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Arab American theater highlighted in ONU festival

Ohio Northern University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts will shine a light on diversity within our own borders by highlighting Arab American theatre during the 15th International Play Festival. The festival will present a reading and conversation about Denmo Ibrahim's new play, Kal and Dija Save the World. The reading represents the culmination of a workshop exploration of this new, ensemble-based play that examines third-culture kids, Middle Eastern identity and what it means to be an American.

ONU professor wins international award for nocturnal habitat protection work

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Ohio Northern University civil and environmental engineering professor Bryan Boulanger's childhood fascination with the night sky during family camping trips out west led to crucial work years later in service to night sky preservation. Those efforts have resulted in his receiving the International Dark-Sky Association's 2022 Nocturnal Habitat Protection Award.

Northern Winds Spring Band Concert

The Northern Winds will perform a Spring Band Concert:

Sat., March 25 | 7:30 p.m.
Freed Center for the Performing Arts

Comprised of instrumentalists representing numerous academic programs across campus, Northern Winds will perform traditional selections including marches, fanfares, world music and the spiritual Deep River featuring guest vocalist Dr. Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw; along with more contemporary compositions such as Scott Boerma's Zoom. 

Published and student poets featured at April 4 ONU English reading series

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The ONU English Reading Series will welcome poet and professor Kristin LaFollette to campus for its spring presentation at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4.

She will read alongside creative writing student Dakari Ward in the Elzay Gallery of Art, 503 S Gilbert St. The reading will be followed by a Q & A and book signing.

This event is co-sponsored with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Free and open to the public, this reading is supported with a generous gift from Phil Oleson, BSPh '66, and Mary (Montswil) Oleson, BSPh '70.

LaFollette is a writer, artist, and scholar from the Midwest. She is the author of Hematology. winner of the 2021 Harbor Editions Laureate Prize, and Body Parts, winner of the 2017 GFT Press Chapbook Prize.

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ONU spotlight on female athletes in winter and spring sports

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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, Ohio Northern University has shared the stories of some iconic female athletes who competed as Polar Bears in winter and spring sports.

Track and field star developed mental toughness
Jackie Dight, BA ’03, still holds several ONU school records in track and field. She is number one in the indoor 300m dash and outdoor 400m hurdle. And she holds the top position in the outdoor 100m hurdle tied with two other ONU athletes.

Equitas Health fundraiser to be held March 25

Ohio Northern University’s annual drag experience, “A Rubi Affair,” will be held Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in McIntosh Center’s Ballroom. The funds raised will benefit Equitas Health in Lima, Ohio, which will use the funding for HIV/AIDS research and support for patients. Organizers invite you to "Make plans to join Open Doors and the Rubi Girls for a night filled with music, dancing, fun and more!"

The public event is free to attend, but special VIP tickets can be purchased for prime seating. VIP seating will cost $5. Tickets will be sold at a table located near the entrance to McIntosh Dining Hall March 20-24 from 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

The comedic drag show will feature The Rubi Girls from Dayton, Ohio, who have been performing since the 1980s. Comprised of individuals whose day jobs range from graphic designer to IT director, the professional troupe’s enduring success is due in part to their ability to elicit audience and performer participation. ONU students will be performing, too, with a chance to win prizes. Judges’ scores and money raised from the audience will determine the top performers.

Open Doors, the LGBTQ+ student organization at ONU, has hosted “A Rubi Affair” annually since 2005. Shows typically draw hundreds, making it Open Doors’ largest event.

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