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Welcome, future Business Buckeye!

Thank you for your interest in Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University! Our programs offer an overview of admission, academic programs and life on campus — often from the valuable perspective of current students. We look forward to connecting with you soon! 

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Academic & admissions overview - all students, register for an in-person  fisher overview & tour.

Whether you are a prospective first-year student, admitted high school senior, or transfer student starting your college search process join us in January hear from a Fisher admissions representative as guests will be provided a curriculum overview, learn about the admissions process and the targeted student services available for Fisher students, including academic advising, career management, diversity & inclusion student services and global program opportunities. The overview will be followed by a current student Q&A session and a tour of the state-of-the-art facilities led by Fisher Student Ambassadors.

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Whether you are a prospective first-year student or transfer student starting your college search process or an admitted high school senior , we are happy to set up a video meeting or phone call. Meet with a member of Fisher's admissions team and allow us to answer any questions you may have. 

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Please note: if you are current Ohio State student , schedule an appointment with a business advisor by calling 614-292-2715. 

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Prospective and admitted first-year students can join us on campus for a brief tour of Fisher College of Business complex led by a Fisher Student Ambassador. A Fisher Ambassador will give a student perspective on academics, courses of study, internships, study abroad opportunities, honors and scholars information, and seek to answer any other questions you may have. 

If you are a prospective transfer student, do NOT schedule an appointment through this scheduler. Reach out to [email protected] or register for a video or phone appointment.

Tours may only be scheduled 30 days in advance and require a minimum 24 hour notice. Space is limited. All guests must read the  Campus Visit Guidelines  before registering. 

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Future Women in Business Summit

The annual Mary Helen Wolfe Chandler Future Women in Business Summit , prepares and educates young persons about the world of business and introduce attendees to a variety of topics within business while experiencing Ohio State and Fisher College of Business. Friday, June 28, 2024.

• Interact with successful Fisher alumnae and current students
• Participate in workshops with top Fisher faculty and company recruiters
• Cultivate professional development and first-impression skills through an etiquette lunch
• Connect with like-minded individuals interested in business
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Business Bootcamp  is a day-long program that aims to create an all-encompassing college preparation plan for high school students. By engaging in workshops and other professional development programming with Fisher students, alumni, and faculty, students will be able to walk away feeling well equipped for their college search process and more knowledgeable about business as a potential major. Saturday, July 20, 2024. 

• Learn about the resources that support student success at Fisher 
• Understand the college application process at Ohio State
• Navigate the financial aid process including applying for scholarships and filing the FAFSA
• Explore business as a potential major and career path 

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We encourage all students interested in learning more about Ohio State Newark to join us for a Buckeye Visit Day.

Buckeye Visit Days are perhaps the best way to get a comprehensive overview of Ohio State Newark. Your visit will include an admissions overview, faculty interviews and a chance to learn more about financial aid and scholarships, student clubs and organizations, learning communities, housing, study abroad, honors and much more. The event will conclude with guests taking a guided tour of campus with a student or an admissions professional, or you can tour campus on your own — it's up to you! 

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How Ohio State unlocked its NIL potential and won the college football offseason

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Gene Smith and Ryan Day met after the season, the athletic director made it clear he was going “all in” on football. Ohio State heavily investing in football is hardly new, but after three consecutive losses to Michigan, Smith wanted to take it up a notch before retiring this summer.

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Smith sketched out a long list of donors that the Buckeyes needed to call. He passed it to his sixth-year head coach.

“Ryan, you need to call these guys,” Smith recalled telling Day. “I can answer the questions, but you’re the football coach.”

The program needed some upkeep on the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, and Smith expects to go to the Ohio State board in May with proposed changes before his June 30 retirement date. And whatever coaching changes Day needed to make, Smith was on board for those too. Day’s assistant salary pool is now $11.4 million, up from $9.3 million last season.

But most importantly, Ohio State needed to take a step up in the name, image and likeness realm. After taking it slow the first year or two, Smith and Ohio State more aggressively embraced NIL, with Day freed up to take a lead role.

“If I call, 99.9 percent of the time they know why I’m calling,” Smith said. “But if it’s Ryan, that’s a game-changer.”

After an embarrassing Cotton Bowl loss, Ohio State donors went on a spending spree

Most of Ohio State’s highly touted junior class returned, with the exception of Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Hall Jr. Ask people around Ohio State why, and they’ll say it’s a mix of the culture, wanting to beat Michigan and competing for a national championship. After all, nobody in the junior class has beaten the Wolverines.

“I had a first- or second-round grade,” cornerback Denzel Burke said, “but at the end of the day I had no gold pants , no Big Ten, no natty, so it’s just being able to come back with my brothers and do it for the state of Ohio.”

