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Award-winning show ‘How to Be a Respectable Junkie’

Presented at The Freed Center, free and open to the public
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, March 4, 2019

“How to Be a Respectable Junkie,” a play by Greg Vovos, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at Ohio Northern University. The event is free and open to the public.

Winner of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for Playwriting in 2018, “How to Be a Respectable Junkie” follows the true story of Brian, a heroin addict in his 30s who decides he’s going to take his life so that he no longer has to destroy the lives of those around him.

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ONU Panhellenic Council recognized

For its educational programming - There are four chapters of national social sororities at Ohio Northern. In all, approximately 500 students are involved in sororities and fraternities on campus.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, March 3, 2019

Ohio Northern University’s Panhellenic Council was recently recognized for its educational programming.

The group earned a three-star award from the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values (AFLV) for the Council Compass program. Panhellenic Council is the governing body for sororities at ONU.

The council was touted for its efforts to utilize an annual assessment of the community to guide programming efforts. Endeavors have focused on civic engagement, risk management and professional development.

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Fulbright Scholar will teach in Japan

ONU English faculty member Jonathan Pitts
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 28, 2019

Jonathan Pitts, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Ohio Northern University, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Japan for the 2019-20 academic year.

He will teach at American Keio University and Hitotsubashi University in the Tokyo area and lecture in the East Asia and Pacific region. His previous Fulbright award was to Turkey, where he taught in the American Literature and Culture Department at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, from 2010-11.

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The engineering brain competition  Feb. 28

Nearly 500 students from more than 20 high school teams will compete
Posted by LizGH on Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Nearly 500 students from more than 20 high school teams, including many from the region, will compete in the TEAMS competition from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 28 in the King Horn Field House at Ohio Northern University. The theme of the event is “The engineering brain,” and the local competition is sponsored by the ONU College of Engineering.

You are welcome to cover this event, which should make for outstanding photo, video and interview opportunities as area students show off their engineering skills while exploring career fields.

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ONU student acts as Russell Wilson's body double in Super Bowl commercial

Then came the hard part – keeping the secret until the commercial aired
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The Super Bowl may be three and half weeks behind us, but this story involving Wilson's and an ONU student in the making of a Super Bowl commericial is worth re-telling.

From the ONU website - Appearing in a Super Bowl commercial with an NFL superstar – it just doesn’t get more unexpected than that.

But that’s exactly what happened to Ohio Northern University student Mark Niles Jr.

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Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra performs Feb. 28

Posted by LizGH on Monday, February 25, 2019

The Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday,  Feb. 28, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Music Director Antoine T. Clark will conduct a program titled “British Wind Band Classics,” featuring works by William Walton, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Gustav Holst, Gordon Jacob and Percy Grainger. Erin Helgeson Torres, flute instructor at ONU, will feature as soloist on Martin Ellerby’s “Neapolitan Serenade.”

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