Ohio University Lancaster
| Type | Regional campus of Ohio University, public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1956 |
| President | Hugh Sherman |
| Dean | Jarrod Tudor |
| Students | 1,514 as of Fall 2019 |
| Location | , , United States 39°43′N 82°36′W / 39.717°N 82.600°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Cutler green & Cupola white |
| Nickname | Bobcats |
| Website | www |
Ohio University Lancaster Campus is a non-residential regional branch campus of Ohio University founded in 1956 and located in Lancaster. As of 2019, it has an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students.
History[edit]
The five campuses that now make up Ohio University Regional Higher Education were created during the national expansion of higher education in the 1950s. The earliest campuses were in high school buildings in Portsmouth, Chillcothe, and Zanesville. All were considered temporary measures responding to the GI Bill.
The Lancaster campus was created, after the regional system became institutionalized. In 1956, citizens of Lancaster and Fairfield Count petitioned the Ohio University Board of Trustees to establish a branch in Lancaster. The first classes were offered beginning in the fall quarter, 1956, in what is now Stanbery Freshman School on Mulberry Street in Lancaster. The new institution offered 16 courses and enrolled 295 students. All classes were held in the evening. Additional facilities were soon rented throughout the community, and the main administrative offices were housed in the Lancaster High School.
The need for a permanent, unified location for the Lancaster campus soon became evident. The Board of Trustees promised $1.75 million toward the project if community members could raise the rest of the cost, some four or five hundred thousand dollars. State funds could not be used to buy or improve land, so in 1965 the Fairfield County Commissioners donated forty-five acres as a campus site. This land had been the farm supporting the county home located across Granville Pike in what is now called the Clarence Miller Building. That acreage is now the northern part of the campus. Later in 1965, an Ohio University Lancaster Development Fund was established to raise funds to purchase additional land. A memorial gift of almost $78,000 was used to purchase sixty-five additional acres, now the south end of the campus. By early May 1966, the drive ended with a total of $760,000.
Academics[edit]
Ohio University Lancaster offers 13 associate degree programs and 12 bachelor's degree programs.
Facilities[edit]
Lancaster Campus[edit]
John T. Brasee Hall, named for a prominent nineteenth-century Lancaster attorney and Ohio University Athens graduate, opened for classes in late September, 1968, with an enrollment of 821 students in day and evening classes, 17 full-time faculty, and 40 adjunct instructors.
After 1970, Lancaster's enrollment, curriculum, and physical needs expanded significantly. In October 1976, Herrold Hall opened. Built at a cost of about $2 million, it now houses industrial labs and shops, computer labs, and art studios. Like Brasee, Herrold Hall was funded by a local community campaign.
A Master Plan was adopted for the Campus in 2003. The plan resulted in renovations for a new front door for Brasee Hall making the north entrance the main entrance, as well as renovation and modernization of the Hannah V. McCauley Library and the gymnasium.
Athletics[edit]
All Ohio University branch campuses dropped sports, effective the 2021 fall semester.[1] The athletics program formerly featured baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's golf, softball, women's tennis, & women's volleyball.[2]
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