But there’s no denying that NIL helped make it possible to retain players who might have otherwise entered the draft.

“This was the best decision for me and there’s no reason for me to rush to the league — we have NIL now,” Burke said. “We’re not worried about too many things.”

In addition to stars like Burke, running back TreVeyon Henderson and receiver Emeka Egbuka deciding to stay, Ohio State hit the transfer portal hard, landing one of the top portal classes in the country in the winter. The Buckeyes signed Freshman All-America safety Caleb Downs from Alabama, All-SEC running back Quinshon Judkins from Ole Miss, Kansas State starting quarterback Will Howard , Alabama starting center Seth McLaughlin and the No. 1 quarterback recruit in the 2024 class in Julian Sayin , who transferred from Alabama after Nick Saban retired.

The portal success wouldn’t have happened without increased alignment at every level, from coaches to administrators to NIL collectives and donors. There’s a sense of urgency inside the program that extends to Ohio State’s primary NIL collectives, The Foundation and The 1870 Society.

The Foundation, which signed an exclusive deal with Downs and also has a deal with Howard, top-ranked 2024 signee Jeremiah Smith and many others, has raised 10 times more than what it raised at this point last year, said Brian Schottenstein, a co-founder and board member of The Foundation.

The success Ohio State is having this offseason isn’t a byproduct of just one thing or one motivating loss. It’s been constant conversations since 2021 on how Ohio State can best approach NIL, and it has the Buckeyes at the forefront of the 2024 national title conversation.

“I think this is what the country was afraid of,” said Ohio State donor Gary Marcinick, founder of the non-profit Cohesion Foundation collective.

How did Ohio State get here?

When The Foundation started as the first of Ohio State’s NIL collectives in February 2022, skepticism and confusion followed. There was a belief among many that because the Buckeyes were already one of the premier football programs, how much did they truly need NIL to compete?

Many donors didn’t know how NIL worked, either.

“The university wanted to take their time and engage in understanding the dos and don’ts before just fully supporting it, and I would’ve taken the same approach,” said former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones, a co-founder and general manager of The Foundation. “The athletic department’s job is to raise money for the university as a whole, and you don’t want to steer dollars away if things aren’t on the up and up with a program or collective.”

Much has changed in NIL in the past three years for people like Jones, who has his hands on everything The Foundation does, even in recruiting. He’s the point person for talking to players, recruits and their families about NIL contracts. Former Ohio State safety Tyvis Powell fills a similar role with The 1870 Society as the director of player engagement.

Ohio State wasn’t against paying athletes at the start — most of its players had NIL contracts with at least one of the collectives — but for a time it wasn’t willing to go all in on NIL in recruiting.

“I think anything new takes time,” Schottenstein said. “Donors might have been confused, a lot of articles made NIL scary, but when it comes down to it, it’s just marketing deals for athletes.”

Ohio State’s growth is a mix of a few things, starting with Day’s evolving focus.

Before Ohio State’s loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl , Day began to think about taking on more of a CEO role, stepping back from calling plays on offense. He hinted at the possibility last offseason but didn’t turn the duties over to first-year offensive coordinator Brian Hartline.

He decided this offseason, with financial backing from Smith, that he would hire an experienced offensive coordinator he could trust to call plays.

The first hire was Bill O’Brien, who lasted just three weeks before taking the head coaching job at Boston College . Then came UCLA head coach Chip Kelly, Day’s mentor, who wanted to move in the opposite direction and narrow his focus to running an offense. Now Day gets more free time to manage the big picture.

From head coach to play caller: Chip Kelly hits the practice field at Ohio State

The impact of Day’s name popping up on a donor’s phone is substantial. Even new men’s basketball coach Jake Diebler has benefitted from his growing fundraising duties.

“We have a big list of contacts, but we’ve had them make the calls because it goes further,” Schottenstein said. “It makes it more real. They can talk about the team and make the donor feel they have the inside access. … It makes them feel part of the team and it helps them want to donate because they are part of the family.”

Mark Stetson, a longtime donor who founded The 1870 Society, said getting a call from the head coach can tip the scales for a donor who may be on the fence. It’s less about Day calling and asking for money than it is him explaining to donors how NIL can impact athletes.

“I think when you are communicating with a coach you can feel the need ,and that’s where you get a lot of the positives of NIL,” Stetson said. “You go across the non-rev sports, there’s kids who work two or three jobs to be able to live, but with NIL they can focus more on athletic and academic hours. Hearing that from the coach is a direct line to see the impact.”

This isn’t the first time Day has pushed for more NIL support. In 2022, Cleveland.com reported that Day told the Columbus business community he believed it would take $13 million to keep the roster intact.

But now with some responsibilities given to Kelly, Day has ramped up his NIL fundraising efforts on a more direct, day-to-day basis.

