Ohio University Southern is a satellite campus of Ohio University in Ironton, Ohio. The campus began in 1956 when Ohio University hosted college-level classes in Ironton High School with an initial enrollment of 90 students.

Campus

The main Ohio University Southern campus in Ironton has four buildings. The Collins Center offers student services, including enrollment offices. Four lecture halls, an auditorium, library, and The Southernmost Café. It was the first structure completed on the new campus, completed in 1985. The Academic Building contains the Center for Nursing Education, the Caucus Room, a biology and chemistry lab, and the TASC Lab. The Riffe Centerhas numerous classrooms, administration offices and audio/video laboratories. The Dingus Technology Center has faculty offices, an auditorium, the art department, two computer labs, nursing labs, and three Ohio University Learning Network rooms.

The Ohio Horse Park in Franklin Furnace, Ohio, is also operated by the campus. It is a large horse farm. It also offers rental of facilities for shows and clinics to the public. It moved to schools in Chesapeake and at Fairland before opening a new center on Ohio State Route 7 in downtown Proctorville in 1992. An increase in enrollment led to cramped conditions and calls for a new facility.

In 2000, Proctorville resident Marshall L. Smith donated land on Ohio State Route 775 for the new Proctorville Center. Design work for the structure began in 2004. Groundbreaking for the new building was held on July 12, 2005.

On October 12, 2023, Collins Career Technical Center acquired OU's Southern campus for $1.4 million. Collins Superintendent Adam M. Pittis said the center would move its allied health services adult classes to its new Proctorville Campus.

References

  • Official website