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To enter visit:
#STEAMmix or www.otterbein.edu/steamcenter
Learn more about the STEAM Innovation Center at www.otterbein.edu/steamcenter and see what it’s all about!
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The most creative, memorable and depictive name will win! * Deadline for entries: Sept. 12. Contest open to the public.
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FUTURE Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Tour Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 • 11:30 a.m. 60 Collegeview Avenue, Westerville, Ohio 43081
Otterbein is moving full steam ahead with its new, one-of-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
Our students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the Center to explore, test, invent, and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The Center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs.
Questions? Visit otterbein.edu/steamcenter
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FUTURE Otterbein is moving full steam ahead with its new, one-of-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Our students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the Center to explore, test, invent, and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The Center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Tour SATURDAY, OCT. 1, 2016 • 11:30 A.M. 60 Collegeview Avenue, Westerville, Ohio 43081
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Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 • 11:30 a.m. Demonstrations • Food • Drinks • 12 to 2 p.m. 60 Collegeview Avenue, Westerville, Ohio 43081
Otterbein is moving full steam ahead with its new, one-of-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Our students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the Center to explore, test, invent, and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The Center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Tour Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 • 11:30 a.m. 60 Collegeview Ave., Westerville, OH 43081
Otterbein is moving full steam ahead with its new, oneof-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Our students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the Center to explore, test, invent, and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The Center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs.
Questions? 614.823.1420 or
[email protected] For more information: otterbein.edu/steamcenter
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Erin Bender Welcome Back Celebration Monday, August 15, 2016 You’ll be waiting backstage for the President to INTRO you. After you finish speaking you’ll exit down the stairs to a reserved seat in the first or second row with Cabinet and other program speakers. You open with brief remarks before the VIDEO.
OPENING REMARKS • Good-‐Morning / Thank you, President Krendl • Proud to be joining Otterbein at such an important time. • I knew I wanted to be a part of this community because o At Otterbein the focus is on the students and the desire to make each one successful in their chosen path o It is founded in experiential learning, something I’ve lived my whole life through 4-‐H and farming o There is an energy and excitement here around innovation in learning • I’m eager to work with you and imagine how we will innovate learning and ideas together in STEAM. • I want to take a moment to invite you to save the date and make plans to join us on Sat., Oct. 1st for the official ribbon cutting as a part of the Homecoming weekend festivities.
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• I’ll be working with individual departments to arrange for tours and discussion, too.
• But there are too many great things happening down at the STEAM Innovation Center to ask you to wait until then! SO we’re excited to give you a great sneak peak video tour today. • As you watch the tour—I want to remind you that this is just Phase ONE of this project o This space is dynamic and fluid o That means you can count on TWO things: § One, we will always use this space for innovation, learning, collaboration, instruction and discovery. § Two, we will always be pushing ourselves to reimagine how we realize those values in this space. § Our constant will be how we work together to nurture a new way of thinking and learning! • So, if we can dim the lights—let’s take a walk through the STEAM Innovation Center!
VIDEO PLAYS. You should stay on stage but step to the side during the screening. The video is running at about 11:30 minutes in length.
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BENDER CLOSING REMARKS
• Before I offer any remarks—I would ask you to join me in giving Troy Bonte and his team a round of applause for not only offering us a great tour—but for shepherding this project through with so much integrity and excellence to honor the vision of President Krendl, the Board of Trustees, Cabinet and business partners. I appreciate all of the great innovators who helped shape it into reality. o BENDER TO LEAD APPLAUSE
• In closing—I would like tell you the reason I’m proudest to be a part of the STEAM Innovation Center. o It represents an opportunity to engage in experiential learning in a way that students simply can NOT do at any other institution—working side by with faculty and business partners. It doesn’t get any better than that! o Otterbein is standing out as a bold leader and innovator with this unique approach as one of the first liberal arts infused centers in Ohio. o As I’m talking to companies about what STEAM has to offer—I’m hearing industry leaders say… § How important it is to have students with experience working in teams, across disciplines and with success
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§ How great it is to have a university willing to provide opportunities for the students to engage with the business in more ways than just through the internship process o When we’re up and running and project needs are being provided by companies to the center here is how that will work: § I have divided the undergraduate majors into 6 discipline based cohorts. A member from each cohort will be selected to participate on a project team. § Those project teams will have an MBA student as the project manager. § The team will work with faculty, staff and business partners to complete the project deliverables. These teams will be diverse. § Each with a unique set of eyes to envision the challenge and each with unique skills to help create a solution. § This is the kind of approach that students will encounter as graduates, when as professionals they’ll be expected to play a role with sales and marketing, research and development, systems and so forth.