“It’s become much more of a part of it,” Day said. “You have to be involved with that now, because fundraising has always been important, but I think now it’s even more important.”

Can Buckeyes sustain success?

Being compliant in the NIL world takes a careful balance for football coaches and programs.

In the past, the coaching staff would have to wait for a student athlete or parent to bring up NIL and pass the prospect to the collectives, which is where Jones and Powell came in. Now, after a federal judge in Tennessee granted a preliminary injunction to prohibit the NCAA from enforcing its own rules against pay-for-play recruiting, that’s not the case.

Collectives are allowed to talk directly to recruits for the first time, simplifying the process.

“I think it makes us more powerful because we can talk to portal players when they enter,” Schottenstein said. “We couldn’t do that before, so it makes that donation even more important now because retention is important, but the transfer portal is too.”

There’s an education process that Jones enjoys when he’s talking to recruits. Both Jones and Powell are finding success in their roles because neither put together a long-term NFL career, but they have found a way to build careers off their success at Ohio State.

Powell, who was vocal about Ohio State’s struggles after the Cotton Bowl loss, has given Day credit for the changes he made on his staff and evaluating the program’s mindset around NIL.

“I challenged Ryan Day to look at his staff and figure out who is bringing something to the table and if they’re not, you have to get them out of there because you’re doing the kids a disservice,” Powell said. “I was hopeful he would make some changes and he did. They changed their approach on NIL in the offseason.”

There’s more to transferring to Ohio State than just receiving NIL money, which is something that players like Downs and Judkins have emphasized. Still, the additions of Downs, Judkins, Howard and McLaughlin were part of Ohio State’s NIL budget.

That’s not to say Ohio State just decided to pay every player a million dollars or more. Though no financial terms of NIL deals are disclosed, Powell said that Ohio State has roster construction priorities like any other team.

“If you are the No. 1 player in the country it’s easy to market and sell that, it’s easy to give them a bunch of money. But if you get these three-star kids, maybe they don’t have the big name or game, they aren’t getting a bag,” Powell said. “Now, don’t get me wrong, they’re getting a couple of dollars in their pocket, but I would not call it a bag.

“It goes off of team needs too. If you’re a premier defensive end, those go for more than a center. That’s the nature of the business. If a team needs a premier corner, then they will pay more for that guy than a defensive tackle. It reminds me of the NFL a little bit because when free agency hits, guys will overpay for that position because they need it.”

Though most of its spending goes to football, in part because of the sheer size of the roster, The Foundation has signed every player on the men’s basketball team, including the new transfer additions.

Excited to get to work on and off the field, in the  Columbus community as a student-athlete partner of @TheFoundation1_ To learn more about THE Foundation and how you can support student-athletes, visit https://t.co/zKJsWeKmBC . #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/5fxHp6xn8p — Caleb Downs (@caleb_downs2) January 25, 2024

The 1870 Society has only been around since the spring of 2023, so Stetson said they don’t have a lot to compare it to, but this year’s NIL fundraising has been substantial.

“I think there’s been some real extraordinary support,” Stetson said. “There’s been a huge influx of $10 a month and the bigger ticket purchases, as well. Regardless of trending year over year the support has been incredible.”

Everything is working for Ohio State now, but there are constant conversations about what’s coming next and accounting for the possibility of donor fatigue . Stetson said that’s where creativity on part of the collectives comes into play.

‘My gripe is with the system’: Why some fans are resisting giving money to NIL collectives

The Foundation, for a week in January, matched all donations that were made. It ended up matching the $500,000 that fans donated, which also included a donation from former quarterback C.J. Stroud . In total, The Foundation raised more than $1 million in a week. It’s now in the middle of another matching promotion, which will extend to the end of May and has raised around $220,000 as of April 30, according to Schottenstein.

But more than just asking for donations, both Ohio State collectives have hosted events with the proceeds going toward NIL. In July, The Foundation will host what it calls “The Fantasy Experience,” which will allow participants to go behind the scenes like a prospective recruit to see what goes into a game day at Ohio State, meet alumni and more. In March, The 1870 Society, with the help of the football program, sold tickets to a tour of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, which included meet-and-greets with players and coaches.

Stetson said he sees it as the collective’s job to find creative ways to raise money without always asking donors directly for money.

“It’s about creative events or opportunities for fans to get access or create new content, or being very engaged with the business community across the country, or how can we tap into what NIL is intended to be?” Stetson said. “I would hope that a donor-centric model has built a bridge and on the other side of that bridge is a more sustainable model.”

Regardless of what’s next, Ohio State is in a position to chase a national championship now with one of the best rosters in the country after watching its archrival win one last season. It happened thanks to a combination of strong recruiting, player retention and transfer portal success.

