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ONU's doctor of pharmacy degree program re-accredited

Ohio Northern University’s doctor of pharmacy degree program has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) for a full cycle of eight years. This is the maximum length of re-accreditation bestowed upon pharmacy degree programs in the United States.

ACPE requires the programs it accredits to meet the rigor of 30 accreditation standards. Ohio Northern University’s pharmacy program was evaluated in October 2015 and found fully compliant in all 30 standards. ACPE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy.

All Brahms chamber recital Feb. 22 in Presser Hall

The Ohio Northern University Music Department presents an All Brahms Chamber Music recital in the Snyder Recital Hall of Presser Hall on Monday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m.  The concert is free and open to the public.

ONU faculty members, Thomas Hunt and Kristen Jürgens, along with well-known Toledo violinist Cecilia Johnson, presents a program of Johannes Brahms’ chamber music including the Violin Sonata in G Major Opus 78, the first movement of the E minor Cello Sonata Opus 38 (in an arrangement for horn and piano by Scott Brubaker), and renowned Opus 40 Trio for piano, horn, and violin.

Ohio Northern University pair selected as STEM Exemplars

Terry Keiser, Ohio Northern University’s director of sustainability and professor of biological sciences, and Dr. Robert K. McAfee, ONU assistant professor of human anatomy, were selected as Believe in Ohio science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Exemplars, by the Ohio Academy of Science.

The two, along with 81 others, will serve as role models for students to encourage them to pursue STEM careers and become entrepreneurs and innovators. Honorees are graduates of Ohio high schools, have attended higher education in Ohio or elsewhere, and are now gainfully employed or retired in a STEM field in Ohio.

Open house for ONU Law Clinic in Lima Feb. 23

The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law will celebrate the new location of the ONU Legal Clinic with an open house in the Chase Bank Tower at 121 W. High Street (suite 700) in Lima, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m.

University to present ONU Wind Orchestra Feb. 25

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.”

Raabe College of Pharmacy honors three with Distinguished Alumni Awards

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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