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ONU's Homecoming theme is ‘Let the Good Times Roar’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Ohio Northern University will celebrate Homecoming 2015 from Sept. 25-27. All alumni, friends, family, faculty and students are welcome to attend.

With its “Let the Good Times Roar” theme, Homecoming weekend will kick off on Friday, Sept. 25, with a Law Alumni Luncheon at 11 a.m. and Law PAD CLE at 1 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., former athletes will be honored during the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet.

The ONU Choral Collage will perform in the Snyder Hall Recital Hall in Presser Hall at 8 p.m. on Friday.

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Ohio Northern University presents a celebration of choral music

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 15, 2015

ADA — The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a celebration of choral music as part of the ONU Homecoming festivities in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.      

The evening’s program will begin with the ONU Men’s Chorus presenting a variety of glee club pieces, and the ONU Women’s Chorus will follow with popular musical settings voiced for women.

The ONU Chamber Singers will offer an assortment of styles in both Latin and English. Finishing the program will be the University Singers with music in German and English and a spiritual by Moses Hogan.

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Freshman Will Freed throws for 439 yards in ONU win

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 13, 2015

By Tim Glon

Freshman Will Freed threw for 439 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate game to lead Ohio Northern to a 29-22 football victory over Utica (N.Y.) in its 2015 season opener Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

The Polar Bears improve to 1-0, while the Pioneers fall to 1-1.

Freed completed 27-of-36 passes and TD scores of 73, 56 and 8 yards in his college debut, marking the first time a freshman quarterback started a game for Ohio Northern since Ed Chessar in 1987.

His 439 yards passing is the second-most in ONU history, trailing only the record 452-yard effort by Shane Franzer at Hanover (Ind.) in the 1999 playoffs.

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University featured in The Princeton Review’s 2016 ‘Best of the Midwest’ rankings

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, September 13, 2015

Ohio Northern University is once again featured as one of the nation’s top schools in The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, “The Best 380 Colleges: 2016 Edition.” ONU also is one of the 159 institutions that The Princeton Review recommends in the “Best of the Midwest” section of its website feature, “2016 Best Colleges by Region.”

“We are pleased that this student survey again places ONU among the best universities in the country,” said Daniel A. DiBiasio, Ohio Northern University president. “This is reflective of the quality of our programs and personnel and the appreciation our students have for excellence.”

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University observes Constitution Day with presentation on ‘The President and the Constitution’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, September 11, 2015

Ohio Northern University will observe Constitution Day with a panel discussion on “The President and the Constitution” in the Pettit College of Law’s Celebrezze Moot Courtroom on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Scott Gerber, ONU professor of law, will serve as moderator of the three-person panel presentation. Each speaker will tackle issues concerning the executive office and the U.S. Constitution.

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ONU ranked No. 2 among Midwest regional colleges by U.S. News

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 10, 2015

Ohio Northern University has been ranked No. 2 among Midwest regional colleges in “Best Colleges 2016,” which is published annually by U.S. News & World Report.

Ohio Northern has appeared in the top 10 of the publication’s Regional College Midwest Rankings for the past 24 years and in the top five for the past 11 out of 12 years.

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