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Ohio Northern Student Awarded Third Place in National Art Scholarship Competition

Ohio Northern University senior Stephanie Rader was recently awarded third place in the prestigious Kappa Pi International Art Honorary scholarship competition.

Stephanie, who is majoring in art/art education, submitted a portfolio containing five works to a selection committee at the national office in Mississippi.

A native of Mt. Cory, Ohio, Stephanie is proud to have been chosen for the award.

Published: Fri, 02/13/2009 - 4:22pm

Students stay 'Up 'til Dawn' for St. Jude

UTD Cameron Mooney is 4 years old. He is like most 4-year-olds in that he loves candy, rolling around on the floor, and being constantly in motion. But one thing makes Cameron different from most children his age: he has already battled cancer.

Cameron, from Bluffton, Ohio, was a patient at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., where he was treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Published: Mon, 02/09/2009 - 12:43pm

ONU Hosts Mock Trial Invitational Tournament

Ohio Northern played host to the third-annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament at the ONU Pettit College of Law Jan. 17-18. A total of 46 teams from 34 colleges and universities in 13 states participated in the tournament, with teams traveling from as far away as California, Florida and Mississippi to compete.

Published: Thu, 02/05/2009 - 11:29am

Pharmacy Majors Put Knowledge into Practice

Fifth-year pharmacy majors Catherine Taylor and Samantha Cunningham understand the importance of putting their clinical knowledge into practice. Taylor, from Powell, Ohio, and Cunningham of Adena, Ohio, proved their pharmaceutical prowess in Ohio Northern University's Clinical Skills Competition. Not only did they win the local competition, they secured a spot at the National Clinical Skills Competition in Orlando, Fla.

Published: Wed, 02/04/2009 - 11:43am

ONU Law Students Travel to Iceland

Iceland law exchange Six Ohio Northern law students recently traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland, as part of the Ohio Northern College of Law's Icelandic Legal Exchange Program. While there, they toured a jail, the Supreme Court, and the parliament building.

Pictured are some of the students holding Icelandic legal books presented to them for inclusion in ONU's law library.

Published: Mon, 02/02/2009 - 11:15am

Pharmacy Students Visit Lexi-Comp

Lexi-Comp field trip Sixteen ONU pharmacy students along with Dr. Sekhar Mamidi, assistant professor of pharmacy practice and an advisor of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists, visited Lexi-Comp in Hudson, Ohio, on Friday, Jan. 19.

Lexi-Comp, according to its Web site, is "an industry-leading provider of drug information and clinical content for the health care industry."

Published: Mon, 01/26/2009 - 12:44pm

Entrepreneurs Pitch Ideas

Ohio Northern University's Collegiate Entrepreneur's Organization presented the Winter 2009 Idea Pitch Competition on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in the Dicke Forum.

This contest gave burgeoning entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch ideas and concepts for new businesses, technologies or products. Through the support of the Kern Family Foundation, cash prizes of $200, $100, and $50 were awarded to the winning ideas.

Last fall's idea pitches can be viewed at www.youtube.com by searching for keyword "ONUEntrepreneurCntr."

Published: Mon, 01/26/2009 - 12:35pm

Senior chosen to attend prestigious violent crime behavior seminar

Carissa Stinson, a criminal justice and psychology double major from Perry, Ohio, has been chosen to take part in the prestigious Violent Crime Behavior training seminar in Manassas, Va., from June 8-19.

Published: Wed, 01/21/2009 - 11:45am

Pharmacy Students Participate in Patient Counseling Competition

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Patient Counseling Competition was held in ONU's pharmacy building on Friday, Jan. 9. A large number of pharmacy students counseled mock patients in 15-minute increments throughout the day, competing for the grand prize of an all-expenses-paid trip to the National APhA-ASP meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in April.

Catherine Taylor, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Powell, Ohio, took part in the competition, and said she thought the experience would have been beneficial to pharmacy students in all years.

Published: Wed, 01/21/2009 - 11:43am

Allen County's First Baby of 2009 is a Polar Bear

Eunice Ayele Assiongbon-Foly, born Jan. 1 at 1:43 a.m., is the daughter of ONU engineering student Raymond Assiongbon-Foly and his wife, Catherine.

Raymond, a junior in electrical engineering from Lima, Ohio, said he is happy with the honor, but glad that he doesn't "have to wear any sashes for it," since he describes himself as a "reserved person."

Published: Wed, 01/21/2009 - 11:36am