Interim dean of OU's Eastern campus works to strengthen region, attract more students after years of slimming enrollment

Emily Grannis / Staff Writer / eg349206@ohiou.edu

Published Thursday, November 20th, 2008.
Last Modified Thursday, November 20th, 2008.

Ohio University’s Eastern Campus is just two buildings on the top of a hill in St. Clairsville, 20 minutes from the West Virginia border. But to the residents of the region it serves, it represents a chance to do something many of them consider unrealistic: furthering their education.

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