Amid the angst of losing to Michigan, Gene Smith hopes he helped put Ohio State on stable ground as former Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork gets set to take over this summer.

“Where we are with football, not winning Big Ten championships, I wanted to make sure that we did everything we could to make sure football has a real chance next year,” Smith said. “When I think about my legacy, I think about that. I hate to leave Ohio State when football is not back to winning Big Ten championships.”

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Duke transfer forward Sean Stewart announces Ohio State commitment

There was a time not too long ago when Jake Diebler and Sean Stewart would talk on a near-daily basis. Stewart was a five-star prospect in the 2023 class and Diebler was his lead recruiter as an assistant coach at Ohio State.

Now that relationship will resume even as the situations have changed. Stewart is no longer a prep prospect and Diebler is no longer an assistant coach, but the two will join forces this season. After one year at Duke, Stewart has committed to play for Diebler in his first full season as Ohio State head coach.

In an abbreviated recruitment process compared to when he was in high school, Stewart said the relationship established with Diebler the first time around proved a deciding factor in his decision to transfer to the Buckeyes.

“Me and Diebler picked up our previous vibe from the first time recruiting me,” Stewart said. “He was the lead recruiter when I was in high school. We talked almost every day leading up to my decision day, so to have that call when he called me the first day when I entered the portal, it was exciting to talk to him again. He kept reiterating how crazy it was that this came full circle that he recruited me as an assistant coach and now he’s a head coach.

“It’s a lot of chemistry since the first day he started recruiting me.”

A 6-foot-9, 227-pound forward from Windermere, Florida, Stewart played one season at Duke and averaged 2.6 points and 3.2 rebounds while playing 8.3 minutes per game in 33 appearances off the bench. He joins the Buckeyes with three years of eligibility remaining and goals of showing off more of his ability.

"I just want to show people what I can do, really help my team win," he said. "We have a really talented team. I know we can make it far, so I just really want to be a focal point of the team to help us get to where we want to go. I’m going to be in the gym, working as hard as I can to help us get there."

This is the second time Ohio State has recruited Stewart . The Buckeyes hosted him on an official visit during the fall of 2021 after having seen him play high school and AAU basketball on the same team as eventual one-and-done forward Brice Sensabaugh, but after Stewart took an official visit to Duke he committed to the Blue Devils. That time, he also took official visits to Stanford, Michigan and Georgetown.

Stewart played in the same AAU program as Ohio State's Bruce Thornton .

"I've been talking to him (again)," he said of Thornton. "Me and Brice, we’re really close and we talk a lot. He’s going to be really excited when he hears the news."

Once Stewart entered the transfer portal, his father, Michael Stewart, said the family was leaning on previously established relationships during his first recruitment to help make a decision in a relatively short period of time. Sean Stewart took official visits to Cincinnati, Ohio State and Georgetown this spring before committing to the Buckeyes.

This visit was more succinct, Sean Stewart said. It lasted roughly a day and allowed him to spend time with the coaching staff, see the facilities again and get a feel for the academic side of life at the university.

It also underscored the opportunity ahead for both sides, his father said.

“One thing that’s super important is coach Diebler’s a young coach, and the opportunity for them to grow together,” Michael Stewart said. “They had a previous relationship. He’s an assistant coach. Now he’s the head coach. Hasn’t coached many games. Sean, I guess, big-time high school recruit. Didn’t play a lot of minutes. Now they’re paired back together with an opportunity to grow together to do some really special things at Ohio State University. I’m looking forward to that piece of the story.”

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A five-star prospect in the 247Sports.com composite rankings, Stewart was the No. 17 overall prospect in the 2023 class. He’s the second McDonald’s All-American to transfer to Ohio State this offseason, joining former Kentucky center Aaron Bradshaw.

As a transfer, 247Sports ranked Stewart as a four-star prospect and the No. 62 overall transfer.

On the court, Sean Stewart said Ohio State's recent history with E.J. Liddell and Keita Bates-Diop helped provide a blueprint for how he could be utilized.

"Ohio State, they’ve had a lot of versatile 4s come through there and show what they can do on the next level and ultimately gone onto the NBA," he said. "I’ve watched guys like E.J. Liddell and Keita Bates-Diop, guys like that who were very versatile that Diebler was able to work with, be in the gym with.

"Seeing those guys, being able to show my full skill-set, that’s something that Diebler really saw me do a lot in high school, which is why he believed in me to come into the program and help them. I feel like they need some depth at the forward spot, so I’ll get a chance to help right away."

As a prep senior, Stewart transferred to Montverde (Florida) Academy, where he averaged 8.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while playing 15.4 minutes per game in 25 appearances. He represented the United States in 2022 FIBA World Cup, helping the U-17 team capture a gold medal in Spain by scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 79-67 win against the host country in the final game.

