August 09, 2010
Video camera in hand, three television broadcasting students from Ohio University visited campus back in April.
The students produced three short films for local public television station WOUB...
(more)
August 01, 2010
It has often been said that “everyone at Olney is a teacher.” Students learn from all the adults in the community. Here, then, are brief profiles of seven new faculty for the 2010-2011 school ...
(more)
August 01, 2010
What is distinctive about the educational offerings of Quaker independent schools? This is the question Andrew Cresswell, researcher-in-residence at Olney Friends School, will explore through...
(more)
August 01, 2010
What is your current position?
I am Senior Vice President for Credit and Operations for John Deere. It’s a broad, complex company. We are one of the largest captive financial companies in the...
(more)
August 01, 2010
Environmental awareness infuses the Olney curriculum and co-curricular life. It is also the exclusive subject of a year-long course taught by Leonard Guindon ’70. While enrollment is open to all...
(more)
August 01, 2010
This spring, I interviewed three Olney Friends School students – all rising seniors – from Rwanda, along with several young alumni and other supporters of the school from this small country in east...
(more)
August 01, 2010
Poet Kahlil Gibran wrote that “work is love made visible.” For many at Olney, this captures the philosophy of service by which students are invited to take on a wide variety of significant leadership...
(more)
August 01, 2010
Each student finds a different path through the college search process.
At Olney, support is offered to both juniors and seniors – everything from a road trip to sample the different types of...
(more)
June 14, 2010
Question: How long does it take to cross Ohio from southeast to northwest, traveling from Barnesville to Bowling Green?
Answer: Four hours by car – or four days by bike.
Recently...
(more)
June 14, 2010
The fourth and final concert in a summer recital series by visiting musicians at Olney Friends School will feature the work of violist Philip Tietze.
The concert, in the Collection Room of the...
(more)