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ONU-Vancrest on "remembering your roots"

Pharmacy gardening outreach project with people living with dementia
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, August 6, 2020

An innovative community outreach project by students and faculty members in the Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy was recently featured in a professional publication.

 “Remembering Your Roots: The Role of Horticulture Therapy in People Living with Dementia” was published in a recent edition of the “Ohio Journal of Public Health.”

The outreach endeavor, which captures the essence of service learning, involves gardening and realizing its impact on challenging dementia-related behaviors with residents of Vancrest of Ada health care center. 

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ONU making SAT and ACT tests optional for new students in 2021

Update from earlier announcement
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, July 17, 2020

Due to SAT and ACT testing cancelations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio Northern University will allow most prospective first-year students, including those homeschooled, to apply for admission in the fall of 2021 without these test scores.

Students applying for admission to the nursing, early childhood education, and middle childhood education programs are not eligible for test-optional admissions and must present their ACT or SAT results due to accreditation standards.

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It' a virtual 5K weekend - in Ada, or wherever you are

Event supports Dimension Award Scholar Program
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Ohio Northern University Office of Alumni  Engagement invites alums and friends to participate in a virtual 5-K anytime between 9 a.m. on Friday, July 17, and noon on Sunday, July 19.

It's the Polar Bear Virtual 5K in support of ONU’s Dimension Award Scholar Program, which provides financial assistance, social programming and academic support to students from underrepresented backgrounds at ONU. 

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Due to COVID-19 test cancellations

ONU makes  SAT and ACT scores optional for incoming students fall 2021
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Due to SAT and ACT testing cancelations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio Northern University will allow most prospective first-year students to apply for admission in the fall of 2021 without these test scores.

Students applying for admission to the nursing, early childhood education, and middle childhood education programs are not eligible for test-optional admissions and must present their ACT or SAT results due to accreditation standards.  Home-schooled students are also not eligible for test-optional admission.

The university will continue to maintain the same high academic standards, and the decision to submit test scores will be left to the student applicant.

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Updating ONU faculty projects

In College of Law and Pharmacy
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Several Ohio Northern University faculty are involved in projects completed this spring or are on-going this summer. Those projects follow:

Melissa Kidder, assistant professor of law and director of legal clinics and externships, and her research assistant, third-year law student Amanda Olson, teamed up analyze ONU's transition to online learning. 

The project, “5 Small Ways Students Stayed Engaged in Online Learning,” was accepted as a session proposal by CALIcon2020: Law School In the Time of Pandemic, and it was made available on June 5 as an audio presentation.

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Face coverings required this fall for indoor events at ONU

Trustees endorse 13-page safety plan to resume in-person education
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, June 28, 2020

The Ohio Northern University Board of Trustees endorsed a safety plan to resume in-person education for the fall semester during its June 24 meeting.

The 13-page document covers a wide range of general requirements. Some of those include that faculty, students and staff, guests, visitors, vendors and contractors are required to wear face coverings while indoors in campus buildings.

Faculty, students and staff are encouraged to wear face coverings in outdoor settings where safe social distancing is not possible.

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