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Eleven undergraduate students from Ohio Northern University have been selected to participate in the Hanyang University Summer Program for 2011.These students, who leave June 23, will spend four weeks in summer studies at Hanyang University in South Korea. Students from each of the University’s four undergraduate colleges have received fellowships for 2011. In addition, two exchange students also have been chosen for the program.This is the fifth year for the exchange agreement between...
Ohio Northern University has been awarded a grant from Husky Energy to support the Multiple Intelligence (MI) Ready College Preparedness program. As one of the activities honoring 125 years of refinery operations in Lima, Ohio, ONU received the grant at the Allen County Museum on June 12.A partnership program between Ohio Northern University and Lima Senior High School of Multiple Intelligences, the MI Ready College Preparedness Program focuses on helping students prepare for and...
Dr. Ray Person, professor of religion, and Dr. Forrest Clingerman, assistant professor of philosophy and religion, recently participated in the biennial meeting of the European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment, May 21-24, at the University of Chester, UK. The conference was titled "Animals as Religious Subjects: A Transdisciplinary Conference."Clingerman presented "Butterflies Dwell Betwixt and Between: Non-human Animals, Theology and Dwelling in Place." Person’s...
Ohio Northern University presented the Dankook Award to Kyle R. Stinehart, a 2011 graduate from Pemberville, Ohio, and Kyle S. Simmons, a 2011 graduate from North Lawrence, Ohio, in a ceremony prior to the undergraduate commencement on Sunday, May 22.Presented since 1999, the Dankook Award is an annual reciprocal award exchanged between Dankook University in South Korea and Ohio Northern University. The award recognizes students with outstanding records in academics, student leadership, co-...
Thirty administrative officers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who have completed Ohio Northern University’s two-year Prison Management Certificate Program will be recognized on Sunday, May 22, at 8:30 a.m. in Presser Hall. Following the official ceremony, a brunch will be served in the Pettit College of Law’s Hanson Reading Room at 10:30 a.m.In addition to receiving certificate of completion, the administrative officers will receive medallions and recognition for completing an internship or...
Melissa M. Straub, a senior biology and pre-medicine major with a minor in public health from Canfield, Ohio, has been awarded the 2011 Catherine Freed Leadership Award at Ohio Northern University.“I was so surprised when my name was read for the award,” Straub said. “It is such an honor to be among the ranks of the women who have received this award before me, women who I have looked up to for so long. I am very thankful for this amazing recognition.”While at ONU, Straub has been active in...
Dr. Jay Mager, assistant professor of biological sciences, is co-author of “Marking Loons, Making Progress,” a cover story in the current issue of American Scientist.Along with Dr. Charles Walcott, professor emeritus of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University and Dr. Dr. Walter Piper, professor of earth and environmental sciences at Chapman University, Mager reports on striking discoveries about the social behavior and communication of common loons revealed by a low-tech approach -...
Ohio Northern University student Mark W. Blowers, a junior music education major from Toledo, Ohio, was awarded the Presser Scholar Award at ONU Honors Day on May 7. The award includes a $4,800 grant.The award is given to a student who shows excellence in academics and passion for music. In order to present the scholarship each year, the University must have at least 40 undergraduate music majors enrolled in the program. The recipient must have at least one-third of their credit hours in an...
The Ohio Northern University Math Department recently hosted the Tenth Annual High School Math Awareness Day. The full day of events included math seminars, conducted by ONU professors and math majors, and a symposium on “Careers in Math” hosted by the ONU Math Department. The math seminars were “Elm Tree Math” by senior mathematics major Molly Eickholt, from Dublin, Ohio, “Stats All Folks” by Dr. Ryan Rahrig and “Quaternion Mittens” by Dr. Bill Fuller. The symposium was lead by...
Ohio Northern University will host the Sakae Institute of Study Abroad, a preparation program for Japanese and Chinese students who will begin studies at U.S. high school, colleges and universities in the fall, from July 7 through Aug. 10.Twenty-two students will take part in this summer’s institute, now in its eighth year at ONU. Taught by ONU faculty, the students will practice reading, writing, listening and speaking in English, take short academic courses on a variety of topics, and learn...
