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ONU students use tech to pitch high-tech ideas
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, June 14, 2020

In a semester turned upside down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise that the annual ONU Polar Elevator Pitch competition — the Dicke College of Business Administration’s entrepreneurship showcase — figured out how to not only survive while other events were being canceled, but thrive.

The traditional Polar Elevator Pitch event puts the onus on students’ charisma and persuasive abilities as they present their ideas for a product or service in person.

Students are allotted two minutes to sell their idea to a panel of faculty, students and members of the local business community. Think of it as ONU’s version of the popular television program “Shark Tank.”

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Ada and area communities well represented in 2020 ONU commencement

Graduates hold degrees in several academic disciplines
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, June 7, 2020

Several dozen students from Ada, Cory-Rawson, Bluffton and acoss Hardin County graduated from Ohio Northern University in May.

Graduates with local addresses are listed below and include several academic disciplines including law, pharmacy, accounting, music, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, biology, civil engineering, political science and theatre.

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ONU fall term will start Aug. 10

Term will end with final exam week Nov. 16-20
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 3, 2020

All academic programs, except law, at Ohio Northern University will begin on-campus instruction on Monday, Aug. 10, with classes held on Labor Day and during the traditional two-day fall break of Oct. 12-13. 

That announcement is on the ONU website. 

The term will end with a final examination week from Nov. 16-20.

Students studying in the College of Law will start on Monday, Aug. 24, concluding on Friday, Nov. 20, and complete their two-week final examination period remotely. 

According to the announcement: “This revised calendar is one way in which the university is following guidance from the CDC regarding the coronavirus”. 

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Ohio Northern University publishes undergraduate research journal

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 3, 2020

The editorial board of Aurora: The Undergraduate Research Journal at Ohio Northern University, announced the publication of its inaugural issue. 

The first issue is titled “Better You, Better ONU: Advances in athletics, public health and safety,”  and it showcases student-authored research using methods in pharmacy, kinesiology, civil engineering, biology and more to address pressing issues.

Among topics are active learning in classrooms, PTSD as a disease, training for increased lung capacity and breath-hold, streetlights and road safety, and a comparative analysis of athletes in soccer and lacrosse.

Both essay-length articles and posters are presented.

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ONU faculty member a national "rising star"

J. Blake Hylton, engineering faculty member, receives 2020 National KEEN award
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering faculty member J. Blake Hylton, Ph.D., has been selected to receive the 2020 National KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network) Rising Star Award.

The honor recognizes faculty members who display an entrepreneurial mindset in their careers as educators and who contribute to the profession in that manner.

Hylton will receive a $10,000 grant from the Kern Family Foundation to advance KEEN’s mission and will receive his award at the 2021 KEEN National Conference.

Hylton, who joined the ONU faculty in 2015, is assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

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ONU alums helping in the reach for the stars

Just ask Dr. Jed Marquart, professor of mechanical engineering
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 1, 2020

FROM ONU FACEBOOK - There is just something about space exploration that people remember. 

Just ask a 60-year-old where they were when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, or someone in their 40s about the Challenger tragedy. You’ll get more than an answer. You’ll get a story about where they were and what they were doing. They’ll even tell you how they felt.

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