Ohio Northern University’s Phi Beta Delta honorary society for international scholars presents a lecture by Jesus Ramirez in the Dicke Forum on Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. The title of Ramirez’s lecture is “Air Pollution, Ozone and Climate Change.”
Ramirez is with the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, and he is the group leader of the Institute of Meteorology and the multidisciplinary group on ozone. Part of his responsibilities involves making daily forecasts for the entire country concerning environmental and climatological effects on major Cuban crops.
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law presents Cynthia C. Dungey, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), as part of its Dean’s Lecture Series in the Moot Courtroom at noon on Thursday, Nov. 13. The title of Dungey’s presentation is “Law: A Key to A Locked Door.”
Dungey graduated from ONU’s College of Law in 1996. As director of the ODJFS, she oversees a $3.7 billion agency with approximately 3,000 employees. ODJFS is responsible for supervising the state’s public assistance, workforce development, unemployment compensation, child and adult protective services, adoption, child care, and child support programs.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will host the third annual All-Ohio Choral Day on Saturday, Nov. 1. More than 160 high school music students and teachers from across the state will participate in the event.
Led by distinguished choral composer Joseph M. Martin and assisted by Ben Ayling, ONU director of choral activities, the students will join University Singers, the select mixed ensemble at ONU, in a day of music-making and education.
Tristin Kilgallon, assistant professor of criminal justice in Ohio Northern University’s Department of Psychology, Sociology and Criminal Justice, Jordan Turner, a senior criminal justice major from Casstown, Ohio, and Enver Krivaca, a 2012 ONU graduate of the LLM program, have co-authored an article published in 2014 spring edition of Criminal Justice Praxis, the journal of the Ohio Council of Criminal Justice Education.
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Student Chapter at Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy was recognized with a number of honors, including being named the 2014 Student Chapter of the Year, at the 116th NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 19.
The award criteria included commitment to community service, recruiting new members, promoting independent community pharmacy and advocating legislative action. The first runner-up was Auburn University, and the University of Texas at Austin was the second runner-up.
