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Pirates of Penzance sail into ONU in April

First time for Pirates on Freed stage in nearly a quarter century
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Story reprinted in part,
from The Northern Review.

By Nathan Grizenko

William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s whimsical and comedic operetta, “The Pirates of Penzance,” will return to the Freed Center for the Performing Arts April 6-9 since its last showing in 1993.

Kirsten Osbun Manley, the program director of the Ohio Northern University’s musical theater program, is directing the show with the intention of exposing her students to a new style of music to challenge them vocally.

Manely decided to do an operetta since one has not been performed since the 1999 performance of “H.M.S. Pinafore.”

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Gospel Ensemble to celebrate 30 years with special concert

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, March 20, 2017

The ONU  Gospel Ensemble has proved that diversity and inclusion are themes that stand the test of time. The singing group, which was founded in fall 1987, will perform its 30-year anniversary concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 in the McIntosh Center ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

"The concert is intended to be a celebration of the values that make the Gospel Ensemble such a special group,” said Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw, Ph.D., the group’s founder and leader as well as vice president for student affairs at ONU.

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Chorus concert set for March 24

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, March 18, 2017

The Ohio Northern University Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus will be in concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 24 in Presser Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. 

 The choruses will perform pieces from Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gwyneth Walker, Heinrich Schütz, Stephen Schwartz and Felix Mendelssohn among others. 

The Men’s Chorus is directed by Christopher Larsen, director of choral activities at ONU, and the Women’s Chorus is directed by Marilyn Roth Basinger, long-time area educator and lecturer in music at Ohio Northern

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He was one of four ONU Klondikes

Cody Meyer collected memories to last a lifetime
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, March 17, 2017

Even though Cody Meyer has only been Klondike for a little more than a year, the stories he’s collected and the memories he’s made will last a lifetime.

“Being Klondike has meant the world to me,” says the mechanical engineering major.

Cody is one of four seniors who are taking off the mask and publicly revealing who they are, something that is absolutely forbidden for them to do while they are active Klondikes.

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Happy St. Pat Day!

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, March 17, 2017

Happy St. Pat Day! Samantha Valent (left) and McKenzie Klingler offer free, clover-leaf cookies and coffee to those who pass by the LexisNexis booth at the law college.

St. Patrick died March 17, AD 461. He brought Christianity to Ireland. Thus, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated March 17 every year, which will be Friday this year.

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Kosovo comes to ONU

Ambassador speaks to law class
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 16, 2017

Ambassador Tenta Sahatqija (second from left) meets with Prof. Howard Fenton and several ONU students from Kosovo during a law class.

She later gave a public lecture about women in politics, especially in emerging nations. Also pictured are Xhevdet Halili, LL.M. student from Kosovo; Avni Alidemaj, LL.M. student from Kosovo; Albana Bylykbashi, Second Secretary, Consulate General of the Republic of Kosovo, New York; and Shaban Kryeziv, LL.M. student from Kosovo.

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