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Freed Center present electro hip-hop violinist Svet on Oct. 31

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 23, 2015

The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present electro hip-hop violinist Svet on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m.

Svet, an “America’s Got Talent” finalist, brings his blend of music and fun to the Freed Center stage. Bulgarian-native Svet is an Eastman School of Music classically trained violinist, but when he discovered the fascinating world of hip-hop, he began doing something extraordinary.

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University professor to speak on ‘Entrepreneurship in New Industries: American Revival of Craft Spirits’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 22, 2015

Karen Powell, Ohio Northern University assistant professor of law, will speak about “Entrepreneurship in New Industries: American Revival of Craft Spirits” in the Dicke Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m.

Prior to joining the faculty at the ONU Pettit College of Law, Powell founded Triple Divide Spirits, a craft distillery in Montana that produced locally sourced vodka, gin and rum with an onsite tasting room. She’ll speak to the process of entrepreneurship in new industries, challenges of a highly regulated field, and the learning curve of craft spirits, agricultural connections and regulators.

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ONU dedicates newly renovated track-field-soccer complex as Kerscher Stadium

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 19, 2015

Ohio Northern University dedicated the newly renovated track and field and soccer complex as “Kerscher Stadium” during a ceremony prior to the ONU women’s soccer game against Capital University on Oct. 17.

The stadium is named in honor of Robert Kerscher and his wife, Barbara Kerscher. Robert Kerscher, a member of the ONU Board of Trustees, is the founder, retired chair and chief executive officer of Lexi-Comp Inc., an Ohio-based medical publisher.

He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Ohio Northern in 1970 and his MBA from Baldwin Wallace University in 1978. He received an honorary degree from ONU in 2014.

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ONU prof entrepreneurial lead with National Science Foundation

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, October 18, 2015

Dr. Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University associate professor of technology, is serving as entrepreneurial lead on a National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Teams project under a $50,000 grant received by Old Dominion University Research Foundation.

Jao will oversee “I-Corps L: Transforming an Innovative Embedded Design Educational Training System into a Commercially Available Product.” ONU’s portion of the grant is $6,000, which will cover Jao’s effort on the project. The additional grant money covers travel expenses related to the project. Jao previously worked with the Old Dominion team as a consultant.

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Ohio Northern University presents ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Saturday, October 17, 2015

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” from Oct. 22-25 at 7:30 p.m. There also will be two matinee performances on Oct. 24 and 25 at 2 p.m.

“The Two Gentlemen of Verona” is a charming early comedy from William Shakespeare that features two best friends looking to make their way in the world. When Proteus follows his friend Valentine to Milan, he falls for his pal’s girl, therein prompting that age-old conflict between love and friendship. Adding to the plot are a girl who disguises herself as a boy to follow her guy, love letters, love songs and a clown with a dog named Crab.

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ONU Wind Orchestra presents music from Great Britain Oct. 28

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Saturday, October 17, 2015

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening of music from Great Britain featuring the Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m.

The Northern Winds, under the direction of Thomas A. Hunt, will perform a concert of British music for winds and percussion, including Gustav Holst’s “First Suite,” Adam Gorb’s Yiddish Dances, Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances, and four Percy Grainger favorites.

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