Tagged: America 250 at Ohio State

Ohio State's fourth artist laureate will focus his work on America's 250th birthday and what it may represent for Ohioans.

A PhD student from Bangladesh in the English Department of the College of Arts and Sciences, Mafruha Shifat shares her “Your America in 250 Words” essay.

Faculty Emeritus Ned Hill testified May 13 in a panel before the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing, “America 250: Industrialization and the Rise of Small Manufacturers.” 

America’s 250th birthday is a time to take stock of the past and consider the future, said Charles O. Anderson, The Ohio State University’s newest Artist Laureate.

“It’s an interesting time in terms of progress and regression,” he said. “I want to think about hope. What could the next 250 years look like?”

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.