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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.
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Columbus Business First reports on the Near East Side college housing program

News - May 15, 2019
"This affordable housing project helps keep parents in college, and it's growing" Published on Columbus Business First website on May 15th 2019

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Otterbein Nursing Department Gives Hands-on Training to Delegation of Nurse Educators from Honduras

News - May 15, 2019
A small university in Westerville is making a big impact in Honduras, where poverty and violence are rampant, healthcare providers work with minimal equipment and supplies, and educational programs lack technology to train nurses. Things are only getting worse as aid from the United States has ceased. In the face of those challenges, three organizations have come together to improve nursing education in Honduras. A delegation of four Honduran nurse educators from three universities will receive hands-on simulation training at…

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Otterbein Summer Theatre Presents “Smoke on the Mountain”

News - May 13, 2019
Westerville, OH - The 2019 Otterbein Summer Theatre season will open May 30 with a revival of “Smoke on the Mountain,” one of the company’s most-loved productions since it was first staged there in 2002. David Caldwell, a 1986 graduate of the Otterbein Theatre program, will direct the rousing gospel and bluegrass family favorite, which will run May 30-June 15. In this delightful tale of the Sanders Family Singers, the audience is invited to go back to 1938 and pull…

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Otterbein Summer Theatre 2019: A season of joy, drama, and hilarity

News - May 10, 2019
Westerville, OH - Otterbein Summer Theatre invites the public to experience one of its most ambitious, exciting and far-reaching seasons yet. “We are thrilled and honored to share with you three theatrical dazzlers. They all abound in joy, wisdom, hilarity, drama, heart, and the power of great storytelling,” Artistic Director Lenny Leibowitz said. The season will open on May 30 with a revival of “Smoke on the Mountain,” one of Otterbein Summer Theatre’s most-loved productions since it was first staged…

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WOSU Radio reports on Otterbein’s response to the Methodist Church’s vote

News - May 9, 2019
"Fight Over LGBTQ Inclusion Roils Ohio's Methodist Universities" Published on May 9th 2019

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Otterbein statement to UMC decision

News - May 1, 2019
Otterbein University remains a college of opportunity, devoted to the values of diversity, equality and inclusiveness. The Board of Trustees avowed this commitment with a resolution to affirm Otterbein’s mission and values on Feb. 9, 2019, ahead of the UMC Conference vote, and again on April 27, 2019, when it approved a resolution of dissent to the Church’s exclusionary language regarding LGBTQIA+ persons (see below). Otterbein believes in the UMC motto of “Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.” That’s why…

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The Columbus Dispatch looks at Otterbein’s reaction to Methodist churches vote

News - May 1, 2019
"Methodist colleges face dilemma over church's LGBT policies" Published in the Columbus Dispatch May 1st (Updated May 2nd) 2019

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CityScene reflects on the life of Henry William Fouse

News - April 26, 2019
"The life and legacy of William Henry Fouse" Published in Columbus CityScene April 26th 2019

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Cohort of Columbus City Schools Alumni to Graduate from Otterbein University Sunday

News - April 24, 2019
On Sunday, April 28, a cohort of 26 Columbus City Schools (CCS) graduates will walk across the stage to receive their Otterbein degrees with the Class of 2019. On April 44, Otterbein hosted a special celebration for the students and their friends, families, teachers and professors. The seniors shared reflections and received specially designed red stoles featuring the CCS and Otterbein logos to wear with their gowns at the commencement ceremony on April 28. “(The event) was a great example…

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First Engineering Class a Highlight of Otterbein University’s Commencement Weekend

News - April 24, 2019
Otterbein University will celebrate the graduation of 426 undergraduate students and 129 graduate students in the Class of 2019 this weekend, April 27-28. Of the 426 undergraduate students, 21 represent the first cohort to earn an engineering degree from Otterbein. The first-ever graduating class from Otterbein University’s Department of Engineering exceeds the national graduation rates for women in engineering at Commencement this spring. According to the American Society of Engineering Education, the national average for females earning bachelor’s degrees in…

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