Ohio Northern University

All about Afghanistan-U.S. relations

By Monty Siekerman
The Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States, Hamdullah Mohib, met with 10 students from his country while at Ohio Northern Thursday.

The students are here for an advanced law degree, the LLM, which they will receive in May. Later that evening, the Ambassador addressed a general meeting at the law school which was open to the public. He discussed the current state of Afghan-U.S. relations.

Prof. Howard Fenton has administered ONU’s LLM in Democratic Governance and Rule of Law program since its inception here 13 years ago. After this year’s commencement, 30 students from Afghanistan will have received the LLM from ONU.

The annual Cambodian art auction will begin Monday at the law school.. The paintings were created by students at Phare Ponleu Selpak, a performing arts school in Battambang, and proceeds will benefit elementary students at the Cambodian school started by the People Improvement Organization. 

The school provides education, books, uniforms and food to children who lived in the Phnom Penh city dump and surrounding slums. 

Ohio Northern raised $160,645 on Wednesday during a Founders Day challenge. Alumni were contacted about donating to the university on what is annually celebrated as Founders Day. The goal was to gain 600 gifts. A total of 661 alumni made donations.

Friday night feature at ONU Observatory

Ada and the surrounding communities are invited to the ONU Observatory on Friday, April 13, from 9-11 p.m. for "The Galaxies of Spring," according to Dr. Jason Pinkney, observatory director.

"Galaxies are a swirling collection of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter. They are generally difficult to see with telescopes because they are so far away and faint.  During this time of the year, however, the closest concentrations of galaxies are positioned high in the sky by midnight," he said.

Adding: "We will be targeting such galaxies as M66 in Leo and  the "Black eye galaxy" in Coma Berenices for observation with the telescopes.

The scheduled talk by Neil S. Siegel, “Law is not enough,” at noon on Friday, April 13 in the law building has been cancelled.

 

And Heterick Memorial Library is collecting - next week

By Monty Siekerman
Buddy the cat says, “This stuff has to go.”

And, these old electronics will soon be out the door...to Heterick Memorial Library for recycling. Those in the community and on campus may properly dispose of many items by taking them to the library between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, April 16-20.

Nearly all electronic devices are accepted, including computers, laptops, monitors, mice, keyboards, VCRs, DVD players, speakers, CDs, printers, DVDs, computer cables, cell phones, tablets, scanners, battery chargers.

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