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Ohio Northern University ‘Hot Jazz for a Cold Evening’ Dec. 10

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 7, 2015

he Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a Jazz Ensemble concert, “Hot Jazz for a Cold Evening,” in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

The concert will feature arrangements from the legendary bands of Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington.

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Society of Manufacturing Engineers Merit Award to ONU student

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, December 4, 2015

Nick Reza, a senior manufacturing technology major from Ada, Ohio, was awarded a Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Merit Award for the 2015-16 academic year.

Reza, who will receive $750, was selected by faculty members of the ONU Department of Technological Studies based on his participation in the ONU SME Chapter S186, scholastic accomplishments, financial need and application responses. Funds for the awards come from fundraising activities by the ONU SME chapter and the Lima chapter of SME.

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Fast-paced Presser Hall concert provides international sounds

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 3, 2015

Photos by Michael J. Ayers
It was not just any Tuesday evening chamber ensemble concert in Presser Hall on the ONU campus. It featured international beats and movements performed by local musicans and dancers.

Adam Grim and Dr. Sarah Waters directed the performance.

Photos representing difference aspects of the performance  include:

• ONU students performing a fast-paced and physically challenging traditional African dance.

The group performed a Ghanian ritual dance of harvest arranged by Benjamin Obodo Ayettey who also directed the dance and drum ensemble.

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Holiday Spectacular this weekend in Lima!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 3, 2015

The four campus performances of the ONU Holiday Spectacular are over, but there is still time to see the popular Christmas show at the Lima Civic and Convention Center.

Shows are on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m.

The show is underwritten in part by the DeBow and Catherine Freed Endowment for the Arts and Kewpee Hamburgers.

Marking more than two decades of sponsorship, Harry and Myrna Shutt, the owners of Kewpee Hamburgers, have underwritten the show since it began in 1994.

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Ohio Northern University students honored by Toledo Chapter of Financial Executives International

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Thursday, December 3, 2015

Two students from Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments at the Financial Executives International (FEI) Toledo Chapter Student Awards Night in Perrysburg, Ohio, on Nov. 12.

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ONU presents the ‘Gaudete: The It’s Not Quite Christmas Yet’ concert

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents “Gaudete: The It’s Not Quite Christmas Yet” concert, performed by the ONU wind and symphony orchestras, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.

The program begins with the ONU Wind Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Thomas Hunt. The group will present four pieces: Alfred Reed’s “Alleluia! Laudamus Te” and “Russian Christmas Music”; John Paynter’s arrangement of J.S. Bach’s “Toccata, Adagio and Fugue”; and Percy Grainger’s “The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol.”

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