His arrival leaves Ohio State with one roster spot remaining . The Buckeyes lost five players to the transfer portal and have now added four while remaining in the market to add one more post player with size to fill out the 2024-25 roster.

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Hundreds of Ohio college students protest Israel-Hamas war

Ohio state university, case western reserve university, oberlin college, ohio university, miami university and denison university have all had campus protests the past couple of weeks., by: megan henry - may 3, 2024 5:00 am.

Hundreds of Ohio State University students, faculty and community members protested the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.)

Ohio colleges and universities have been the site of recent protests over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. 

Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, Oberlin College, Ohio University, Miami University and Denison University have all had campus protests the past couple of weeks as the semester winds downs. 

Kent State University has a protest planned for Saturday — which also happens to be the 54th anniversary of when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students on campus who were protesting the Vietnam War. 

Protesters are calling for universities to divest their finances from companies and institutions with connections to Israel, transparency over their financial investments and an immediate ceasefire in Palestine. 

However, Ohio law stands in the way of some of their demands. Ohio Revised Code Section 9.76 prohibits state agencies like universities from contracting with companies that are boycotting or disinvesting from Israel. 

Former Ohio lawmaker Kirk Schuring introduced the bill in 2016 and then-Gov. John Kasich signed it into law later that year. The law was then amended in 2022. 

Protests at colleges and universities have ramped up across the nation after more than a hundred protesters at Columbia University were arrested after setting up an encampment on April 18.  The University of Southern California canceled its commencement ceremony over safety concerns due to recent protests. 

More than 34,000 people have been killed and more than 77,000 have been injured in Gaza since the Israeli invasion after a Hamas-led attack in October that killed nearly 1,200 people in Israel, according to Al Jazeera.  Women and children make up nearly three-fourths of those who have been killed in Gaza, according to an update by Gaza’s Government Media Office.

President Joe Biden said he respects the rights of people to express their opinions during the campus protests, but said it must be done without violence or destruction. 

“Violent protest is not protected,” he said in a speech Thursday morning. “Peaceful protest is. It’s against the law when violence occurs. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. It’s against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campus, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduation. None of this is a peaceful protest. … To dissent is essential to democracy. But dissent must never lead to disorder, or to denying the rights of others so students can finish a semester and their college education.”

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Hundreds of Ohio State students and faculty as well as community members peacefully protested Wednesday night on the South Oval. 

A chorus of chants rang out throughout the protest: 

“From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free.” 

“From the river, to the sea, Palestine will live forever.” 

“Ohio wants divestment now.” 

“Divestment is our demand. No more bloodshed on our hands.” 

“Disclose. Divest. We will not stop, we will not rest.”

There were no encampments erected on the South Oval. Ohio State University Police were present as well as Ohio State Highway Patrol cars. An electronic sign near the South Oval read “no overnight events permitted … to include encampments.”

Protesters voluntarily dispersed after a few hours and no arrests were made — a stark contrast to last week when  41 people were arrested at various campus protests . Nineteen of those arrested were Ohio State students, one was an Ohio State staff member and the rest were not affiliated with the university.

Tent camping is not permitted on the lawn of the Oval without prior approval, according to Ohio State’s space rules.

“Encampments are not allowed on campus regardless of the reason for them,” Ohio State University President Ted Carter wrote in a campus-wide letter after last week’s protests. “ They create the need for around-the-clock safety and security resources, which takes these resources away from the rest of our community.”

“As a public university, demonstrations, protests and disagreement regularly occur on our campus — so much so that we have trained staff and public safety professionals on-site for student demonstrations for safety and to support everyone’s right to engage in these activities,” Carter went on to write in his letter. “Sadly, in recent days, I have watched significant safety issues be created by encampments on other campuses across our nation. These situations have caused in-person learning and commencement ceremonies to be canceled. Ohio State’s campus will not be overtaken in this manner.”

Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, said he supports Carter’s actions. 

“There’s always a challenge whenever you have protests and whatnot,” Stephens   said when asked about last week’s arrests at Ohio State . “But, again, I think it’s important for the safety of everyone at a campus that the rules be followed.”

Case Western Reserve University 

There have been no arrests so far at any protests at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, but about 20 protesters were detained and released from police custody Monday morning, a university spokesperson said. 

The private university originally put a 8 p.m. curfew in place, but has allowed students to camp on the university’s Kelvin Smith Library Oval Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, a university spokesperson said. 

Oberlin College 

More than 100 students at Oberlin College in Lorain County protested Monday night and no arrests were made. 

“Oberlin supports the right of our students to gather and demonstrate peacefully,” the university said in a statement. “Oberlin expects all who participate to conduct themselves in ways that are respectful of others, that do not disrupt the day-to-day activities of the school and that uphold our shared values: respect for each other and our community.”

