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Arts & Science News
Ohio Northern University's baccalaureate degree program in nursing (BSN) has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Accreditation is valid for five years with a mid-point continuous improvement progress report.
To receive this distinction, the ONU program met four accreditation standards. The standards include three program quality areas: mission and governance; institutional commitment and resources; and curriculum and teaching learning...
Dr. Kofi Nsia-Pepra, visiting assistant professor of political science, will give a presentation to the Ohio Northern community titled "Responsibility to Protect: Why were Darfurians Denied Protection" on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 7-8 p.m. in Dicke Hall room 230. The presentation is part of the annual Phi Beta Delta International Forum.
Nsia-Pepra will discuss his belief that governments who endorse "sovereignty as responsibility" have an obligation to protect the suffering...
Dr. David Smith, associate professor of geography at Ohio Northern University, has been invited by the deputy foreign minister of Iran to attend the 16th International Conference on Central Asia and the Caucasus. Smith will travel to Teheran, Iran, for the event, which will be held Oct. 28-29.
The convention is subtitled "Confrontation in the Caucasus: Roots, Dimensions, Applications." Recent developments in the Caucasus, the geopolitical region between Europe, Asia and the Middle...
Dr. Marc Bekoff will deliver a lecture to the Ohio Northern community titled "Animal Passions, Beastly Virtues and Wild Justice: Reflections on Redecorating Nature." Bekoff's presentation, which is part of the Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences, will take place Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
Bekoff is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. With Jane Goodall, he co-...
The Ohio Northern University men's chorus and women's chorus will perform their first concert of the year in the Snyder Recital Hall of Presser Hall on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.
This year, the men's chorus has more than 80 members (representative of several different majors at ONU), as well as community members, alumni, faculty and staff of the University. This is the largest membership for the chorus since its founding six years ago. The chorus has combined with men's...
The Ohio Northern University dance program has been awarded an American Masterpieces: Dance-College Component (AMD-CC) grant.
The $10,000 grant will be used to reconstruct choreographer Donald McKayle's "Games" at ONU in October 2009. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) with Dance/USA, "Games" will serve as the centerpiece of a trio of dances including student-choreographed pieces...
Dr. Steven C. Amstrup, world-renowned polar bear researcher, will speak on "Polar Bear - Climate Change Sentinel" at a public lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
ONU is one of only four universities in the nation with the polar bear as a mascot. The ONU community, with concern over the polar bear's placement on the endangered species list, has put together a yearlong series of events to draw attention...
The Ohio Northern University Alumni Jazz band will reunite for an afternoon of music and memories on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
The Alumni Jazz Band was founded in 1991 by the late Dr. Edwin L. Williams as a way to showcase some of ONU's best jazz band alumni. For more than 30 years, ONU jazz bands have held campus-wide auditions, drawing members from all professional fields - music, pharmacy, education, engineering, law and more - and turning...
Tony Award-winning actress Victoria Clark will present a master class for Ohio Northern University theatre, musical theatre and music students on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre.
Clark received a 2005 Tony for "Best Leading Actress in a Musical" for her performance as domineering mother Margaret Johnson in "The Light in the Piazza." She garnered rave reviews for her virtuoso performance, including a 2005 Drama Desk Award and...
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the dance program at Ohio Northern University, dance alumni will collaborate with current members for a performance that pays homage to the program and revisits favorite performances. The Freed Center for the Performing Arts will host two showings: Saturday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. There will be a pre-show discussion on Oct. 11 at 7:15 p.m.
Returning alumni will share their expertise as teachers, dancers and choreographers....
