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Saxophone and guitar duo performs Thursday

Posted by Icon K on Monday, March 11, 2019

Duo Montagnard, consisting of Joseph Murphy on saxophone and Matthew Slotkin on guitar, will present a concert featuring original repertoire for those two instruments at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in Presser Hall at Ohio Northern University. The performance is free and open to the public.

The duo formed in 2002 and has performed more than 300 concerts in all 50 states and 20 countries.

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Distinguished!

ONU College of Pharmacy honors three grads
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy recently honored three alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards. This was the 10th year that Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented by the College of Pharmacy. 

David W. Bobb, a 1977 graduate; Suzanne Amato Nesbit, a 1984 graduate; and Joel M. Weaver, a 1968 graduate, were recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments and their contributions to ONU.

David W. Bobb
David Bobb is a pharmacist, attorney and retired United States Air Force colonel with experience in both the civilian and federal health care management sectors.

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ONU nursing program makes its mark

Ranks 7th among 93 RN programs in Ohio
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Nurses make an impact in their endeavors, and Ohio Northern University continues to make its mark in preparing nursing students for their careers.

RegisteredNursing.org recently ranked ONU’s nursing program seventh among 93 RN programs in Ohio.

The ranking analyzes several factors and is based largely on students’ passage rates on the NCLEX-RN exam over a five-year period, from 2014 through 2018.

College graduates need to pass the NCLEX exam to become practicing registered nurses (RN). The ONU nursing program’s five-year passage rate on the NCLEX nursing board exam is 96.6 percent.

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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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