Miami University 

Miami University Students for Justice in Palestine organized a walkout on April 19 to support the protesters who were arrested at Columbia University and  a march is planned for Thursday night . 

Denison University 

No arrests were made when about 100 students and faculty members protested Tuesday at Denison University in Granville.

Ohio University

About 100-125 people attended a protest at Ohio University Wednesday night where people chanted up and down the escalators at Baker Center. No one was arrested.

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US has long history of college protests: Here's what happened in the past

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have taken over parts of college campuses across the U.S., the latest in a decades-long string of protests ignited by political activism — some of which have spiraled into violence amid police crackdowns .

In the past, free speech sit-ins quickly escalated into massive rallies, Vietnam War college demonstrations turned deadly and U.S. civil rights protests ended in mass arrests.

The circumstances of each protest were different, but the story is familiar: Young people demanded changes on their campuses or in the world — and their impassioned demonstrations often escalated amid clashes with authorities.

Columbia , the university at the center of the current wave of protests, has even seen similar protests before, including during the Vietnam War in 1968. Demonstrations led the university to end classified war research and stop military recruitment, among other changes, wrote Rosalind Rosenberg, a professor of history at Barnard College, for Barnard Magazine .

Today's demonstrators also have specific changes in mind, often involving divestment from Israel , citing the deaths of more than 34,000 Palestinian people who died in Gaza amid Israel's bombardment and ground assault. That military campaign was triggered by Hamas' incursion into southern Israel on Oct. 7, when about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and more than 240 people were taken hostage.

But as campus authorities react swiftly, citing safety concerns and calling in police to break up encampents, it's unclear if or how the current protests will influence the Israel-Hamas war.

USA TODAY revisited four monumental campus protests to explain how college protests have become a staple of American life and often influence the outcomes of political strife. Here's a look at how previous campus protests unfolded — and whether they were successful in their causes.

University of California, Berkeley: Free Speech in 1960s

At the University of California Berkeley starting in 1964, students protested the university's limits on political activities and free speech during the civil rights movement and Vietnam-war era.

"In the wake of  McCarthyism’s  anti-Communist sentiments during the 1950s, public universities in California had enacted numerous regulations limiting  students’ political activities ," wrote Karen Aichinger for the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee University. "At the University of California, Berkeley, student groups taking part in any on- or off-campus political activities were banned from campus."

What transpired were "small sit-ins and demonstrations" that "escalated into a series of large-scale rallies and protests demanding full constitutional rights on campus," reads the UC Berkeley website.

Nearly 800 students were arrested by local police as a result.

The students' protest ultimately worked in their favor. The university eventually overturned policies that would restrict the content of speech or advocacy, according to the college.

"Today, the Movement stands as a symbol of the importance of protecting and preserving free speech and academic freedom," reads the UC Berkeley website.

Kent State University in Ohio: Vietnam War in 1970

The most prolific university protest of the Vietnam War happened at Kent State University in Ohio in May 1970. Students started protesting the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia on their campus on May 2. Two days later, the National Guard opened fire into a sea of antiwar protesters and passerbys. The soldiers killed four young people – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Knox Schroeder – and injured several others with their violence.

"The impact of the shootings was dramatic," wrote Jerry Lewis and Thomas Hensley in an article for Kent State University. "The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close."

The shootings also influenced national politics, Lewis and Hensley wrote.

"In The Ends of Power, (H.R.) Haldeman, (a top aide to President Richard Nixon), states that the shootings at Kent State began the slide into Watergate, eventually destroying the Nixon administration," the article reads.

Today, the protest and shootings "certainly come to symbolize the deep political and social divisions that so sharply divided the country during the Vietnam War era," Lewis and Hensley wrote.

Jackson State College in Mississippi: Racial Injustice in 1970

Days after the shootings at Kent State, police opened gunfire at a college dormitory Jackson State College in Mississippi, a school with a predominantly Black student population.

Black students there were protesting racial injustice, including how they were treated by white drivers speeding on campus, according to the university .

Police received a call that Black young people were throwing rocks at white drivers near the campus. Police arrived at the scene and shot hundreds of bullets into Alexander Hall, according to an FBI report, NPR reported . Police killed two students – Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green – and injured 12 others. The college also canceled its graduation due to the killings and unrest.

At a 2021 commencement ceremony, the university honored 74 of the students who were unable to walk the stage in 1970, NBC reported . At the commencement ceremony, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said police “unjustly gunned down two innocent young Black men, terrorized and traumatized a community of Black students and committed one of the gravest sins in our city’s history," NBC reported .

