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Spotts Lecture: "The Disruptive Force of Robots in the Home and Beyond"

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, February 13, 2014

Paolo Pirjanian, chief technology officer at iRobot, will be the featured speaker for the Ohio Northern University Spotts Lecture in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m.

Pirjanian’s speech, “The Disruptive Force of Robots in the Home and Beyond,” is free and open to the public.

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Professor/actor from England visiting lecturer at ONU

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Ohio Northern University Department of Theatre Arts welcomes Malcolm Raeburn Read, professional actor and senior lecturer at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, as a visiting guest lecturer from Feb. 16-26.

Read will be at ONU as part of an exchange agreement with the University of Salford and will teach “Acting for the Camera,” which he will do in a series of six sessions. Read also will hold more informal sessions with ONU students and visit a variety of classes during his stay.

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Health insurance marketplace sign-up planned in Hardin County

Posted by Paula Scott on Thursday, February 13, 2014

Collene Conley, a Certified Application Counselor from Kenton Community Health Center (Health Partners of Western Ohio), has partnered with all public libraries throughout Hardin County to offer on-site assistance so that consumers who have not signed up for health insurance coverage through the Marketplace can have assistance to do so. Marketplace open enrollment ends March 31, 2014.

Conley can also assist consumers with the application to enroll in Ohio’s expansion of Medicaid which covers more low-income Ohioans (adults between the ages of 19-64 who fall within 138% of the federal poverty line.)

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The Artists Boutique on Main - now open with "beautiful creations from local artists"

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The Artists Boutique on Main, Ada’s newest business, is now open in the former Health Chek store at 117 S. Main St. Deb Curlis and Jennifer McDougall opened the shop last weekend.

Now featuring several artists, the shop hopes to eventually feature artwork from 25 or more vendors.

MORE PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.

“We have so many neat things,” said Curlis. “While most of our vendors are from the Ada area we also have vendors from elsewhere in northwestern Ohio.”

Customers will see items including paintings, jewelry, pottery, woodworking, locally written books and clothing created from wool, just to name a few.

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Ready...set...

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 12, 2014

A Ready, Set, Grow Preschool students tells her teacher all about the month of February in an afternoon class earlier this week.

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Here's ONU's Black History Month schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Ohio Northern University commemorates Black History Month this February with a number of scheduled events. Several campus organizations will collaborate to provide diverse opportunities to celebrate African-American heritage. Here is the schedule of February’s activities:

Cultural Conversation Hour
“Thug Life: Beiber vs. Sherman”
Tuesday, Feb. 11
11 a.m.-noon
Heterick 301
Join us for a discussion on whether race in the media influences our perspective. Lunch will be served.

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