Heather Sandvik

T&C Media plans your four-year schedule at Otterbein

Otterbein University's Integrative Studies (INST) program requires students to take several general education courses in a variety of topics, regardless of students' area of study. Each semester, students struggle with deciding which INST courses to take out of over 20 different INST options. T&C ...

Westerville honors slain police officers

The Westerville community is still feeling the loss of two Westerville police officers killed in the line of duty last year. Westerville police officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were shot and killed while responding to a 911 hang-up call on Feb. 10, 2018. Community members are encouraged to ...

Otterbein hires new chief financial officer and vice president of business affairs

Otterbein University hired Susan Bolt as the new chief financial officer and vice president for business affairs. Rebecca Vazquez-Skillings left Otterbein to accept a position at Oberlin College.  Bolt comes from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana where she served as vice president of ...

Otterbein remembers Peg Harmon

Otterbein students push to pass a state microbe for Ohio

Otterbein students are pushing toward establishing a state microbe for Ohio. If successful, Ohio could become just one of the few states to have an official microbe.  A microbe is an organism that is invisible to the naked eye. Examples include bacteria, fungi, and algae.  Beginning as a service-learning ...

Budget committee to seek approval by board

For the first time in five years, tuition will increase for students. Students will pay an annual $600 more, an increase of about two percent. Following a “tuition transparency” model, incoming students will know exactly how much tuition they will pay during their four years at Otterbein.  The ...

Issue 1 aims to keep addicts in treatment, not prison

Ohioans remain divided on Issue 1, which will reduce penalties for crimes of obtaining, possessing and using illegal drugs. The issue will appear on the ballot in the midterm elections on Nov. 6. The proposed Ohio constitutional amendment is aimed at addressing Ohio's incarceration rates.  Rather ...

Aunt Flow pilot program met with vandalism

Otterbein student organization Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equality's (URGE) attempt to bring free menstrual products to campus has been met with vandalism and destruction of property.  Last spring, URGE was awarded a grant of approximately $3,500 to initiate the Aunt Flow pilot program. ...

Final Kyle Miller Memorial 5K to take place Sunday

The fifth and final Kyle Miller Memorial 5K race is set to take place this Sunday, Sept. 23, at Hilliard Municipal Park in Hilliard, Ohio. Kyle Miller was an Otterbein zoo and conservation science major and a hurdler on the track team. He died in 2014 due to a boating accident. Pam Miller, the mother ...

Everything you need to know about Otterbein's student government

The Otterbein University Student Government's (OUSG) agenda this year consists of improving student involvement in OUSG, providing input for the campus center renovations and increasing mental health resources for students.  Founded in 2014, OUSG is part of a larger legislative body that is the ...