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ONU conference leads to professors co-authoring a book chapter

Co-authors are Ray Person and Mark Dixon
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 13, 2017

Two ONU professors, Ray Person, professor of religion, and Mark Dixon, associate professor of philosophy, co-authored a chapter in the book “Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics.”

Person and his wife, Elizabeth Kelly, are part of a farm coop on their farm in rural Bluffton. Dixon specializes in environmental ethics.

The farm coop has 17 families involved, plus a waiting list of persons interesting in joining it.

“We produce meat, eggs, veggies, and fruits, using organic practices and working together as a group,” Person said of the coop.

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ONU World Student Organization says "Be Mine" in many languages

There's an Asian Valentine tradition spread over three months
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, February 12, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
The ONU World Student Organization held a Valentine's party on campus Saturday, and members found out that the Asians do it up big time. Asians mark Feb. 14, March 14, and April 14 as Valentines.

On Feb. 14, the girls give roses or chocolate to the guys as a sign of affection. The next month, known as White Day, the guys return the favor.

Finally, in mid April the singles who received no gifts the prior two months gather together on what is known as Black Day and eat a dish called black noodles.

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Volleyball to open 2017 campaign with 39th Annual ONU Invitational on Sept. 1-2

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, February 11, 2017

The Ohio Northern volleyball team is set to open its 2017 campaign with the 39th Annual ONU Invitational on Sept. 1-2 at the ONU Sports Center under 27th-year head coach Kate Witte.

After opening the season with the two day invitational, the Polar Bears will travel to Bloomington, Ill. to compete in the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational Sept. 8-9.

Northern will then take on area-rival Bluffton on Sept. 13 before traveling to Springfield to compete in the Wittenberg Invitational Sept. 15-16. 

ONU returns to the ONU Sports Center on Sept. 20 as they play host to Kenyon.

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ONU receives $5.38 million bequest from 1939 graduate

Nellie Hoghe was proud that her grandfather also attended ONU
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 9, 2017

Ohio Northern has received a $5.38 million bequest from Nellie M. Hoghe who lived in Van Wert and passed away a year ago at the age of 98.

The funds will be used for ONU's emerging opportunities and greatest needs.

Much of the gift is the result of the $4 million sale of 480 acres of land that included farmland, buildings and two wooded areas. The property had been in Hoghe’s family since 1852.

She graduated from ONU in 1939 with a business degree and spent her 37-year professional career in accounting at Continental Can Company in Van Wert. She grew up in a family that valued education, and she was proud that her grandfather also attended Ohio Northern.

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ONU student appears in "The Unexpected" TV commercial

Seville, Ohio, senior sums up experience in one word: "Awkward"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 9, 2017

FROM ONU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND DESIGN FACEBOOK: Tom Brady and Lady Gaga weren’t the only stars of Super Bowl Sunday.

You met Andrew Steingass (BFA/studio arts ’09), adjunct instructor in art, now meet Leah Casey, an Ohio Northern University student whose appearance in “The Unexpected” television commercial helped make it a hit.

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ONU commercial on Super Bowl

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, February 9, 2017

Did you catch the ONU commercial on Super Bowl  weekend? Titled Go Somewhere Unexpected!, the video played in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Ft. Wayne, Lima and Toledo. The commercial and full-length versions are now available on the ONU website and social media channels. 

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