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ONU’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, has been named a “Best Chapter of the Year” by the national organization. Out of 749 chapters, the award is given to fewer than 10 universities across the country.ONU’s Pi Iota chapter was chosen as one of five best chapters in schools with enrollments of fewer than 6,000 students.The award recognizes chapters that are active in their departments and exhibit high levels of energy and creativity in furthering the...
Jo Ann Scott, professor of political science, is co-author of an article accepted for publication by the Atlantic Law Journal. The article, titled "Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills Through Mock Trial," is co-authored by Daniel J. Herron and Ruth Wagoner.
An article by ONU faculty, students and alumni is being published in the August, 2012, edition of Tetrahedron Letters, the international journal for the rapid publication of all preliminary communications in organic chemistry.Titled “A direct conversion of carboxylic acids to methylthiomethyl esters using a microwave-assisted pummerer rearrangement with dimethylsulfoxide,” the article is authored by Allison McCarthy, a senior in chemistry from New Washington, Ohio, Russell Spatney, BS ’12 in...
Erica Neely, assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper, “Machines and the Moral Community,” at the AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012, held July 2-6 in Birmingham, England.The conference is a joint meeting of The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour and The International Association for Computing and Philosophy.Neely’s presentation was part of the symposium on the Machine Question: whether an intelligent machine could have moral...
Dr. Phillip Zoladz, assistant professor of psychology, is the recipient of a $2,000 research grant from Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology for the project titled “Temporal Dynamics of Stress Effects on False Memory Production.” The study will test the hypothesis that stress administered immediately prior to learning could enhance long-term memory accuracy rather than facilitate the production of false recall.This is the third Psi Chi grant in which Zoladz...
Forrest Clingerman, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy and religion, is author of a chapter in the just-published book, “Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management,” edited by Christopher Preston and published by Lexington Books. The chapter is “Between Babel and Pelagius: Religion, Theology and Geoengineering.” The book is a groundbreaking collection of essays discussing the ethical issues related to geo-engineering, which is the artificial manipulation of the...
Three musical theatre students, Kayla Burress, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, Layne Schneider, a senior from Dayton, Ohio, and Trevor Dorner, a sophomore from Perrysburg, Ohio, will be joining Lloyd Butler, musical director of the Musical Theatre Program and director of the Freed Center Orchestra, for holiday concerts with the Lima Symphony Orchestra in Van Wert and Lima, Ohio.On June 29, Butler will be conducting the Lima Symphony Orchestra in Van Wert as part of the Lima Symphony...
Paul Nutter, associate professor of technology and advisor to the ONU Campus Lions Club, has been named a Melvin Jones Fellow by Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF)in recognition of his commitment to serving the world community. Named for the founder of Lions Clubs International, Melvin Jones, the fellowship is the foundation’s highest honor. It is a recognition of commitment to humanitarian service.The award was presented by the Ohio Lions at the state convention in Columbus based on...
DJ Pleshinger’s poster presentation won first place at the International Dusty Plasma Conference hosted by Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on May 20-23, 2012. The poster, titled, “Observation of diffusion in a two-dimensional self heated dusty plasma,” was named the top undergraduate poster. DJ, a junior from Bolivar, Ohio, works in the ONU dusty plasma research lab with Dr. Terrence Sheridan, professor of physics.
On May 4, 2012, ONU’s English Department hosted the College English Association of Ohio Conference in the McIntosh Center.Forty-eight people attended the conference from across the state. A number of ONU faculty and students presented papers. Dr. Eva McManus, professor of English, presented a paper "'My youthful travels therein made me happy': Students Meet Shakespeare Across Borders of Time and Place." Dr. John Paul Kanwit, assistant professor of English, assessed...
