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ONU Theatre Arts' 14th International Play Festival
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 21, 2021

The Ohio Northern University School of Visual and Performing Arts will present its 14th International Play Festival titled “Global Climate Action Takes the Stage” from March 26 through March 28 via livestream on freedcenter.com.

Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on March 26 and March 27 with a 2 p.m. matinee performance on March 28.

This year’s festival is also incorporating other campus-wide projects and discussions for a more inclusive approach that addresses climate change’s different aspects and responsive work to mitigate it.

Joan Robbins, associate professor of theatre, and James Savage, assistant professors of theatre, are festival co-directors.

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Tracking track and field

From a senior capstone project, to a working model, to marketable devise
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 14, 2021

FROM ONU WEBSITE - From senior capstone project, to working prototype, to marketable device—an engineering grad’s invention is being put through its paces by ONU track and field.

For the uninitiated, distance running might not seem like a pursuit that hinges on artistry, or even technique.

Stamina, strength, determination, high pain tolerance; these are the attributes of a distance runner. Don’t let the lithe body types fool you. Theirs is a brute force sport. And they are warriors.

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Remembering Nancy Sabol

ONU establishes scholarship and suite of rooms in her memory
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, March 11, 2021

Ohio Northern University College of Law has established a scholarship and dedicated a suite of rooms to honor Nancy Sabol.

She served as the Director of Academic Support, Associate Professor of Law and Title IX Coordinator at Ohio Northern University until her death on April 25, 2020, after a brief battle with cancer.

Her family launched a scholarship at ONU Law in her memory. Starting in Summer 2021, the scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student in the Summer Starter Program, a program designed for students who excelled in their undergraduate education but received a lower LSAT score.

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Playing with fire

Luke Sheets has ceramic piece accepted in New York exhibit
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Luke Sheets, associate professor in art and ceramics professor at Ohio Northern, has a piece accepted to the art exhibit “Playing with Fire: Altered Atmospheres.”

The show is organized by the Saratoga Clay Arts Center in New York and is a national juried exhibition of 68 functional and decorative works by 59 clay artists.

The exhibition opens on Saturday, March 13 and runs through April 24.

Sheets has working in clay for over 20 years. After completing his BFA in ceramics, he worked in his own studio creating and firing wood-fired pottery.

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ONU presents dance for camera film

"SHIFT" livestreamed March 19 to 21
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 9, 2021

The Ohio Northern University School of Visual and Performing Arts will present a dance for camera film titled “SHIFT” from Friday to Sunday, March 19 through March 21, via livestream on freedcenter.com.

The film will be broadcast at 7:30 p.m. on March 19 and March 20, with a 2 p.m. matinee broadcast on March 21.

Focusing on the shift of weight, time and space, faculty and student choreographers will present a dance concert based on personal narratives, experiences and emotions using the moving body through the lens of contemporary, pointe, modern, jazz and tap genres.

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ONU livestreams Spanish drama

School of Visual and Performing Arts presents stage production of "The House of Bernarda Alba"
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 15, 2021

The Ohio Northern University School of Visual and Performing Arts will present a staged production of “The House of Bernarda Alba” by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca from Friday, Feb. 26, through  Sunday, Feb. 28, via livestream on freedcenter.com.

Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27, with 2 p.m. matinee performances on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28.

Drama synopsis
After the death of the family patriarch, well-to-do widow Bernarda Alba is determined to uphold the social propriety of the house and exacts an unyielding control over the lives of her five adult daughters.

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