The killings at Jackson State College and Kent State University national sparked outrage. College students across the nation protested on their campuses, according to the Zinn Education Project , a collaboration of historical content from the groups  Rethinking Schools  and  Teaching for Change .

"The spring of 1970 saw the first general student strike in the history of the United States, students from over four hundred colleges and universities calling off classes to protest the invasion of Cambodia, the Kent State affair, the killing of two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, and the continuation of the war," wrote Howard Zinn in the book "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train ."

Angus Johnston, an adjunct assistant professor at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York and a historian of student activism, said after both events: "There was a period of about 30 years or so where it tended to be fairly unlikely that campuses would respond with mass arrests even in the case of admin building occupations."

Nationwide: South Africa anti-Apartheid protests in 1985

Another form of popular college campus protest occurred in the 1980's. Students across the country wanted their colleges to cut ties with groups that supported from the South African apartheid.

"Under apartheid, race restricted every aspect of life for South Africans who were Black, Indian and colored — a multiracial classification created by the government," The New York Times reported . "There were strict limits on where they could live, attend school, work and travel.

Columbia University was at the center of the movement. Students led by the Coalition for a Free South Africa at Columbia University "blockaded Hamilton Hall, the university’s administrative building, leading to the first successful divestiture campaign at the university," reads a summary of the events from the Zinn Education Project .

There was less pushback for protesters during this time, due to a “certain embarrassment among elites in the United States that there was complicity with South Africa’s white government,” said Daniel Farber, a history professor at the University of Kansas who has studied American activism, reports Vox Media .

Columbia University was one of the first colleges to divest from doing business with South Africa and 155 universities followed suit. U.S. Congress also passed the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act in 1986, which aimed to prevent new trade and investment between the nation and South Africa.

What is the future of college protests in America?

Free speech experts told USA TODAY that students should continue to peacefully protest in open campus spaces to avoid conflict.

Alex Morey, the director of campus rights advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, encourages universities to remain neutral in times of unrest and not to call in authorities unless a demonstration turns violent. The national nonprofit defends Americans rights to free speech and thought.

"Peaceful protest is a hallmark of a healthy speech climate on American college campuses and it has been for decades – whether it's the Berkeley free speech movement, or students protesting the Vietnam War era or civil rights," Morey said. "Generations of students have felt passionately about certain issues and the open air places on campuses are great places to support their views."

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Alabama, Ohio State lead 2024 college football spring game attendance as Colorado sees decline

Fans showed their love to these programs by boosting spring game attendance numbers.

College football spring games have lost a bit of their luster in recent years as teams look to avoid injuries and keep game plans vanilla so opponents don't have extra footage to use against them. Even so, it's the first taste of football for many since the College Football Playoff National Championship, and the last real look at a team until the 2024 season kicks off. 

So it's not rare for prominent schools around the nation to draw impressive crowds for their respective spring games. It should come as no surprise that Alabama, given Nick Saban's retirement and the transition to new coach Kalen DeBoer, had plenty of fans in attendance for its annual A-Day Game. 

But the Crimson Tide didn't win the spring game attendance war. That honor goes to Ohio State, which almost filled Ohio Stadium, and boasted its largest spring game crowd since 2017, for Ryan Day's sixth spring showcase as the head coach of the Buckeyes.  

Below is a list of the 10 most attended spring games during the 2024 slate. All of the attendance figures listed were officially announced by the school, unless noted otherwise, and actual numbers may be different: 

Though just an estimate, that Clemson crowd stands as the sixth-largest in program history for a spring game. Notre Dame's announced attendance number is its highest in 17 years as the Fighting Irish are looking to make the College Football Playoff entering Marcus Freeman's third year as coach. 

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte  posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Texas' crowd came in at just under 50,000, though media in attendance estimated that the real number was closer to 40,000. Either way, the lower bowl of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium was about at capacity to see quarterback Arch Manning throw for a show-stealing 355 yards and three touchdowns .   

Of note, Colorado had more than 28,000 fans announced at its spring game -- a sharp decline from the more than 47,000 fans a year ago. But that was Deion Sanders' debut, and this year, weather ended up being a factor. Though not among the top 10 spring games in attendance, Colorado's number is still significant given the program state over the last several years. 

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BREAKING: Ohio State Buckeyes Land Duke Blue Devils Transfer Sean Stewart

The Ohio Stat Buckeye have snagged one of the top talents in the transfer portal by landing a commitment from Duke transfer Sean Stewart.

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Jake Diebler's magic is in full effect via the transfer portal for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Per multiple reports Friday, Ohio State has landed a massive commitment from Duke transfer Sean Stewart, who brings five-star talent as a former McDonald's All-American in the 2023 recruiting class. He's now the team's fourth transfer portal addition of the offseason.

