Those receiving ONU Distinguished Alumni Awards this year are (from left) Bruce Hollinger, BSCE ’75, Pamela S. Hershberger, BSBA ’87, Richanne C. Mankey, BA ’82, and Greg Allenby, BSME ’78. This is the highest award bestowed by the ONU Alumni Association.
Community service is an important part of the college experience for many Ohio Northern University students.
Each year, approximately 1,500 ONU students are engaged in about 50,000 hours of community service in Ada.
“Community service can add much to a student’s college experience. For example, students often gain a sense that the world is a bigger place than they imagined and there are a lot of different people in the world,” said the Rev. David MacDonald, ONU’s chaplain.
Both the volunteers and those being helped benefit from these efforts.
FROM ONU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND DESIGN FACEBOOK - The work of several Ohio Northern University’s art and design alumni were recently selected for exhibit and earned awards at the 72nd May Show at the Mansfield Art Center located in Mansfield, Ohio. The show was a juried exhibition showcasing the talent of Ohio artists in a variety of media.
Guest juror Tom Hale, a painter from Michigan, spent hours pouring over 432 entries, selecting 176 to be included in the show. The show included pieces from 96 artists from all over Ohio. The show opened on May 6 and closes this weekend.
FROM ONU ART AND DESIGN FACEBOOK - This past spring, for the seventh time, Ohio Northern University was named a Tree Campus USA by the non-profit Arbor Day Foundation.
Tree Campus USA, a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota Motor North America Inc., honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.
To obtain this recognition, Ohio Northern met the five core standards for sustainable campus forestry required by Tree Campus USA, including:
For the 7th time, Ohio Northern has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.
Tree Campus USA honors universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in conservation.
To obtain the recognition, Ohio Northern met the five standards for sustainable campus forestry including establishment of a tree advisory committee, evidence of a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures for its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance, and the sponsorship of student service-learning projects.
When Ohio Northern University launched the “Campaign for Engineering: Building Impact at ONU,” 1972 engineering graduate Charles “Chris” Claypool, and his wife, Barbara, didn’t hesitate to make a lead gift to help get the initiative off the ground. After all, as a member of the team that completed a campaign feasibility study for ONU’s College of Engineering, Chris knew exactly how much support was needed.
Over the past four decades, Claypool has grown Claypool Electric Inc., the Lancaster, Ohio, company that his father founded in 1954, into a firm that employs more than 200 people.
