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ONU athletes help break Guinness record, raise money for Cambodia

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Ohio Northern men's and women's swimming and diving teams joined teams from across the country to break the Guiness Book of World Records mark for the most people treading water at the same time.

The Polar Bears participated in the event on Sept. 27 at the ONU Sports Center.

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Holiday Spectacular moves on to Lima this weekend

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, November 29, 2017

The ONU Holiday Spectacular will be presented at the Lima Civic Center Friday through Sunday. All tickets are $5 and are available at all Kewpee locations and at the Freed Center box office from noon-5 p.m., 419-772-1900.
The show will be staged at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Holiday Spectacular had a successful four-performance run at the Freed Center in Ada two weeks ago

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Kosovo program continues with new $430,000 grant

Extension to original Kosovo Law Faculty Instructional Development Program grant
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, November 23, 2017

The Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law at Ohio Northern has been awarded an extension to the original Kosovo Law Faculty Instructional Development Program grant. 

This U.S. State Department extension provides $428,660 to be used for scholarships for junior faculty from Kosovo law faculties to enroll in the LL.M. in Democratic Governance and Rule of Law and Legal Pedagogy Certificate programs for 2017-18. 

The program is under the direction of Prof. Howard Fenton, director of the Center, and Prof. Brian Anderson,  assistant director of the LL.M. program.

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ONU receives $36,000 grant

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, November 22, 2017

A $36,000 Ohio Means Internships and Co-ops (OMIC) award from the Ohio Department of Higher Education supports ONU business and engineering students by covering costs related to the experiential activities allowing for more student participation.

This is the third time ONU has participated in the OMIC program. Matthew Lambdin, director of experiential leaning in the business college; Laurie Laird, director of corporate and alumni relations in the engineering college; and Dean Kales, KEEN industry liaison in the engineering college, are the ONU project directors on this award.

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ONU grad confirmed by Senate to BVA

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Cheryl “Cheri” L. Mason, a 1986 political science graduate at ONU, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as chair of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The appointment is a six-year term. She is the first woman and the first military spouse to serve as the chair of the BVA. 

At Northern, she served an LBJ intern for U.S. Rep. Bob McEwen of Ohio. She earned the Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.

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Church gives grant to ONU

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, November 22, 2017

The West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church has awarded a $10,069 Undergraduate Collegiate Ministry Grant to support the Merge program and two new initiatives in Religious Life ministries on campus.

The new initiatives involve Worship Arts activities and the addition of a student staff member to oversee this work. The Rev. Dr. David MacDonald, university chaplain, is the project director for this grant.

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