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Giants in the fields on hand at King-Horn

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 11, 2016

Photos and story by Monty Siekerman
Here, they are folks, giants in their fields:

• Tommy Laswordfish
• Kevin Duranteater
• Shaquille O'Seal

They (and one other who happened to eat a coach later) were on hand at halftime of the ONU men's basketball game on Wednesday evening at King-Horn.

Not a basketball shot scored, but the halftime entertainment scored many smiles from the spectators.

The giant inflatable characters danced, tumbled, then went into the audience with their antics.

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University’s annual Spotts Lecture to focus on ‘Creative Collisions’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, February 11, 2016

John Nottingham, co-founder and co-president of Nottingham Spirk, and Jason Ertel, engineering program director for Nottingham Spirk, will be the featured speakers for the Ohio Northern University Spotts Lecture in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. The duo’s speech, “Creative Collisions,” is free and open to the public.

Nottingham is the co-founder and co-president of Nottingham Spirk (NS), a leading business innovation firm with nearly 1,000 commercialized patents. The Nottingham Spirk “Vertical Innovation” process has helped client/partner companies earn more than $50 billion in combined sales.

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Pharmacy student receives Northwest Ohio Pharmacists Scholarship

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Shayla Siefker, a fifth-year Ohio Northern University pharmacy student from Ottoville, Ohio, was named the Northwest Ohio Pharmacists Association (NWOPA) Scholarship award-winner for the 2015-16 academic year.

NWOPA officials presented Siefker with a $750 scholarship award at an awards ceremony in Lima, on Jan. 28. Students were evaluated on several metrics, and judges blindly selected the winner from a pool of nine other finalists.

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"Picnic" coming to Freed Center stage Feb. 18-20

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Picnic” from Feb. 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. There also will be two matinee performances on Feb. 20 and 21 at 2 p.m.

William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Picnic” is set in an idyllic small town in Kansas with two houses, one backyard and change in the air. The play was first performed on Broadway in 1953 and was adapted into a motion picture in 1955.

The play is directed by Brian Sage, assistant professor of theatre for the theatre arts department at Ohio Northern University. 

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Fifth annual Polar Plunge set for Feb. 13

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The Alpha Eta chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity at Ohio Northern University will hold its fifth annual Polar Plunge philanthropy event in the Polar Bear Pond outside the ONU Sports Center on Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.

More than 150 students and members of the community will brave the elements to take the plunge into the frigid waters of Polar Bear Pond.  There will be food and drinks at the event, including tasty Kewpee burgers and delicious hot chocolate.  All proceeds from the event will benefit the America Red Cross.

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Pianist Jeong-In Kim performs in Presser Hall Feb. 15

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, February 8, 2016

 The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present guest pianist Jeong-In Kim at the Snyder Recital Hall in Presser Hall on Monday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

One of 10 pianists to perform at the 2014 Emil Gileles Foundation Festival in Freiburg, Germany, Jeong-In enjoys a rising career as both a solo and collaborative pianist performing throughout the U.S., South Korea, China, Italy, Canada and Germany.

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