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Football U - everything you need to know

Sign-up now for basic or advance one-hour course
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 21, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
Football is just around the corner, and the ONU football coaching staff will hold Football U for anyone wanting to learn more about the game. It's free and open to the public. Here are details:

There will be a 1-hour basic level course Saturday. Registration is at 1 p.m., the session starting at 1:30 p.m. This course features Basic Level (Football 101) and Advanced Level (Football 452) sessions.

The Offensive 101 level session will run concurrently with the Defensive 452 session, and vice versa. Each session will be 30 minutes in duration.

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ONU art accepted at Height-Weight-Depth exhibition

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 21, 2017

ONU Art Professor Luke Sheets has had three sculpture pieces accepted to this year’s Height-Weight-Depth (HWD) exhibition at the Rosewood Gallery.

The gallery is located in Kettering. Rosewood is part of Rosewood Arts Centre and exhibits contemporary art by local, regional and national artists.

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It's Welcome Weekend for new ONU students

Activities started Thursday AM and run through Sunday PM
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 17, 2017

Welcome to Ada! Welcome to ONU!

Ada schools are in session for 2017-18. Ohio Northern University is right behind. Icon viewers have noticed out-of-town cars passing through town packed with college student paraphernalia.

This is a long weekend appropriately called "Welcome Weekend," for all new students. It started this morning at 8 a.m.and runs through Sunday at 11 p.m.

Events range from Spirit Rock signing to an opening convocation, academic meetings, Operation Glow, ACE Day, ending with a movie on the Tundra.

For a look at the entire schedule CLICK HERE.

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ONU begins '17-18 academic year

Community service efforts set tone for engaged learning
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Ohio Northern University will put active learning and community involvement into practice with the annual Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day beginning at 10 a.m. on Aug. 19.

The program is designed to engage incoming students with their college home and provide opportunities for ONU’s first-year students to contribute to the village and surrounding communities.

University members will travel to several individual residences to help with projects such as weeding, mulching and painting.

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ONU observatory open to public for solar eclipse

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, August 14, 2017

The Ohio Northern University observatory will be open to the public to view “The Great American Solar Eclipse” from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21. The observatory is located on the west side of campus, off of Lincoln Avenue and near the baseball field.

 

“We will not experience totality in Ada, but the sun will be covered up to 85 percent,” said Jason Pinkney, Ph.D., professor of physics and astronomy and manager of the ONU observatory. 

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25 students from 8 nations in LL.M. program

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, August 12, 2017

As part of the Ohio Northern's LL.M. program's two-week orientation, students met with Ada Mayor Dave Retterer, (far left), and Ada Police Chief Michael Harnishfeger (far right). Students learned about municipal services, local governance, and law enforcement in Ada. This year's class of 25 students includes 10 from Afghanistan, 8 from Kosovo, 2 from Malawi, and 1 each from Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Georgia.

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