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Spotts Lecture focuses on ‘Protecting Our Homeland'

Carey (Wurgler) Smith, president of Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., will be the featured speaker for the Ohio Northern University Spotts Lecture in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m.

Smith’s speech, “Protecting Our Homeland: Past, Present and Future,” is free and open to the public.

Ohio Northern University students to help with tax preparation

Taxpayers in Hardin and surrounding counties can find free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business and law students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).

The VITA Program offers free tax help to low- to moderate-income (generally $53,000 and below) individuals across the country who cannot prepare tax returns on their own. As part of this program, ONU students receive training and become IRS-certified to help prepare basic and intermediate tax returns and identify special credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly.

University partners with St. John Fisher college in LEAP program

The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law and St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y., have announced a 3+3 Legal Education Accelerated Program (LEAP), which will allow legal studies majors and pre-law students at Fisher an opportunity to earn both their undergraduate and law degrees in six years, while minimizing the cost of their educations.

‘The New Age of Legal Diversity’ College of Law’s Forum topics

The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law’s 16th annual Diversity Forum will discuss “The New Age of Legal Diversity” in the Celebrezze Large Moot Court Room on Friday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m.

The ONU Black Law Student Association (BLSA), in partnership with the ONU Student Bar Association, ONU Office of Multicultural Affairs, Black Student Union, the Student Bar Association and the Legal Association of Women, is sponsoring the event.

ONU international play festival Feb. 19-21

The Ohio Northern University Department of Theatre presents the 11th International Play Festival in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre from Thursday, Feb. 19, to Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances are scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21, and Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m.

ONU hires Lake Superior SU vice president to head enrollment management

Ohio Northern University President Daniel A. DiBiasio has announced the hiring of William Eilola as vice president for enrollment management at Ohio Northern University, effective April 1.

Eilola, who has served as vice president for enrollment services and marketing at Lake Superior State University in Sainte Marie, Mich., since 2006, replaces Lawrence Lesick, who will be stepping down from his position after more than four years at ONU.

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