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Tickets still remain for 4 p.m. Mutts Gone Nuts March 14 show

The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents “Mutts Gone Nutts” on Saturday, March 14, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The evening performance is sold out, however, tickets still remain for the matinee showing at 4 p.m.

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ONU students make a spring habit with Habitat

Ohio Northern University’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter sent 110 students on work trips for spring break March 1-7.

Instead of heading down south for a week on a beach with friends, these ONU students  built homes for families in need. The habitat work teams traveled to Sumter, S.C., Jackson, Miss., and Davidson, N.C., and partner with Habitat for Humanity affiliates to work on homes in the area.

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• Davidson, North Carolina - Ohio Northern students in front of the Our Towns Habitat for Humanity office on their last night in Davidson.

ONU recipient of $423,776 grant from National Institute of Mental Health

Ohio Northern University awarded National Institute of Mental Health grant to study ‘Time-Dependent Effects of Stress and Learning: Physiological and Genetic Associations’

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded Ohio Northern University an Academic Research Enhancement Award to conduct research that could provide new insights into traumatic memory formation and ultimately lead to more-targeted treatment options for individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

University Symphonic Band spring concert March 23

The Ohio Northern University Symphonic Band presents its spring concert in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m.

The program, titled “Soundscapes 2015,” takes the audience to a variety of places and spaces with representative musical sounds. The term “soundscape” refers to the sounds associated with a particular time and place.

ONU players earn OAC Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week honors

By: Ashley Birchmeier

Ohio Northern senior Dan Belliveau and junior Nick Eltzroth were named Ohio Athletic Conference Baseball hitter and pitcher of the week for the time period ending March 9.

Belliveau was named hitter of the week, while Eltzroth pitcher of the week.

The senior had 26 at bats, with 13 hits and two home runs. He batted in 13 runs and holds a .462 batting average.

Eltzroth in 2-0 from the mound, with 11 strike outs and a 0.00 ERA. The junior has given up no runs in 13.2 innings of work.

The Polar Bears are next in action Saturday March 14 as they travel to Trine (Ind.).

ONU to conduct STEM Academy in Piqua

Ohio Northern University will conduct its fourth annual STEM Academy (science, technology, engineering and math) at Wilder Intermediate School in Piqua on Thursday, March 19.

After an opening assembly, each of the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students will participate in five different mini-workshops. Each grade-specific workshop is 30 minutes long and will be conducted by two or three ONU engineering students.

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