Students from 85 high schools in 10 counties will display their projects at the Mathile Center on Saturday morning during the annual Science Day held at Ohio Northern for many years. Winners will advance to state competition. ONU science faculty members and students in PAWS (Professional Association of Women in Science) will serve as judges.
Dr. Diana Garlough, ONU assistant professor of education, will speak at the World Literacy Summit in Oxford, England, on March 27. She is chair of the Department of Education and the accreditation coordinator for teacher education at ONU.
Her presentation involves “Moving the race/culture discussion forward in classrooms” and uses a framework meant to promote racial healing through honesty, empathy, advocacy and action. “The framework I will present is one means of helping teachers feel comfortable talking about race in classrooms,” Garlough explained.
Judy Greavu, ONU art professor emerita, has had a sculpture accepted for display in Lakeland, Fla. The sculpture was one of 10 selected from 65 proposals for display along Lemon Street from now until the end of 2018.
Lakeland lives up to its name with two lakes in the heart of town with many pieces of sculpture near the water’s edge. Sculpture also can be found at a nearby park in the center of town as well as along downtown streets.
The Ohio Northern women's track and field team was picked to win the Ohio Athletic Conference outdoor title in the preseason coaches poll voted on by the leagues 10 head coaches.
The Polar Bears received 81 points and five first place votes in the poll.
Mount Union was picked to finish second with 69 points and three first place votes, while Otterbein rounded out the top-3 with 65 points and the final two first place votes.
Northern won the team title last season for the first time in eight years.
So does Cathy Jenks, an ONU graphic design major from Elida, who created a poster encouraging all who use toxic pesticides to find a better solution. Yesterday was Learn about Butterflies Day, although there are none of the beautiful creatures here presently due to continued freezing temperatures. Her poster, zeroing in on the Monarch butterfly, came about in a persuasive design course.
Five Ohio Northern student-athletes were named Scholar All-America in wrestling for 2017-18 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
Seniors Gavin Nelson (Oregon/Clay) and Alex Bair (Centerville), junior Clayton Davidson(Kirtland), sophomore Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) and freshman Alex Kowal(Cincinnati/Bishop Fenwick) all earned the honor.
The five honorees is the most in ONU program history. The Polar Bears were also named a Scholar All-America team and ranked 19th nationally with an impressive 3.47 team GPA.
