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$2.1 million grant to ONU from Kern Family Foundation

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, December 15, 2014

The Kern Family Foundation has awarded a grant of $1.21 million to the T.J. Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University to encourage further work in instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in engineering undergraduates from 2015 through 2018.

The grant is to be the largest programmatic grant Ohio Northern University has received from a private foundation.

Ohio Northern is part of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), a group of approximately 20 private engineering colleges working to produce graduates with the entrepreneurial mindset, learning to nurture curiosity, make connections and create value. ONU has been part of KEEN since 2005.

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ONU named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, December 11, 2014

Ohio Northern University has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

Daniel A. DiBiasio, ONU president, said, “Assisting the community has always been a tradition and part of our mission at ONU, and the University takes great pride in serving the village of Ada and beyond. We want our students to understand that responsible citizenship and service to one’s community are critical.”

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December concerts featuring ONU Jazz Band, Wind and Symphony Orchestras

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music closes out the year with an ONU Jazz Band concert on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. and a performance by the ONU Wind and Symphony Orchestras on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Both shows will be held at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

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ONU musicians present “Something for Everyone” Dec. 10

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Monday, December 8, 2014

Ohio Northern University presents
‘Something for Everyone’

The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents an eclectic evening of music, “Something for Everyone,” in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The concert will feature several ONU seniors, Elizabeth Druesedow, a music performance major from Sharon Center, Ohio; Brandon Guillen, a mathematical statistics major from Lima, Ohio; and Nicole Wells, a music performance major from Germantown, Ohio, in a chamber-music setting.

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Jill Chapman breaks 27-year-old ONU swimming record

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 7, 2014

Sophomore Jill Chapman broke a 27-year old school record in the 100 free to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team on the third and final day of the Wooster Invitational on Saturday at the Wooster High School Natatorium.

The Polar Bears finished seventh of 10 teams with 832.5 points in the 20 events.

NCAA Division II foe Gannon (Pa.) won the team title with 1489.5 points, Wooster was second with 1111.5 points and Case Western Reserve was third with 1052 points.

Chapman finished third in the 100 free in a school record :52.27, breaking the previous record of :52.40 set by All-American Nancy Emerick in 1988.

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University awarded Undergraduate Education Program Development grant

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, December 7, 2014

Ohio Northern University has been awarded a Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) Program Development grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) in the amount of $50,000 to deepen the intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among undergraduate students on campus. 

David MacDonald, University chaplain, will lead the project, which is titled “Creating a Common Language of Vocation.” A Vocational Study Team (VST) also will be established, made up of representatives from ONU’s offices of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Polar Careers as well as the University’s five colleges.

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