job at Otterbein is working with the students. It's exciting and so…

Otterbein Professor Rewrites the Book on Biochemistry

News - March 15, 2021

It was a journey of 10 years from idea conception to publication, but the new biochemistry textbook from Otterbein Professor of Chemistry John Tansey will soon be in the hands of students across the country. His textbook, Biochemistry: An Integrative Approach and Expanded Topics, will be published later this year. Rewriting and updating biochemistry textbooks has been a passion project for Tansey, who felt that currently available textbooks weren’t meeting the needs of today’s students. Professor John Tansey “Most chemistry and biochemistry textbooks were published in the 1970s and…

Otterbein, Westerville form WeRise Non-Profit

News - March 12, 2021

Westerville community forming WeRISE nonprofit focused on racial equity, inclusion, social justiceThisWeek NewsJan. 29, 2021

Dispatch Covers College Return To Campus Plans, Includes Otterbein

News - March 12, 2021

At-home COVID-19 tests, other requirements in place as students return to Ohio collegesColumbus DispatchJan. 9, 2021

Inside Higher Ed Includes Otterbein President’s Tweet about Capitol Insurrection

News - March 12, 2021

‘The Worst Day for American Democracy in My Lifetime’Inside Higher EdPublished Jan. 7, 2021

Otterbein Political Science Professor Part of COVID-19 in Politics Radio Show

News - March 12, 2021

COVID-19 In The Capitol, California Political Roundup / California Secretary of State Nominee Shirley Weber, Importance Of Diversity In Politics / President Trump’s Call To Georgia, State Runoff PreviewCapRadioPublished Jan. 4, 2021