Education
November 26, 2018

College Corner: Marysville student selected as scholar at OWU

By From JT Staff Reports

A Marysville student has been selected as a 2019 Latham Entrepreneurial Scholar at Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU).
Katie Bischoff is an OWU student who expects to major in computer science with a specialization in data analytics and a minor in business administration. She was selected into the compet...

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Marysville native Chase Blackburn is pictured as a member of the Los Angeles Rams coaching staff. Blackburn has joined the coaching staff of the Atlanta Falcons. (File photo)
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JA’s Bentley named CBC Kenton Trail boys cager of year; NU athletes earn first-team honors in Mad River
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Local basketball players from left, Nickolas Hajjar (11) and Dainon Lindsey (10) of North Union and Jonathan Alder’s Danny Bentley (11) have been named to first-team honors in the Central Buckeye Conference. Bentley is the player of the year in the CBC’s Kenton Trail Division. (Journal-Tribune photos by Aleksei Pavloff)
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