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ONU Pettit College of Law commencement May 17

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Friday, May 1, 2015

Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law will celebrate its 2015 commencement ceremony in the ONU Sports Center on Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m. Approximately 100 students will be awarded degrees, and Daniel DiBiasio, Ohio Northern University president, will preside.

The ONU Sports Center is scheduled to open for the commencement exercises at 12:30 p.m. A musical prelude will begin at 1:30 p.m., followed by the procession of faculty and Juris Doctor candidates.

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College of Law records second highest bar passage rate for graduates taking test for first time

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Graduates of the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law continued their record of outstanding achievement on the Ohio bar examination with a passage rate of 75 percent, which ranks second among students from all Ohio law schools who took the examination in February 2015 for the first time. In addition, ONU was third overall in the state for individuals taking the bar exam, which was nearly 10 percent higher than the statewide average.   

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Ohio Northern University Jazz Band to explore ‘ONU Jazz Through the Years’ in April 30 concert

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents the ONU Jazz Band on Thursday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

The ONU Jazz Band, under the direction of David Sycks, will take a stroll down memory lane as it explores “ONU Jazz Through the Years.” Sycks is the Bluffton High School band director.

The group will play a repertoire from the first days of ONU jazz in the 1960s up to the present, including works by Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Count Basie and Chick Corea. Everett Collier, the “golden voice” of jazz, will be the narrator for the evening. 

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Middle East correspondent to speak April 28 in Dicke Forum

Posted by Mary Pannabecke... on Sunday, April 26, 2015

Martin Sieff, noted Middle East correspondent, journalist and author, will speak on “Dangerous Ignorance: Why U.S. Policymakers Get the Middle East Wrong” in Ohio Northern University’s Dicke Forum on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m.

The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the ONU Department of History, Politics, and Justice; the University Committee on the Arts and Special Events (CASE); and Phi Beta Delta.

Sieff’s lecture will focus on the perceived lies, myths and clichés perpetuated by the U.S. government and the media, and he will describe what is currently happening in the Middle East and what is expected in the future.

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ONU students garner second in Audio Production at Broadcast Education Association conference

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, April 25, 2015

Ohio Northern University students Brett Wonders, a fourth-year pharmacy major from Defiance,  and Dan Knapinski, a senior sport management major from Neenah, Wis., garnered second place in the Audio Production category of the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) Festival of Media Arts in the Student Two-Year/Small Colleges Competition at the Broadcast Education Association's 60th annual convention in Las Vegas from April 11-13.

The duo was recognized for their WONB-FM broadcast coverage of ONU’s 2014 football game against Muskingum.

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Ohio Northern University ONU Symphony Orchestra to present ‘A French Twist’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents the ONU Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Music Director Travis Jürgens will conduct the ONU Symphony Orchestra in the season finale, “A French Twist.”

Works include Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” (orchestrated by Ravel), Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” Ravel’s “Pavane pour une infante défunte” and Milhaud’s Percussion Concerto, featuring Dr. Sarah Waters as soloist. Artwork related to “Pictures at an Exhibition” will be displayed on the monitors in the lobby.

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