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Striking the happy notes

Posted by Paula Scott on Sunday, April 16, 2023

Check out the ONU Steel Band’s spring concert, on Friday April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Presser Hall. It’s free and open to the public.

When you hear the strains of a steel drum band, you’re instantly transported to a happier place and relaxed state of being.

“The best word I can think of is infectious,” says Dr. Sarah Waters, professor of music. “You see and hear the joyful playing, and that joy comes through to you.”

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Bretz appointed dean of Getty College of Arts & Sciences

Posted by Staff on Saturday, April 15, 2023

Ohio Northern University Provost and V.P. of Academic Affairs, Julie Hurtig, Ph.D., announced that Stacey Lowery Bretz, Ph.D., has been named the next dean of Ohio Northern University’s Getty College of Arts & Sciences. She will begin as dean on June 19 and will succeed Chris Bowers, Ph.D., who has been serving as interim dean.

“We’re so pleased to welcome Dr. Bretz to our Ohio Northern University community,” says President Baumann. “As an accomplished educator and administrator who cares deeply about student success, we’re confident she will lead and guide the Getty College of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with faculty and staff, ever forward in strengthening the college’s current programs while moving forward in innovative ways to meet the needs of tomorrow’s students and employers.”

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Ohio Academy of History panel discussions open to public

Posted by Staff on Thursday, April 13, 2023

Ohio Northern University will host the Ohio Academy of History’s Annual Meeting this Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, in the Dicke College of Business Administration building, 525 S. Main St., Ada.

Social studies and history students from ONU will assist with running the event. The public is welcome to attend the panels.

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Pianist Nicholas Roth performs in Ada on April 14

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, April 12, 2023

On Friday evening, April 14, guest artist Nicholas Roth will present a piano recital at 8:00 p.m. in Snyder Recital Hall in Presser Hall on the campus of ONU. Mr. Roth will perform works by Bach, Busoni, Schumann, Scriabin, Blumenfeld, Barbour, and Griffes.

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ONU to inaugurate President Melissa J. Baumann, Ph.D.

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Ohio Northern University will celebrate the inauguration of its 12th president, Melissa J. Baumann, Ph.D., during an investiture ceremony to be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in King-Horn Sport Center’s field house. The public is invited to view this private campus event via livestream on the University’s website at www.onu.edu.

A week-long inaugural celebration will also include other events for the campus community, such as a “Women in Leadership Panel,” a chapel address from Bishop Gregory V. Palmer and an Alumni Service Day. April 12 will also include ONU’s Founder’s Day Celebration, an annual day of giving that assists ONU’s students by advancing scholarship, research, the arts, athletics, and more.

The inauguration formalizes President Baumann’s Ohio Northern journey that commenced in July 2022, when she succeeded retiring President Daniel DiBiasio. Since arriving to campus, President Baumann has directed intensive campus-wide endeavors intended to maintain the University’s strong academic offerings while flexibly positioning it for future exceptionalism. ONU’s five-year, student-focused Stronger Together Strategic Plan represents the institution’s “north star” moving forward. A campus master plan is also being developed that will embrace a transformative structural vision to best serve students’ evolving educational and extracurricular needs.

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Student Carmen Mancuso interviews professor David Kosmyna

Posted by Staff on Sunday, April 2, 2023

By Paula Scott

“You never know where your journeys are going to take you”--David Kosmyna

Ada High School graduate and ONU political science and public relations major Carmen Mancuso interviews Dr. David Kosmyna, ONU Professor of Music and Program Lead of Music at Ohio Northern University in a new video available on YouTube.

Between Two Bookshelves Season 2 Episode 7 is a studio interview and casual Q&A session between the student and professor. 

Kosmyna talks about his music background, including quitting piano lessons and an unfulfilled desire to play the accordion. Practical considerations–the fact that his uncle had a trumpet sitting unused in a closet–led to his learning to play the trumpet.

Mancuso inquires about the path that led him to secondary education and to Ada, Ohio. A native of Toledo who is now restoring a home in the historic Old West End, Kosmyna always expected to become a teacher, but had many different interests including art as well as music.

The professor’s story involves a number of unexpected opportunities seized and the influence of Star Wars, libraries and old New Orleans Jazz on his personal and professional pursuits.

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