When we were little, prepping for the first day of school was easy. All our friends needed the same things we did; teachers gave us lists; and our parents dragged us around Target gathering all the things we need. Not at OU!
Ohio University
We don’t know anyone who hasn’t loved living in Athens during their time at OU. In fact, many of Athens’ permanent residents are alumni who either never left, or who ended up coming back, because there’s nowhere like it… especially in Ohio.
For Ohio University and Athens at-large, The Ridges, a complex of buildings that sits on the ridgetop overlooking campus, is one of the most recognizable images in Southeast Ohio.
The pawpaw is a little-known fruit that grows throughout Appalachia, with most of the largest ones with the best fruits at the North end of the mountains, in Southeast Ohio and West Virginia.
One thing to love about Athens and Ohio University is the wildlife that seem not to care they’re living among buildings, cars and people.
Athens, Ohio is notorious for a few things. Being the only liberal bubble in Ohio, having the MOST bangin’ Halloween Festival, our beautiful historic downtown with brick streets, and being home to a top-notch School of Journalism at OU.