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University to host Jan. 24 meal-packing event to assist food banks

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 14, 2016

Ohio Northern University will host a meal-packing event to assemble meals for malnourished children in Haiti and the West Ohio Food Bank in the ONU Field House on Sunday, Jan. 24, from 1-3 p.m.

Approximately 150 students, faculty and staff will gather at the Field House to pack 40,000 Nutri-Plenty Meals, a highly nutritious blend of rice, soy, vegetables, vitamins and minerals. Seventy-five percent of the meals will be transported to Haiti; the remaining 25 percent will go to the West Ohio Food Bank.

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University host Invitational Mock Trial Tournament Jan. 16-17

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Ohio Northern University’s mock trial program will host the 10th annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament from Jan. 16-17.

The competition will take place in ONU’s Pettit College of Law, Hill Building and Dukes Memorial. More than 150 students from 12 colleges and universities representing six states will participate in the tournament.

The tournament consists of four rounds, with trials taking place simultaneously in each round. Each mock trial has a panel of two judges who evaluate students on their knowledge of the case material and their presentation and litigation techniques. 

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Bluffton University music professor featured in Jan. 11 ONU recital

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Sunday, January 10, 2016

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present pianist Lucia Unrau of the Bluffton University music department, and clarinetist Sandra Jackson of the Eastern Michigan music department, in recital at the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Monday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day lecture focuses on ‘The Intersection of Religion and Social Justice’

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Sunday, January 10, 2016

To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Ohio Northern University, professor Jonathon L. Walton will speak on “The Intersection of Religion and Social Justice” in the English Chapel on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m.

This event, sponsored by the ONU Office of Multicultural Development, is free and open to the public.

A social ethicist and scholar of American religions, Walton is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Pusey Minister in Harvard’s Memorial Church. He is also a professor of religion and society on the faculty of divinity. Walton’s research addresses the intersections of religion, politics and media culture.

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Ohio 3rd Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments at ONU

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Sunday, January 10, 2016

The Ohio 3rd District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases in the Large Moot Court Room of Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 10 a.m.

The oral arguments will be held before a three-judge panel consisting of Judges Stephen R. Shaw, Vernon L. Preston and John R. Willamowski. The court’s fourth judge is Richard M. Rogers. Rogers, Shaw and Willamowski are all Ohio Northern University law alumni.  

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ONU Walking for Wellness participants walk around the world twice

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 7, 2016

FROM ONU'S WEBSITE: The Ohio Northern University Walking for Wellness program saw a record number of participants complete its 10-week walking program and enjoy positive results throughout the challenge. The program was overseen by the University’s health and wellness clinical team: ONU HealthWise.

A record 179 employees and students enrolled in the walking program. Throughout the two-and-a-half-month challenge, these participants walked a total of 91,212,370 steps (or approximately 45,606 miles).

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