Tagged: America 250 at Ohio State

A PhD student from India in the College of Engineering, Varun Pant shares his “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

A PhD student from Indonesia in the College of Education and Human Ecology, Dian Sawitri shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

A doctoral candidate from Azerbaijan in the College of Education and Human Ecology, Gunel Alasgarova shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

As conversations across the nation and world debate the state of the United States’ Great Experiment in democracy, this year’s 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence gives us an opportunity to evaluate our progress toward the Founding Fathers' goals in establishing our nation.

A doctoral student from Indonesia in the College of Education and Human Ecology, Rika Mardiana shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

A master’s student from Mongolia in the College of Education and Human Ecology, Khosbayar Nyamsuren shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

I visited the Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio in late 2024, just days before the Lunar Year of the Snake—a moment that felt deeply personal to me as a Chinese national. The ancient earthwork, shaped like a serpent stretching across the hilltop, resonated with my own cultural symbolism, where the snake represents wisdom and cyclical time. Standing there, I felt an unexpected sense of familiarity in a place far from where I was born.

A fully booked conference – with a wait list – is a great way to kick off celebrations in Ohio for the United States’ semiquincentennial, or America 250. At “New Perspectives on the Northwest Ordinance,” held at The Ohio State University, scholars from Stanford University, Howard University, Johns Hopkins University and many others joined Ohio State faculty for two days of discussion about an easily overlooked founding document, the Northwest Ordinance.