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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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ONU's community trick-or-treat in McIntosh Tuesday night

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 16, 2015

The Ohio Northern University’s Annual Residence Life Trick-or-Treat will be held Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 5:15 p.m. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and will be held in the McIntosh Activities Room.

Children of all ages are encouraged to dress up, join for lots of fun and candy with the ONU students. All children must be accompanied by a parent.

There will be a bag decorating station for kids to make a trick or treat bag to take while they go trick or treat.

A costume contest will be held in the McIntosh Ballroom at 6:45 p.m. The contest is divided into relevant ages groups and creativity/resemblance of character, originality and presentation will be considered.

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University presents exhibition featuring maps created, utilized during Hurricane Katrina

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, October 15, 2015

CURATED BY HARRY "JIMMY" WILSON

A reception and talk with Wilson will take place in room 115 of the Wilson Art Center on Friday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served in the lobby of the Elzay Gallery.

The Ohio Northern University Department of Art and Design presents Mapping Katrina, dynamic visual documentation of New Orleans before, during and after Hurricane Katrina, in the Elzay Gallery of Art from Oct. 16 to Dec. 13.

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