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91̽�� Professor Julie Suhr entered Luther College in 1984 and became the first person in her family to go to college. Today, Suhr, who is featured in the fall issue of Ohio Today, serves as a mentor to OHIO’s first-generation students, including Nikkiya Addison. Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02

Fall is in full swing in Athens, Ohio! OHIO’s students are walking along the brick paths, surrounded by falling leaves and the crisp autumn air. But they are not walking alone. A Bobcat’s journey is defined by the relationships they make along the way, through gaining a sense of community, enjoying the wisdom of a mentor, or developing personal friendship.

The fall issue of Ohio Today will be hitting mailboxes soon. Inside readers can explore stories about these meaningful relationships in their many forms.

• The College of Health Sciences and Professions uses virtual reality to train community health workers on how to better understand the opioid-addicted patient.
• Ohio Today Radio’s newest episode tracks down student-chosen University Professor Award honorees to learn what it takes to connect with today’s students.
• A faculty mentor shares her personal experience connecting to and guiding first-gen students through their college experience.
• OHIO’s university archivist unpacks some alumni-donated items and shares the stories behind them.
• Ohio Today reflects on the decades-long relationship OHIO has shared with Chubu University, its partner in education.
• A world-renowned surgeon embraced the servant leadership model while at OHIO and puts it to work in his medical practice today.
• OHIO’s ombudsperson shares about his role as “mender and maintainer of relationships” in the University’s community.
• : A review of Brides in the Sky, a new collection of stories by Cary Holladay about relationships, specifically ones framed by ideas of sisterhood.
• : A professor at OHIO’s Zanesville Campus teaches his students using an untraditional tool:

Visit for all these stories and more. Want a hard copy of the magazine? Send a request to ohiotoday@ohio.edu.