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University to present ONU Wind Orchestra Feb. 25

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents the ONU Wind Orchestra on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

The ONU Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Thomas A. Hunt, presents a program of music for winds and percussion, including James Barnes’ Third Symphony, David Maslanka’s “Mother Earth,” and Rolf Rudin’s “Aufbruch.” C.J. Brincefield, an ONU senior music major from Lima, Ohio, will be featured as the trumpet soloist on Alan Hovhaness’ “Prayer of St. Gregory.”

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Raabe College of Pharmacy honors three with Distinguished Alumni Awards

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy honored three alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 12. This was the ninth year that Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented by the College of Pharmacy.

Timothy Tracy, a 1983 graduate, Leonard L. “Bud” Lance, a 1970 graduate, and John A. Armitstead, a 1979 graduate, were recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments and their contributions to ONU.

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Polar Plunge: Teeth-chattering good time

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 15, 2016

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
The wind chill was colder in Ada than in Fairbanks, Juneau, and Anchorage, nevertheless some brave, furless polar bears took a plunge into the campus Polar Bear Pond on Saturday afternoon.

YOU BET - THE PHOTOS GET COLDER ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY -

The shivering experience was all for a good cause: to raise money for the American Red Cross. About $2,000 was expected to be raised at the event.

The fifth annual Polar Plunge drew about 150 students and members of the community who paid to take a dip and got pledges from friends who dared them to do so.

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Daniel A. DiBiasio awarded Phi Gamma Delta’s Distinguished Fiji Award

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 15, 2016

Daniel A. DiBiasio, president of Ohio Northern University, was awarded Phi Gamma Delta’s Distinguished Fiji Award at ONU’s Greek Awards Banquet on Feb. 14.

The Distinguished Fiji Award is presented annually to no more than six graduate brothers who are deserving of recognition for their career accomplishments, their special contribution to mankind and society at large, or their faithful and unselfish service to Phi Gamma Delta. The fraternity’s Board of Directors, known as Archons, selects brothers for this honor.

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Engineering professor named interim director of Ohio Space Grant Consortium

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, February 13, 2016

Dr. Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University professor of mechanical engineering, has been named interim director of the Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) by The Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI).

The OSGC is a NASA-sponsored collaborative of 26 Ohio higher education institutions. OSGC’s mission is to advance the nation’s capability in STEM by leading the development of a diverse workforce through NASA-related collaborations within Ohio’s network of scientists, researchers, engineers and educators at Ohio universities, OAI, NASA Centers, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and industries that align with the National Space Grant Program goals and objectives.

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University presents “Acting for the Camera Workshops!” next week

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 12, 2016

The Ohio Northern University Department of Theatre Arts will be presenting a series of “Acting for the Camera”workshops for ONU students, taught by Malcolm Raeburn Read, professional actor and senior lecturer at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts throughout the week of Feb. 15-20.

In addition to his hands on acting workshops, Read will hold a symposium about his career as a British actor on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. in room 131 of the Freed Center, to which all are welcome.

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