Ohio University Southern Campus

The university began in 1956 when it hosted college-level classes in Ironton High School with an initial enrollment of 90 students.

Ohio University Southern now has quality childcare for OUS students through a partnership with the Lawrence County Early Childhood Academy.

The riding classes become more difficult at each subsequent level, and require that more and more of a student's time be spent at the horse park.

[8] It moved to schools in Chesapeake and at Fairland before opening a new center on Ohio State Route 7 in downtown Proctorville in 1992.

[8] On March 14, 2023 Ohio University (OU) announced their intentions to sell the Proctorville Campus stating the center has had declining enrollment and decreased revenues.

In a letter OU President Hugh Sherman said, “In discussions with our staff at the Proctorville Center, additional reviews of the facility use over the past several years, and enrollment projections, we have determined that it is in the university’s best interest to move forward with the sale of the Proctorville Center.”[10] 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 their allied health services adult classes to their new Proctorville Campus.