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🌱 How the Sunset Motel is finally becoming Athens’ first homeless shelter
Athens, Ohio Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Athens! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How the Sunset Motel is finally becoming Athens’ first homeless shelter
- How far from Athens did Bobcats travel to learn this spring break?
- Could TRIO’s free support services change your Ohio University experience?
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 72 and low of 47 degrees.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 64, low: 40.
- Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Sunset Motel project moving forward after securing contractor (woub.org) — Work on converting the Sunset Motel in Athens into the county’s first emergency homeless shelter is finally set to begin after HAPCAP secured a local design-build contractor team. The project, now moving ahead without its originally planned solar component, will create 27 units for up to 48 people, with an updated construction timeline expected by fall and ongoing updates promised to the community. 
2. Learning on the road: Bobcats explore the world on spring break (ohio.edu) — Ohio University students based in Athens spent spring break turning the world into their classroom, from a national parks course that began in Athens and headed to Mammoth Cave to intensive programs in Northern Ireland, London, and Athens, Greece. These study away experiences blended travel, hands-on learning, and career exploration, highlighting how Bobcats can expand their education far beyond southeast Ohio.
3. TRIO program helps students succeed in college, prepare for careers (ohio.edu) — Ohio University students on the Athens campus can tap into the federally funded TRIO Student Support Services program for free advising, mentoring, financial literacy help, and career and grad school preparation. Aimed especially at Pell-eligible, first-generation, and disabled students, TRIO offers coaching, tutoring, community-building, and leadership opportunities, with both students and faculty encouraged to connect interested Bobcats to the program.
4. Ashley McBryde To Launch ‘Into The Wild Tour' In September (musicrow.com) — Country artist Ashley McBryde is bringing her ‘Into The Wild Tour’ to Athens on September 26, with a show at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. The 26-date tour supports her new album Wild and includes several other stops across the region, but local fans can catch her right here in town this fall.
5. Skye Evans Named Assistant Swim Coach (slubillikens.com) — A former Ohio University graduate assistant coach who also led the Bobcat Swim Club in Athens has been hired as an assistant swim coach at Saint Louis University. Her new role is in St. Louis, but her Athens experience, including work with local swimmers and a coaching education master’s from OU, helped launch this next step.
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- AVI Foodsystems, Inc. posted a job opening for Warehouse Runner, (Ohio University) in Athens. Apply here.
- Connecticut State Colleges & Universities System posted a job opening for Associate Dean of Campus Operations in Athens. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Athens here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
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