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§ This is important because this is how organizations expect graduates to be prepared to engage.
• As I said—STEAM is innovation in its best form... • And remember, this is only Phase One! We will continue to look at innovative ways to obtain grant funds and gifts to help us grow Phase Two and Three! Exciting synergies and partnerships will play an important part in making that happen. o The work of STEAM is like conducting a great experiment—providing industry and the community with real services and real solutions—while giving students invaluable learning experiences. o We are imagining why and how students should learn.
o I hope I’ll see you on October 1st—if not before then on a tour with your department. I’ll be excited to see the Admission Host and Tour groups come through, too, either before or after their stop at the Communication and Art Building!
o This is forward thinking at its best—and I can’t wait to see what we’re going to do together. Thank you! [NOTE: Pause for Applause before transitioning to introducing Joan Rocks.]
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• At this time, it is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Joan Rocks, the chair of the Health and Sport Sciences department. o There may not be anyone more qualified than Joan to understand my excitement about the possibilities of new space and how it changes learning. o I know this because her department is preparing for the second year of discovery and enhanced learning in their department’s new home! o Joan …
NOTE: At this point, you will go to your seat in the audience. There will be a seat reserved for you!
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Contact: Jennifer Hill, (614) 823-1284 or
[email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2016 Otterbein University Seeks Ideas to Name New Innovation Center STEAM Naming Competition is open to general public with prize options available to the winning entry. Westerville, OH—Otterbein University invites members of the Otterbein community and general public to submit ideas to help name the building at 60 Collegeview Road — the future center of science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) at Otterbein. The building is currently being referred to as the STEAM Innovation Center. When completed, it will bring together Otterbein and partnering organizations for collaboration, innovation, STEAM, business, entrepreneurialism, graphic design, creativity, education/teaching, manufacturing and more. Entries for the STEAM Naming Competition will be accepted now through Sept. 12 and judging will take place on Sept. 16 by a panel of judges from Otterbein and partner organizations. The most creative, memorable and depictive name will win. The winner will be announced at the University’s Homecoming celebration on Oct. 1. The winner will receive a prize of their choice from the following: iPad; $100 Otterbein bookstore gift card; season passes to theatre and athletics events; or a parking spot for the year on campus. For complete details and to enter the STEAM Naming Competition, visit www.otterbein.edu/steamcenter. Otterbein University is a small private university nationally-recognized for its intentional blending of liberal arts and professional studies through its renowned Integrative Studies curriculum and its commitments to experiential learning and community engagement. Otterbein is a recipient of the 2015 Carnegie Community Service Classification; a finalist for the 2014 President’s Award for Economic Opportunity Community Service; and has been honored With Distinction by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll since the list’s inception in 2006. It stands in its category’s top 10 percent in U.S. News & World Report’s guide to “America’s Best Colleges.” Otterbein offers more than 70 undergraduate majors; seven master’s programs; and a doctorate in nursing practice (DNP). Its picturesque campus is perfectly situated in Westerville, Ohio, America’s fifth friendliest town (Forbes), just minutes from Columbus, the 15th largest city in the country. Otterbein’s commitment to opportunity started with its founding in 1847 as one of the nation’s first universities to welcome women and persons of color to its community of teachers and learners, which now numbers 2,400 undergraduate and 400 graduate students. Otterbein remains committed to its relationship with the United Methodist Church and its spirit of inclusion, and welcomes people of all backgrounds to Otterbein’s Model Community. To learn more about Otterbein, visit www.otterbein.edu.
