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Ohio Northern University senior Ben Roselieb, a broadcasting and electronic media major from Wauseon, Ohio, has been selected to participate in the International Radio and Television Society Summer Fellowship Program in New York City. Roselieb is the seventh ONU student selected to participate in this Fellowship over the past 15 years. More than 1,000 applicants nationwide applied for the fellowship. In the past, IRTS has accepted 30 fellows, but this year, the number of accepted fellows was...
Senior chemistry majors Joshua Judkins of Selma, NC, Sonya Adas of Waterville, OH, Jeff Wilson of Carnegie, PA, Lisa Meyers of Leipsic, OH and Sam Manzer of Ada, OH recently traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Conference.
ACS holds a national conference every six months, alternating between the east and west regions. The students from ONU fundraised throughout the year in order to attend the 237th National Conference in the west region. While in...
In Ada, Ohio, it is not often that one might get the opportunity to work with a traditional Mexican dance instructor. Thanks to the Fulbright Scholar Program, however, six students are getting to do just that.
Juan Manuel Guerra-Hernandez received a grant to teach traditional Mexican dance in an effort to bridge the cultural gap between Mexico and the United States. He has been here since the end of January working with senior management major Katie Rumbaugh of Wooster, OH, junior biology...
Ohio Northern University junior Katherine Feldhues, a youth ministry and sociology major from Milford, Ohio, has been honored with the 2009 Charles J. Ping Student Community Service Award from Ohio Campus Compact.
Feldhues received a $250 legacy grant as part of the award. Dr. Kendall L. Baker, Ohio Northern University president, nominated Feldhues in recognition of her work as coordinator of the Ada Friends program.
"Katie is a wonderful example of students taking initiatives to...
Ohio Northern University was awarded the Lambda Psi chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) Honor Society for International Geography this year and will have its first induction ceremony this Honors Day on May 9, 2009.
Charter members will be: Stephen Borden, a sophomore in history from Columbus, Ohio; Mathew Boutin, a senior in biology from Lima, Ohio; and Kevin Sigg, a senior in civil engineering from Maumee, Ohio.
Members of GTU have met academic requirements and share a background and...
Donald J. Abraham, Ph. D., will deliver the Ohio Northern University's 2009 Kritzler Lecture, titled "How to Win a Nobel Prize," in Meyer 107 on Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m.
Abraham's lecture will open the door to understanding the nature, personality, work, personal lives and the influence of the discoveries of several Nobel Prize-winning scientists, many of whom Abraham has worked closely with throughout his career.
Abraham is the Alfred and Francis Burger emeritus...
Donald J. Abraham, Ph.D., will give the 2009 Kritzler Lecture on Wednesday April 15th at 7 PM in Meyer 107. The talk is entitled "How to Win a Nobel Prize." This lecture will open the door to understanding the nature, personality, work, personal lives, and the influence of the discoveries for the good of our world of several Nobel Prize winning scientists that the speaker has known and worked closely with throughout his own distinguished career. Take home messages from these...
Ohio Northern University senior James Gallagher, a physics major from Medina, Ohio, has been selected as a 2009 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Excellence in Education Program. This marks the fifth consecutive year that ONU students have received this honor, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
During summer 2008, Gallagher participated in the Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates at the...
A summer in Hawaii would appeal to most people as a vacation destination. For Mandi Dodson, however, an internship opportunity at the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command/Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC/CIL) was even more lucrative.
A fourth-year student from Amherst, Ohio, Dodson is working to complete majors in forensic biology, criminal justice and French. Her advisor, Dr. Dennis De Luca, met a scientist from JPAC/CIL at a convention and began testing the waters for internships. As it...
Ohio Northern University's Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi garnered the prestigious "Governor's Cup" award at the North Central District Convention, held March 27-29 in Toledo, Ohio.
This the first time the Sigma chapter has won the Governor's Cup, the highest honor that Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band fraternity, gives to its chapters. It is awarded based on the strength of a presentation, plus the completeness of a binder and extensive questionnaire. ONU'...
