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Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service Stories

Members of the Mayors Partnership for Progress listen to a presentation
Community Impact

Federal grant to Voinovich School benefits Mayors’ Partnership For Progress

December 11, 2025 3 min

ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ’s efforts to promote efficiencies and streamline government operations across southeast Ohio just got a boost in the form of a $500,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Mollie Fitzgerald
Alumni Leaders

Fitzgerald brings local development perspective to Voinovich School Advisory Board

December 10, 2025 2 min

The executive director of the Athens County Economic Development Council credits ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ for setting her on a career path that aligned with her passion for promoting the area’s advancement.
Volunteers pose for a photo in front of a truck and a tree during the tree planting event
Community Service

Fourth annual tree planting helps to stabilize, improve Hocking River in Athens

December 9, 2025 4 min

The partnership between ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ and the City of Athens is proving beneficial to the environment while providing protection and improvements along the Hocking River floodplain.
Individuals from regional STEM programs pose for a photo in front a wall that says Tri-State STEM
Community Impact

Voinovich School’s efforts enrich local STEM learning opportunities, new online resources available

December 4, 2025 3 min

Students throughout the region are getting an early start on STEM education exposure thanks to initiatives overseen by ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service.

Allison Walters
Public Service

Growing public service leadership through OHIO’s Voinovich School

December 1, 2025 2 min

For Executive Master of Public Administration student Allison Walters, public service has never been just a career path, it’s who she is.
Mike Adelman
Alumni Leaders

Voinovich School Advisory Board member brings wealth of banking experience

November 26, 2025 3 min

Mike Adelman, president and CEO of the Ohio Bankers League, got his start in public service while completing his master’s degree in public administration at OHIO, where he also earned his undergraduate degree.
An OHIO representative holds the Impact Award while standing in front of a media wall that says NADO
Community Impact

OHIO’s Voinovich School honored with 2025 Impact Award from National Association of Development Organizations

November 24, 2025 3 min

For the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, this award reflects the importance of research, leadership and partnership coming together to create positive change in Appalachian Ohio.
David Butcher in the historic Tablertown cemetery
Local history

Tablertown reclaims its name: How the Voinovich School is partnering to invigorate abandoned mining land in Southeast Ohio

November 20, 2025 5 min

In a small Appalachian community whose first settlers arrived in 1830, a place transformed by mining in the decades that followed, David Butcher is leading an ambitious effort to reclaim both history and hope.
Join us for the OHIO Thrift Pop-Up - Save the Date! Where: College Green, When: Friday, Nov. 21, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
OHIO Events

OHIO Thrift Market returns to campus Nov. 21

November 14, 2025 2 min

The OHIO Thrift Pop-Up Market will be open on the College Green on Friday, Nov. 21, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Jay Johnson
Alumni Leaders

Colonel Jay Johnson exemplifies a lifetime of service, leadership

November 12, 2025 4 min

OHIO's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service is proud to celebrate veteran Jay Johnson, director of the Voinovich Academy for Excellence in Public Service, located at OHIO’s Dublin Campus.
Greg Browning
Alumni Leaders

Voinovich School Advisory Board Chair Greg Browning’s OHIO ties run deep

November 12, 2025 3 min

Greg Browning, a former state budget director during former Governor George Voinovich’s administration, was among the founding members of the panel, which formed in 2019.
Gary Allen
Alumni Impact

Gary Allen’s lifelong mission to serve, connect

November 12, 2025 3 min

A dedicated public servant, educator and veteran, Gary Allen has built a career defined by leadership and connection, in the military and the classroom.
Cale Burke
OHIO Community

Cale Burke’s journey of public service, recovery

November 10, 2025 5 min

ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service is proud to celebrate Senior Project Manager Cale Burke, a 2021 graduate of its Master of Public Administration (MPA) program.

Matthew Roberts, Jennifer Bowman and Melissa Clark hold a poster of a check for $50,000
Community Partners

AEP Ohio Foundation renews support for OHIO STEM education in Southeast Ohio

November 10, 2025 2 min

The AEP Ohio Foundation renewed its commitment to promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education with a new award of $50,000 to OHIO's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service.
A student walks on the bricks of College Green surrounded by fallen leaves.
Community Support

OHIO’s Cats’ Cupboard Food Pantry remains available to students and employees impacted by pause in SNAP benefits during federal government shutdown

October 31, 2025 2 min

A reminder that OHIO students and employees may visit Cats’ Cupboard food pantry, with locations in Athens and across our regional campuses, for fresh, frozen and shelf-stable food options. Pantry donations are also being accepted.

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