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Contact: Jennifer Hill, (614) 823-1284 or
[email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 16, 2016 Otterbein University Invites Community to Grand Opening of New STEAM Innovation Center Action-packed day includes Cardboard Challenge, result of building’s naming contest, demonstrations of state-of-the-art equipment, and more. Westerville, OH—Otterbein University is moving full steam ahead with its new, one-of-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics — and the public is invited to celebrate and explore at a family-friendly event on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 60 Collegeview Road. The day of events at the STEAM Innovation Center will kick off in the morning as Otterbein hosts a Community Cardboard Challenge event, part of the Global Cardboard Challenge, before dedicating its new cutting-edge innovation center. The day is also Homecoming at Otterbein, and the Cardinals will take on cross-town rivals, the Capital Crusaders. The Community Cardboard Challenge will be held from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art and the PAST Innovation Lab to celebrate and champion creativity, imagination, critical thinking and community engagement. Students from grades K-12 are invited to get creative and design cool cardboard objects. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit cbusatplay.com. Otterbein will hold a “wire cutting” ceremony and announcement of the winner of the building’s naming contest at 11:30 a.m. Speakers will include Otterbein President Kathy Krendl, STEAM Innovation Center Executive Director Erin Bender and Ohio Senator Kevin Bacon. The ceremony will be followed by tours, demonstrations, giveaways, food and drinks from 12-2 p.m. Demonstrations will include 3D printing, rapid prototyping, musical pipes, laser engraving, and wood cutting. An art space and robots will be on site with members of First Robotics high school teams and representatives from National Robotics Challenge. PC the Patrol Car and Busta the Bus, two robots from the City of Westerville and Westerville City Schools, will be roaming the building. Otterbein’s students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the center to explore, test, invent and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs.
Otterbein partners attending the event include City of Westerville, Columbus State Community College, Ikove Capital Partners, PolymerOhio and Westerville City Schools. Also in attendance will be the center’s architect, Moody Nolan; contractor, Corna Kokosing; structural engineer, Jezerinac Geers; and mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) engineer, Karpinski. For more information about the STEAM Innovation Center, call 614.823-1420 or visit otterbein.edu/steamcenter. ###
Contact: Jennifer Hill, (614) 823-1284 or
[email protected] MEDIA ALERT Sept. 20, 2016 Otterbein University Hosts Day of Events for Grand Opening of New STEAM Innovation Center Action-packed day includes Cardboard Challenge, result of building’s naming contest, demonstrations of state-of-the-art equipment, and more. Westerville, OH—Otterbein University is moving full steam ahead with its new, one-of-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics — and the public is invited to celebrate and explore at a family-friendly event on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 60 Collegeview Road. The day of events at the STEAM Innovation Center will kick off in the morning as Otterbein hosts a Community Cardboard Challenge event, part of the Global Cardboard Challenge, before dedicating its new cutting-edge innovation center. The day is also Homecoming at Otterbein, and the Cardinals will take on cross-town rivals, the Capital Crusaders. There are a multitude of media opportunities, including: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Cardboard Challenge in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art and the PAST Innovation Lab This local event contributes to the larger global conversation about the importance of creativity to local communities so that our children grow up in a creative Columbus. Students from grades K-12 are invited to get creative and design cool cardboard objects. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit cbusatplay.com. 11:30 a.m. “Wire cutting” ceremony and announcement of naming contest winner Come hear about the latest, one-of-a-kind addition to central Ohio, where collaborative and innovative ideas will shape the future of learning and jobs. 12-2 p.m. Tours, demonstrations, giveaways, food and drinks Demonstrations will include 3D printing, rapid prototyping, musical pipes, laser engraving, wood cutting, and more. An art space and robots will be on site with members of First Robotics high school teams and representatives from National Robotics Challenge. PC the Patrol Car and Busta the Bus, two robots from the City of Westerville and Westerville City Schools, will be roaming the building. Partners at the Event
Otterbein partners attending the event include City of Westerville, Columbus State Community College, Ikove Capital Partners, PolymerOhio and Westerville City Schools. Also in attendance will be the center’s architect, Moody Nolan; contractor, Corna Kokosing; structural engineer, Jezerinac Geers; and mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) engineer, Karpinski. About the STEAM Innovation Center Otterbein’s students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the center to explore, test, invent and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs. For more information about the STEAM Innovation Center, call 614.823-1420 or visit otterbein.edu/steamcenter. ###
Contact: Jennifer Hill, (614) 823-1284 or
