Dr. Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University associate professor of technology, is serving as entrepreneurial lead on a National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Teams project under a $50,000 grant received by Old Dominion University Research Foundation.
Jao will oversee “I-Corps L: Transforming an Innovative Embedded Design Educational Training System into a Commercially Available Product.” ONU’s portion of the grant is $6,000, which will cover Jao’s effort on the project. The additional grant money covers travel expenses related to the project. Jao previously worked with the Old Dominion team as a consultant.
Twenty Hardin Leadership participants will be recognized for completing the nine-session program on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Plaza Inn Restaurant, 491 S. Main St., Mt. Victory.
Gathering begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner buffet beginning at 6 p.m. Representing the class with the “Class Reflections” will be Merleen Barnes of Kenton. The annual meeting for Hardin Leadership Inc. will take place following the graduation so former graduates are encouraged to attend.
The Twice Ten Art Club reconvened for the kickoff of its 2015-2016 program year on Oct. 8.
Gail Gillham hosted and Darlene Johnston gave a presentation on Slam Poetry. Members then wrote and presented some amazing poems.
The Twice Ten Art Club is a women’s organization that was founded in 1902 and meets once a month to discuss, learn about, and appreciate the arts. Every year, Twice Ten offers two scholarships to students majoring in art, music, literature/writing or theater in college.
Imagine spending the night in a pitch-black, abandoned, 119-year-old prison, one with a reputation for being haunted. Now imagine doing this willingly, and paying good money for the opportunity, too.
MORE CREEPY PHOTOS AT BOTTOM OF STORY.
That’s what plenty of sane people do at the Ohio State Reformatory, the huge, castle-like structure in Mansfield that famously lent its brooding, forbidding presence to the hit 1994 movie, “The Shawshank Redemption,” starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
