Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Soprano Chelsie Cree of Toledo will present a vocal recital at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4 in Presser Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Cree will present a lecture recital about Dame Ethel Smyth, an English composer and member of the women’s suffrage movement. The program will include works by Smyth, as well as composers Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss. Nathan Leonard will accompany Cree on piano.
Cree earned her bachelor’s degree in music performance from Ohio Northern in 2015 and a master’s degree from the University of Toledo.
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Sunday, January 28, 2018
The Choreographers' Showcase at the Freed Center features the ONU Dance Company performing a broad range of dance styles choreographed by guests, faculty and university students. Performances will be Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3 and 4.
Visit freedcenter.com for more information and tickets.
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, January 25, 2018
The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern has received a full five-year extension of accreditation from theAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. (AACSB).
AACSB-accredited schools have the highest-quality faculty and relevant and challenging curricula. Less than 5 percent of the world’s business programs have earned AACSB accreditation.
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, January 20, 2018
Ben Cosgrove, a traveling composer-performer, will give a concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Elzay Gallery of art. The program is free and open to the public.
His music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment in North America.
He has performed in 48 states and held artist residencies and fellowships with institutions including the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology.
Chapel service commemorates visit that took place 50 years ago
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 18, 2018
Monty Siekerman recalls Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech at Ohio Northern University. A chapel service Thursday morning commemorated the civil rights Icon’s visit to campus 50 years ago. He was assassinated in Memphis three months later. Siekerman headed publicity for the University at the time.
Joel Weaver, a pharmacy graduate who retired as an anesthesiologist, is at right in the picture. He was a student at ONU at the time. Thursday’s service, organized by Chaplain MacDonald, included comments from two other professors who taught at Northern at the time and two other students.
ONU students dancers perform Feb. 3 nd 4 at Freed Center
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, January 17, 2018
A choreographers showcase dance performance will be held at the Freed Center on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3 and 4. The showcase will feature ONU students dancing to a variety of music from ballet to hip hop. Choreographers are from off campus as well as ONU faculty and students.
The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students and children.
Choreographers Nathan Andary, DeMarcus Akeem Suggs, Matthew Roberts and Alexandra Stillianos will be joined by ONU faculty choreographer Elizabeth Cozad.