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ONU/AMA Students Win Award at National Conference

The Ohio Northern American Marketing Association (AMA) recently traveled to the National Chapter Conference in New Orleans taking eight club members and advisor Professor Randall Ewing. Roughly 1,400 marketing students representing 190 universities were present at this conference. The members were provided with opportunities to excel in their personal and professional lives by means of competitive, educational, leadership, and career activities. ONU students attending the conference were: (front row) Brandi Wilson, Meghan Mahoney, Amanda Winkle, (middle row) Jessica Kyttle, Chelsie Timmons, Nick Coram, Alyssa Ahlers, Kathleen Sponseller, and (back row) advisor Prof. Randy Ewing. The members entered a trade show event where they competed... continue reading

ONU Students Place Second in National Management Competition

Two teams from Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration competed in the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) Case Competition from April 8-11. The first ONU team finished second in the Rutherford Undergraduate division. Its members were Jacquelyn Dunham Waggamon, a senior management major from Lima, Ohio, Melissa Smith, a junior management major from Utica, Ohio, Nicole Fleischman, a junior pharmaceutical business major from Beaver Falls, Pa., Josephine Dunham, a freshman business administration major from Lima, Ohio, and Larry Perry, a senior pharmaceutical business major from Defiance, Ohio. The second ONU team was comprised of Jana Moses, a senior management major from Holland, Ohio, Jared... continue reading

Drs Michele and Paul Govekar will serve as co-Presidents of the North American Management Society

Drs Michele (Professor of Management) and Paul (Associate Professor of Management) Govekar will serve as co-Presidents of the North American Management Association for 2010-2011. The Govekars were elected as co-Program Chairs elect and Membership Chairs for 2008-2009 and Program Chairs of the 2009-2010 NAMS Conference which was held at the Drake Hotel in Chicago in March 2010. continue reading

Posters at the Capitol

Seventeen Ohio Northern University students will be among more than 50 students from northwest Ohio taking part in Posters at the Capitol in Columbus, Ohio, on April 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This marks the third year that students from Ohio Northern will present their undergraduate research in posters at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Amanda Hoersten, a third-year pharmacy student from Delphos, Ohio, and Nicholas Wolters, a second-year pharmacy student from Maria Stein will present “Improved antinociception and decreased withdrawal in buprenorphine-treated mice lacking RGS protein activity at Gai2.” Axel Brandt, a senior in mathematics from Rocky River, Ohio, and Nicholas Erickson, a sophomore in computer engineering from Lima, Ohio,... continue reading

U.S. Congressman to Speak at Ohio Northern University

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan will speak at Ohio Northern University in The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration’s Dicke Forum on Monday, April 19, at 10 a.m. Jordan, who represents the Ohio 4th District, will conduct an economic forum with Dr. David McClough’s macroeconomics class. This event is open to the public. Jordan will also accompany Dr. Jeff Gray, chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, on a tour of the Mathile Center for the Natural Sciences. The center is home to chemistry and biochemistry, two of the institution's signature programs. In addition, Jordan will meet with students enrolled in the ONU College of Law’s LL.M. program in democratic governance and the rule of law Jordan is a fiscal conservative... continue reading

ONU to Introduce Student-run Business, Polar Merchandise

Ohio Northern University will introduce Polar Merchandise, the University’s first student-run business, during a press conference in the Dicke Hall boardroom on Tuesday, April 13, at 3 p.m. Polar Merchandise will sell branded merchandise with optional personalized graphics on more than 200,000 branded products. The company aims to provide students with a laboratory experience in the business world. In developing and executing every aspect of the company, including sales, marketing, budget management, legal issues and financial reporting, students will gain valuable project management skills. Polar Merchandise was founded as a partnership between ONU’s entrepreneurship program and City Apparel in Findlay, Ohio. Andrea Kramer Fetterman, vice... continue reading

David M. Savino selected as Membership & Program Chair for the North American Management Society (NAMS)

David M. Savino is the Membership & Program Chair elect for the North American Management Society (NAMS) for 2010-2011. NAMS is a professional division of the Midwest Business Administration Association (MBAA). The major duties include working to attract more Management and Human Resource research papers to be presented at the annual MBAA International Conference each spring. In addition, the position is charged with coordinating the process of directing submitted papers for peer review for the conference, scheduling presentation sessions, selecting session chairs and session discussants. continue reading

New Student-Run Business Seeks interns

New Student-Run Business Seeks interns Polar Merchandise, the first official student-run business at Ohio Northern University, sells branded merchandise business with optional personalized graphics, 200,000 other items and services both large and small organizations. Polar Merchandise is supported by the well-established City Apparel located in Findlay, OH Current Polar Merchandise interns are Natalie White, Jared Everline, Kathleen Sponseller and Dan Otanicar. These four student interns run Polar Merchandise, making business decisions regarding prices, promotions, salaries, expenses etc-just like you must do in a real business. This new and exciting student run business is looking for committed and passionate marketing/sales and... continue reading

Cardinal Health CEO to Speak at ONU

The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University presents Michael Kaufmann, CEO of the pharmaceutical segment of Cardinal Health, in the next installment of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in the Dicke Forum. Titled “More Than Just Brains,” the lecture is free and open to the public. Kaufmann is a 1985 graduate of ONU’s College of Business Administration. Since beginning his career at Cardinal Health in 1990, he has held a number of senior operational, sales and finance roles, primarily within Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical businesses. He led the company’s pharmaceutical repackaging operation before being promoted to head of retail pharmacy sales and marketing.... continue reading

College of Business Administration Named as One of the Top 111

Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration was named one of the top 111 undergraduate business programs in the U.S. by Bloomberg BusinessWeek in its fifth annual rankings of undergraduate business programs.Ohio Northern, which had not been previously ranked, came in at No. 72 overall. ONU earned high marks in the nine categories used for the rankings, including an A+ in the “Teaching Quality Grade” category and a B in the “Facilities and Services Grade” category.Dr. James W. Fenton Jr., dean of the College of Business Administration, said, “This rating is a reflection of the high quality of work and effort done by our students, faculty and staff. It also reflects the support that we have received from the... continue reading