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Youth auditions scheduled for ’22 Holiday Spectacular

Ohio Northern University will hold children’s auditions for the 2022 Holiday Spectacular musical extravaganza.

Auditions will take place from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

Children ages 5 to 12 are invited to the audition. Participants may be asked to sing and should be ready to participate in a dance call (jazz and/or tap shoes). Prepared dance or vocal solos will not be accepted.

2022 Holiday Spectacular performances will be staged on November 17, 18 and 19 at The Freed Center; and on December 2, 3 and 4 in Lima.

Ohio Northern COVID-19 safety plan for Fall 2022

Ohio Northern University has issued the folloing update to its COVID-19 Safety Plan. On Thursday, August 4 the COVID-19 Community Level for Hardin County was upgraded to High.

For Fall 2022, Ohio Northern University announces that the following COVID-19 safety plan will go into effect on Aug. 5, 2022. ONU encourages all members of our community to take health precautions and get vaccinated and boosted to protect yourself, your colleagues and your fellow students.

All I Have to Do Is Dream

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The Everly Brothers released their hit single “All I Have to Do Is Dream” in 1958.  This followed their 1957 hit “Wake Up Little Susie.” The songs were written by the prolific duo of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.  The legendary Chet Atkins played the guitar for The Everly Brothers on both singles. The Everly Brothers were known as an American rock duo and as pioneers of country rock.  

Ohio Northern GLOW 5K Run/Walk during National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Week

8:00 p.m. Glow Run on September 8, 2022

Ohio Northern University's Mental Health Prevention and Awareness Committee is hosting its first GLOW 5K Run/Walk on campus during National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Week.

The invitation:

Join us on Sept 8 at 8 p.m. near King Horn Sports Center. The first 50 participants who register will receive an ONU Mental Health Prevention and Awareness water bottle and towel.

ONU student-faculty special study project teaches "pedalgogy"

From www.onu.edu/news

As STEM educators everywhere seek ways to make math and physics accessible to young learners, a special project at Ohio Northern University turned to a child’s wheeled buddy—the bicycle—to teach elementary-school students about concepts like leverage and rotational inertia.

Pearls of wisdom

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The idiom “pearls of wisdom” means something sounds wise or helpful.  Amazingly, there is a website with a list of 86 songs giving life advice. The site recommends using this list to create a playlist for someone special especially for life events such as birthdays. The number one song on the list by The Rolling Stones is “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” The author feels the lyrics touch on tempering optimism with a dose of reality.  

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