[email protected] MEDIA ALERT Sept. 29, 2016 Otterbein University Rolls Out the Robots for Grand Opening of New STEAM Innovation Center Action-packed day includes Cardboard Challenge, robots, a supercomputer, result of building’s naming contest, demonstrations of state-of-the-art equipment, announcement of a major gift and more. Westerville, OH—Otterbein University is moving full steam ahead with its new, one-of-a kind STEAM Innovation Center integrating science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics — and the public is invited to celebrate and explore at a family-friendly event on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 60 Collegeview Road. The day is also Homecoming at Otterbein, and the Cardinals will take on cross-town rivals, the Capital Crusaders, at 2 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. The rivalry dates back to 1894 with Otterbein holding a slight edge at 44-43-3. Otterbein has won four consecutive years, with last year’s triumph putting the Cardinals back on top. Video/photo opportunities include: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Community Cardboard Challenge with Columbus Museum of Art - Students from grades K-12 are invited to get creative and design cool cardboard objects. - Presented in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art and The Past Foundation. - The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit cbusatplay.com. 11:30 a.m. “Wire cutting” ceremony - New name of building and a major campaign gift will be announced. - A wire web will be cut by more than a dozen Otterbein officials and partners, marking the grand opening. - Speakers: Mark Thresher, CFO of Nationwide Financial and chair of the Otterbein Board of Trustees; Otterbein President Kathy Krendl; Executive Director of STEAM Erin Bender; - Proclamations and letters read by: Senator Sherrod Brown’s Central Ohio District Director Matthew Keyes, Senator Rob Portman’s Regional Representative Stephen White, Senator Jim Hughes and Westerville Mayor Kathy Cocuzzi. Additional proclamations and letters will be on display. - Special guests: Rep. Mike Duffey and Rep. David Leland, Ohio House of Representatives; Ryan Burgess, Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation; Westerville Mayor Kathy Cocuzzi; Westerville Vice Mayor John Bokros; Westerville Councilman Mike Heyeck; Richard Bird, President of Westerville Board of Education and board members Tracy Davidson and Gerri Gotter; former Otterbein President Emeritus Tom Kerr; and Otterbein trustees Chris Kaiser, Cabot Rea, Jim Rutherford, Nevalyn Fritsche Nevil and Trustee Emeritus John Magaw. 12-2 p.m.
Tours, demonstrations, giveaways, food and drinks - Demonstrations: 3D printing, rapid prototyping, musical pipes, laser engraving, wood cutting, and more. - Performances by Otterbein students: Yo-yo champion and physics major Keegan Orr and jam session with musical PVC pipes with Brodie Ranzau and Seth Sprang. - Educational Robotics of Central Ohio Team and their robots. - Talking robots PC the Patrol Car and Buster the Bus from the City of Westerville and Westerville City Schools. - Glenn, the retired supercomputer cluster from the Ohio Supercomputer Center. - Community ceramic art installation. - North High Brewing educational exhibit about the brewing process. Building project vendors: Moody Nolan, architect; Corna Kokosing, builder; Karpinski, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) engineers; Jezerinac Geers, structural engineers; Burns & Scalo, roof; Extech, curtain wall system; McCarthy Consulting, owner’s representative; Bruner Mechanical, mechanical contractor; Crawford Plumbing, plumber; Converse Electric, electrician; King Business Interiors, furniture; Continental Furniture, furniture; Stewart Security, access control; Modern Office Methods (MOM), copiers; and Radiant Technologies, video screens. Partners: City of Westerville; Vida S. Clements Foundation; Columbus State Community College; Ikove Capital Partners; Nestle PTC - Marysville; Reinberger Foundation; PolymerOhio; State of Ohio; and Worthington Industries. Collaborators: Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce; Westerville Public Library; Columbus Museum of Art; The Past Foundation; EdgeThingZ; LaserBits; Buckeye Educational Systems; Woodwerks Supply, Inc.; Women’s Small Business Accelerator; Rev1; and Educational Robotics of Central Ohio. Event sponsors: Crimson Cup, Standley Law Group, Ikove Capital Partners, LaserBits and Buckeye Educational Systems. About the STEAM Innovation Center Otterbein’s students and faculty are partnering with businesses and industry experts in the center to explore, test, invent and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs. For more information about the STEAM Innovation Center, call 614-823-1420 or visit otterbein.edu/steamcenter. Follow #otterbeinsteam for live event coverage. ###
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[email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 1, 2016 Otterbein Names New STEAM Innovation Center and Announces Major Gift New center will be called The Point at Otterbein University; $1 million gift from the Clements Foundation helps Otterbein surpass $31 million in campaign. Westerville, OH—Otterbein University has announced the official name and a major gift at the grand opening of its STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) Innovation Center. At a wire cutting ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 1, officials announced the STEAM Innovation Center would be named The Point at Otterbein University. “The point has meaning in mathematics, engineering, technology and science, as well as art,” said Executive Director Erin Bender. “We thought of how this space is also a starting point, a launching point and a point of innovation. We thought of the design of this space and the peak that points the way to the entrance to this space, while