Mar 2, 2024; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Blue Devils forward Sean Stewart (13)

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In 33 games as a freshman last season, all off the bench, Steward posted 2.6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 8.4 minutes per game while shooting 57.1 percent from the floor. However, he should see his role increase for the Buckeyes, who have lost Felix Okpara and Zed Key from the frontcourt along with Scotty Middleton, Roddy Gayle Jr. and Bowen Hardman from the backcourt.

Despite the low scoring average, Stewart had a consistent depth role for coach Jon Scheyer. He scored a season-best 16 points and had 10 rebounds in an early-season win over La Salle before playing a season-high 26 minutes and scoring 12 points in a 79-64 win on March 4 over eventual ACC Tournament champs and Final Four participant, N.C. State.

Stewart even got some experience playing under the bright lights of March Madness this past season, as he appeared in all four of Duke's NCAA Tournament games. He scored five points and grabbed seven rebounds in 15 minutes off the bench in the Round of 32 win over James Madison.

Stewart now joins an Ohio State transfer class that features some elite talent. The Buckeyes have managed to land San Diego State's Micah Parrish, Kentucky's Aaron Bradshaw and South Carolina's Meechie Johnson.

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New survey finds loneliness epidemic runs deep among parents

Majority of respondents feel isolation, loneliness and burnout from demands of parenthood

A new national survey conducted by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds a broad majority of parents experience isolation, loneliness and burnout from the demands of parenthood, with many feeling a lack of support in fulfilling that role.

The survey of parents conducted this month found:

• About two-thirds (66%) felt the demands of parenthood sometimes or frequently feel isolating and lonely .     
• About 62% feel burned out by their responsibilities as a parent .     
• Nearly 2 in 5 (38%) feel they have no one to support them in their parenting role .     
• Nearly 4 in 5 (79%) would value a way to connect with other parents outside of work and home.

“I work from home full time and I actually have a job where I'm on camera a lot and I'm Zoom calling people very often,” said Anne Helms, a mother of two young children in Columbus, Ohio. “However, you don't get the small talk, so you don't get the, ‘How are your children? How's it going?’ And you don't get a lot of genuine answers when you do ask, ‘How is it going?’

“There are some days where the most chit-chat or idle talk that I get is with my dog because I work alone.”

“It's pretty obvious that there is a huge difference between a virtual meeting and being in person,” said Kate Gawlik , DNP, associate clinical professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, a researcher on parental burnout and a mother of four young children. “You miss a lot of those small interactions that you'd have in the hallway. Just a lot more of that personal touch has been eliminated, and in many regards it's just never been infiltrated back into our society.”

“Even the places that I do try and seek out other parents, it's kind of like we're lost in the shuffle because it's at daycare drop-off or pick-up where everyone just has tunnel vision,” Helms added. “And I think it’s hard to make friends when you're feeling vulnerable.”

Gawlik pointed to the ancillary negative impacts of loneliness.

“Loneliness has been shown to affect both your physical and mental health,” Gawlik explained. “So anything from cardiovascular disease to depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, even your immune system can be affected when you're lonely. In fact, one study showed if you are in social isolation for a prolonged amount of time, it's equivalent to smoking about 15 cigarettes a day.”

In response to the realities of parental isolation, loneliness and burnout, Gawlik created a six-week parenting program that brings parents together to be vulnerable, commiserate about challenges they face and find support. It’s where Helms realized she wasn’t alone.

“I think the biggest thing is she validated that if you’re working and you have children and you're a conscientious parent, it would be wild if you weren't burned out,” Helms said. “So I felt very validated when she said, “It’s okay that you’re here.’”

Gawlik also stressed the need for self-care and the value of connection.

“To have somebody that you can relate to and that feeling of connection that somebody else is dealing with what you are dealing with can be so powerful when it comes to combating feelings of loneliness,” Gawlik said.

“I think it equips us to create better futures for our children; I think it makes us healthier,” Helms said. “I think that the ripple effect from connecting with other parents and getting support when you need it is immeasurable. It makes you a better employee. It makes you a better spouse, parent, friend. I think that it just enriches our lives … just like parenting does, but it just makes you level up.”

Gawlik recommends doing an online search for parent groups in your community, whether they are hosted at community centers or through your employer. Parents can also look for playgroups, book clubs, recreational sports leagues or initiate talking to parents about scheduling playdates with their little ones’ friends from childcare.

“Parenting can feel very lonely at times, but it will be easier if you have people around who can support you,” Gawlik said. “It can be hard to start seeking out connections because, to some degree, you will have to be vulnerable and, sometimes, it will take time and effort.

“But just take the first step.”

Media coverage of this story:

• NBC's Today Show ( video story and sidebar article )
• ABC's Good Morning America
• yahoo! life
• Ohio State Health and Discovery

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