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ONU women’s and men’s track teams continue national rankings

Posted by Icon K on Saturday, February 16, 2019

ONU women’s and men’s track and field teams continue their national rankings this week. Here’s an update on both teams.

Women’s team

The Ohio Northern women's track and field program moved up 31 spots this week to No. 25 on the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association indoor national power rankings, the national office announced Tuesday afternoon.

In the fourth weekly power rankings, the Polar Bears earned 31.67 team points.

Washington (Mo.) resides atop the power rankings list with 164.43 points. Meanwhile, Williams (Mass.) and Loras (Iowa) sit second and third with 124.42 and 103.07 points, respectively.

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Playing by the rules

Now showing in the Elzay Gallery on the ONU campus
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, February 15, 2019

Exhibition celebrates the use of self-imposed constraints on the creative process and the surprisingly innovative results that can occur.

Playing by the Rules: Artists Creating Under Constraints features the work of 6 national and international artists who have used self-imposed rules in their creative process, be it comics, short stories, paintings, or haiku’s.

The exhibit is in the Elzay Gallery of the Wilson Art Center on the ONU campus.

These artists were members of Matt Madden’s online course, Build Your Own Labyrinth offered through the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the works on view are samples of the results of this course.

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Funderburg scholarship established at ONU

In honor of couple’s daughter
Posted by Icon K on Thursday, February 7, 2019

ADA – Beth and Dennis Funderburg of Dayton have established a scholarship fund to help ensure that future Ohio Northern University students receive the same high-quality educational experience that prepared their daughter for a successful career in medicine.

Andrea (Funderburg) Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from ONU in 2000. She continued her education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and is now a practicing physician in Cincinnati.

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Night to Shine prom event for people with special needs

Ohio Northern University students assisting
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Ohio Northern University students are assisting with the annual “Night to Shine” prom event for people with special needs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Feb. 8 at Lima First Church, 1660 Findlay Road, Lima.

It is anticipated more than 140 individuals will attend the event, and approximately 150 ONU students will be involved in the evening. They include students from areas such as Greek Life, Sigma Iota Epsilon management honor fraternity, the football team, religious life and education majors.

Each ONU student has a buddy for the event, and all come dressed in prom apparel for the big night out.

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ONU students to help area residents with tax preparation

Volunteer income tax assistance - VITA
Posted by LizGH on Monday, February 4, 2019

Taxpayers in Hardin and surrounding counties can find free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).

The VITA Program offers free tax help to persons who generally make $54,000 or less who need assistance in preparing their tax returns. As part of this program, ONU students receive training and become IRS-certified to help prepare basic and intermediate tax returns and identify special credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly.

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Future of plastics

Kritzler Lectureship in Chemistry Tuesday
Posted by LizGH on Monday, February 4, 2019

Marc A. Hillmyer will discuss “How sustainable polymers can shape the future of plastics” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,  Feb. 5, in the Forum of James F. Dicke Hall at Ohio Northern University. He will give a second, technical lecture, “Renewable, degradable and high-performing aliphatic polyester elastomers,” at 11 a.m. on Feb. 6 in Meyer Hall 204.

Both talks are part of the Kritzler Lectureship in Chemistry Series at ONU, and they are free and open to the public.

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