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The numbers don't lie

ONU among best of the best for high-impact learning
Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, March 4, 2017

Numbers don’t lie: Ohio Northern University is among the best in the country when it comes to high-impact learning opportunities for students, per a 2016 national survey.

According to The College Student Report 2016, Ohio Northern University students continue to pursue high-impact learning opportunities at a higher rate than most college students.

The report, produced by National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), details responses from more than 300,000 first-year and senior students attending 512 U.S. universities. The survey was conducted last spring.

High-impact learning opportunities include internships, co-ops, field experience, capstone projects and more.

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ONU Observatory open tonight

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, March 3, 2017

The ONU Observatory will be open to the public from 8 until 10 p.m. tonight (Friday, March 3) when the crescent Moon will be high in the southwest to see Lunar features such as Posidonius Crater with its fissures and the area where Apollo 11 landed.

Mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969. They were the first two humans on the moon.
Other targets Friday include Venus, Mars, and deep-sky objects.
The ONU Astronomy Club welcomes people to stop by, look through the telescopes, and ask questions.

The observatory is located south of West Lincoln Avenue and east of Klingler Road

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Discrimination and implicit bias law discussion topic

Speakers from Human Rights Campaign and state attorney general's office
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

By Monty Siekerman

A gay man active in the Human Rights Campaign and a woman lawyer from the Ohio Attorney General's Office discussed discrimination and implicit bias during a forum at the law college on Tuesday.

Susan Sharkey, senior assistant attorney general of the civil rights section of the Ohio AG Office, told of cases involving discrimination, how the cases were resolved, and what the results of the ceases mean for other disputes going forward. As a side note, her boss, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, received his law degree from ONU.

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Do you qualify for free tax preparation at ONU?

VITA program available for persons who qualify
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Ada area taxpayers can receive free income tax assistance from ONU business students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), if your income is below $54,000.

The service is available from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at the business college.

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Public relations students develop campaign against bias, win honorable mention

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The public relations program at Ohio Northern  won an honorable mention and $500 in the global Peer to Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism campaign during the 2016-17 academic year. Hosted by EdVenture Partners, Facebook and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, participants of the P2P program were asked to develop a campaign challenging Islamophobia.

 

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ONU distinguished alumni awards

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, February 24, 2017

Daniel Walker (left), president of Kokosing Industrial in Westerville, and Charles Leader, founder of Leader Fabricating in Napoleon, are this year's recipients of distinguished alumni awards from the engineering college. Kokosing is one of the largest contractors in the Midwest with annual sales of $1 billion. Walker is vice chair of the ONU board of trustees. Leader, who grew up on a farm in McComb, holds several patents. His company designs solutions and machines for companies across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia

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