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The King family and ONU

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Not only did Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Ohio Northern on Jan. 11, 1968, but his widow and two of his children came to campus in the 1990s.
Dr. King died in Memphis on April 4, 1968, less than three months after his address in Ada. It is said that his ONU talk was his last on a college campus.
Coretta Scott King came to Ohio Northern on Jan. 21, 1993. She died Jan. 30, 2006.
A daughter, Yolanda, was at Ohio Northern in January, 1992. She died Aug. 15, 2007.
Another daughter, Rev. Bernice A. King, spoke in ONU's chapel on Jan. 13, 1994.

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ONU Nursing without Borders mission trip

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, January 17, 2017

The Ohio Northern Nursing Without Borders will make a mission trip to the Dominican Republic in May. To learn more about how these students will help those in the Dominican, search gofundme.com, then type in Ada, Ohio. You can also donate to the service project at that site. So far, $850 out of a goal of $1,500 has been raised.

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ONU King Memorial area

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Monday, January 16, 2017

ONU commemorated the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a garden area on the south side of Taft Memorial. Here, ONU students Elizabeth Selhorst (left) and Tiffany Street pause at the garden area which includes benches and a plaque. It was unusual for the university not to acknowledge the anniversary with an event, but this year Martin Luther King Day occurred during winter break. The school recognized King's Ada address and national holiday on social media.

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Listen to the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at ONU

He visited Ada on Jan. 11, 1968
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, January 16, 2017

On Jan. 11, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at Ohio Northern University. At the time of his visit to Ada, Ohio and ONU, Dr. King was an international figure.

He was the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize and only the 12th American to ever do so. He was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and a key social figure of the turbulent 1960s.

The entire recording of his speech can be heard by clickin the link below - this link takes viewers to the Ohio Northern University Facebook site, where the speech is available.

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ONU Women's Lacrosse

Members of the women’s lacrosse team take pictures around a statue of Klondike after practice at Ohio Northern University’s Dial-Roberson Stadium.
Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 13, 2017

The lacrosse team went 8-7 in up its inaugural season last year. The first home match this year will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. (Photo by Trevor Jones)

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Heather Shaffer, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Ada, selected as Paul Ambrose Scholars Program

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 13, 2017

Heather Shaffer, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Ada, Ohio, has been selected to the Paul Ambrose Scholars Program. 

The program exposes health professions students to influential public health professionals and prepares them to be leaders in addressing population health challenges at the national and community level.

Since 2002, more than 600 students from 207 academic institutions have become Paul Ambrose Scholars, equipped with leadership and organizational skills in public health education that can only be found outside of the classroom.

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