MEDIA RELEASE__Ada Community Engagement Day, or ACE Day, is an Ohio Northern University tradition held on the Saturday of Welcome Weekend.

ACE Day provides an opportunity for incoming freshmen to serve the Ada community, their new home for the next four, five or six years. Projects include a variety of tasks, such as painting, gardening, washing fire trucks and more. In 2025, 260 new students and 26 faculty and staff members participated in the festivities.

ACE Day 2026 will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2026.

Registration Here

Students from a variety of majors and programs come together, and, while the sites are not necessarily linked to a particular major, many of our students find the link between service and their chosen academic paths. One student wrote:

I think that it is important to work with others, develop personal relationships and be accepting of everybody. This can be related to my major, pharmacy, in the sense that when working with a patient, it is important to develop close relationships. You want open communication between the patient and yourself, and, no matter what your differences are, you will still have to work with and help them any way you can.

INFORMATION FOR HOST SITES
Do you have service projects around your home, church or business that would benefit from student volunteers from Ohio Northern? Registration will go live soon. The types of projects could range from painting, landscaping, cleaning, washing vehicles or other outside projects. You are responsible for providing all materials, tools and instructions, as well as supervision at your project.

Deadline to sign up as a host site is Monday, August 3, 2026.