also suggesting a convergence of numerous elements meeting to form a point.” “This building is a purposeful intersection of the best principles and strengths that education, industry, business, research and government each bring to the mix. The work that happens here will offer students, corporations and community partners alike new points of view about how things can and should work,” said Otterbein President Kathy Krendl. Seventy-five members of the Otterbein and extended community submitted names to the naming contest for the building. New Albany resident Jill McCullough, Otterbein class of 1989 and assistant director of wellness education and summer conferences in Otterbein’s Division of Student Affairs, submitted the idea that inspired the new name. In addition to the new name, officials announced a major gift to the University’s “Where We STAND Matters” campaign. The Vida S. Clements Foundation is giving $1 million to support The Point and new chemistry equipment. With this gift, Otterbein has surpassed the $31 million part in the campaign. Combined with a Turf and Track gift of $800,000, the Clements Foundation has provided the largest foundation gift to the campaign to date — over $1.8 million. Westerville residents Dr. William “Doc” Freeman, class of 1957, and Elmer “Bud” Yoest, class of 1953 and foundation board member, represented the foundation at grand opening ceremony and at half-time during the University’s Homecoming game that afternoon. “This $1 million leadership gift will support the development of the facility and the innovative concept we are here to celebrate today,” said Krendl. “It is yet one more powerful example of the legacy that Frank Clements established as an innovator ahead of his time and the philanthropic vision Vida Clements established.”
The Clements Foundation has supported numerous projects at Otterbein over the years, including the Clements Recreation Center and Roush Hall. The foundation has also made gifts in support of the Music Department, Chemistry Department, Physics Department, tours of the Concert Choir and Otterbein Marching Band and the band uniform drive. With its gifts to the current campaign, the Clements Foundation’s total giving to Otterbein exceeds $7 million. Otterbein’s students and faculty will with businesses and industry experts in the center to explore, test, invent and create new ideas for the future while getting hands-on experience that will lead to job creation and economic development for the state of Ohio. The center’s programming will engage the K-12 and two-year public education communities in developing a pipeline of students to help fill the region’s workforce needs. “The Point represents an opportunity to engage in experiential learning in a way that students simply cannot do at any other institution — working side by with faculty and business partners. It doesn’t get any better than that,” said Bender. At the ceremony, President Krendl took time to thank the many partners, including the City of Westerville, for their support, which allowed the center to open in a timeline that is responsive to the market. “We are opening the doors to this place within one year of its approval. A feat like that is ONLY possible when you have the right partners, in the right position at the right time,” she said. For more information, visit The Point’s new website at www.otterbeinpoint.com. See updates about the event at #otterbeinsteam. Visit Otterbein’s Flickr gallery for photos from the day’s events. About the Campaign Seeking to change the culture of philanthropy in support of the University’s future, Otterbein launched the largest campaign in the University’s history, the “Where We STAND Matters” campaign, to the public in September 2014. It has raised more than $31 million to date. The campaign will support three funding priorities: campus renewal; access and affordability; and building a model community. Campus renewal supports master planning and facilities updates and additions. Building a model community provides resources for departments, programs, faculty and students with funds for research, internships, travel and more. Access and affordability provides funds for new scholarships to make it possible for students — regardless of their financial circumstances — to receive a quality Otterbein education. Otterbein University is a small private university nationally-recognized for its intentional blending of liberal arts and professional studies through its renowned Integrative Studies curriculum and its commitments to experiential learning and community engagement. Otterbein is a recipient of the 2015 Carnegie Community Service Classification; a finalist for the 2014 President’s Award for Economic Opportunity Community Service; and has been honored With Distinction by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll since the list’s inception in 2006. It stands in its category’s top 10 percent in U.S. News & World Report’s guide to “America’s Best Colleges.” Otterbein offers more than 70 undergraduate majors; seven master’s programs; and a doctorate in nursing practice (DNP). Its picturesque campus is perfectly situated in Westerville, Ohio, America’s fifth friendliest town (Forbes), just minutes from Columbus, the 15th largest city in the country. Otterbein’s commitment to opportunity started with its founding in 1847 as one of the nation’s first universities to welcome women and persons of color to its community of teachers and learners, which now numbers 2,400 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. Otterbein remains
committed to its relationship with the United Methodist Church and its spirit of inclusion, and welcomes people of all backgrounds to Otterbein’s Model Community. To learn more about Otterbein, visit www.otterbein.edu.
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