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Arts & Science News
Ohio Northern University’s Public Relations Students Society of America (PRSSA) chapter received numerous individual and group awards at the annual national PRSSA conference in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 14-18, and at the Ohio Communication Association (OCA) annual convention earlier in the month. “As a faculty member, I'm very excited to see our students be awarded for the time and effort they put forth in order to grow and gain a deeper understanding of public relations,” said Dr. Alisa...
Ohio Northern University’s Center for Teacher Education will host a professional development program for educators, “Including all learners in a mixed-ability classroom,” in the McIntosh Center Ballroom on Nov. 14, 2011, at 7 p.m.Dr. Cynthia Cardenas-Kolak, of Houston, Texas, will be the featured speaker. Cardenas-Kolak earned her doctorate in educational leadership and cultural studies from the University of Houston. She worked as an ESL specialist and has been involved in the professional...
Ohio Northern University will conduct a debate concerning Issue 2 (Senate Bill 5) on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the ONU Pettit College of Law Large Moot Court room (129). The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by ONU’s College Democrats, College Republicans, and Pi Sigma Alpha, ONU’s political science honor society. Robert Sprague, Republican state representative from the 76th district, and Matt Huffman, Republican state representative from the 4th district and majority...
Drs. Jake Zimmerman, assistant professor of chemistry, and Madhuri Manpadi, teacher-scholar post-doc in chemistry, recently published two articles based on results from their research projects at ONU. Senior Russell Spatney and Aaron Baker, BS ’11, are coauthors on these publications. Spatney is currently a senior chemistry major and plans to attend graduate school next year. Baker is pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Michigan State University.The Zimmeman group studies new reaction...
Ohio Northern University has been chosen to participate in the prestigious Choose Ohio First Programs of Innovation scholarship initiative offered by the Ohio Board of Regents.Choose Ohio First scholarships are multi-year renewable scholarships that vary in amounts from $1,500 to $4,700 annually. (The amount is based on a student’s full- or part-time status.) At Ohio Northern, the scholarships are awarded to promising undergraduates who pursue majors in science, technology, engineering or...
WONB-FM, the broadcast voice of Ohio Northern University, is celebrating its 20th birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 18.Throughout its 20 years, the station’s general manager has been Richard Gainey. Gainey also serves as the head of the electronic media and broadcasting program at ONU. While Gainey’s presence has been a constant at WONB, the student staff is constantly changing. From 1991 through today, hundreds of ONU student voices have been heard on WONB.Not only have the voices of WONB changed...
Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by leading ethnobotanists Dr. Sebsebe Demissew and Dr. Nigist Asfaw in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.The duo’s presentation, “Aromatic Plants, People and Sustainable Use: The Ethiopian Experience,” is part of the Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences program, named in honor of Terry D. Keiser, an ONU alumnus and professor of biological sciences.“I feel...
“Microbiology Case Studies,” a new textbook by Drs. Rodney Anderson and Linda Young, professors of biological sciences, is scheduled to be released in October.The first edition text developed and evolved to meet three pedagogical goals for those studying allied health and are pre-professional. The use of microbiology case studies were modified to maintain their value as tools that result in critical thinking and knowledge retention while providing a more realistic context for preparing future...
Dr. Forrest Clingerman, associate professor of philosophy and religion, was guest speaker at two recent conferences.At the conference "Uncanny Homecomings: Narrative Structures, Existential Questions, Theological Visions," held at the University of Iowa in late August, he presented the plenary paper entitled "Homecoming and the Half-Remembered: Environmental Amnesia, the Uncanny, and the Path Home." The conference was devoted to the study of religion, literature and the arts. ...
Dr. Kenneth Reid, director of freshman engineering and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio Northern University, was recently named to the board of directors of the Technology Student Association (TSA). TSA is a group of middle and high school teachers and students who have either enrolled in or completed technology education courses. TSA’s membership includes more than 150,000 middle and high school students in 2,000 schools across 48 states. These members...
