The music department will present the Ohio Northern Symphony concert “Glory, War and Peace” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Freed Center. The concert will feature a world premiere by guest composer Nathan Pangrazio.
The suite is in reference to the Civil War and will include several movements.
Pangrazio is an Emmy-winning composer with an extensive background in classical training as a composer, a pianist, a choral conductor and a singer. He was recognized at an early age as a remarkable and prodigious composer, and at 15 he was commissioned to write his first piece that achieved widespread attention.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team will open its 2017 season Sept. 1-2 at the Geneva (Pa.) Tournament under 19th-year head coach Brent Ridenour.
The Polar Bears will then return home to host Wittenberg on Sept. 6 at Kerscher Stadium.
ONU will host the annual ONU Invitational Sept. 8-9, Ohio Wesleyan on Sept. 13, Rose-Hulman (Ind.) on Sept. 23 and Anderson (Ind.) on Sept. 26 in non-conference action.
The Ohio Athletic Conference portion of the schedule kicks off on Sept. 30 when Ohio Northern travels to Mount Union.
The Polar Bears will also play host to Capital, Heidelberg, Wilmington and Marietta in OAC action.
The ONU Wind Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. onSaturday, Feb. 25 in the Freed Center.
The ONU Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Thomas A. Hunt, will present “Raising the Bar,” a program of challenging music for winds and percussion, including works by Persichetti, Barnes, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gordleli and Dvorak.
The program features the ONU Dance Company, choreographed by Liz Cozad, lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, as well as student soloists Maggie Bittner, a senior music education major from Perrysburg, Ohio, and Jessica Wise, senior music performance major from Troy, Ohio.
The No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the Mount Union Raider Tune Up Meet hosted by Mount Union in Alliance on Saturday .
The meet is comprised of nine schools .Field events and track events are set to begin at noon. Northern made its debut in the fourth weekly USTFCCCA top-25 power rankings, coming in at No. 24 .
Senior Lucas Shumate and sophomore Ian McVey both posted first place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team at the All-Ohio Championships.
Taylor Wohlgamuth, a senior psychology major from Ohio Northern University, donated stuffed polar bears to the pediatrics unit at Lima Memorial on Feb. 16.
The donation was part Taylor’s involvement in Mortar Board, a national honor society recognizing college seniors for their exemplary scholarship, leadership and service.
Funds were raised through the Reindeer Run, a Christmas-inspired 5K on Ohio Northern’s campus.
“My goal was to do something that would help put a smile on the face of children,” stated Wohlgamuth. She felt the local hospitals would be a great outlet to do this.
