A photography exhibit titled “March to Freedom” is now on display at the Elzay Gallery from now through April 6. The exhibition is presented in collaboration The University of Texas at Austin and the LBJ Presidential Library.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, joined other civil rights leaders including to lead peaceful demonstrations and conduct nonviolent acts of civil disobedience publicizing the need for equal rights, including a national voting rights law.
Four Ohio Northern students have completed training to join the University Innovation Fellows program, which is run by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.
The students, who are enrolled in ONU’s Smull College of Engineering, are Connor Hull of Algonquin, Ill.; Matthew Schweinefuss of Liberty Township, Ohio; Georgia Snelling of Findlay; and Matt Walker of Hilliard.
The program encourages student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.
Students who are selected for this program are sponsored by faculty and administrators and selected through an application process twice annually.
The engineering college recently honored Chris Claypool and Lee Stockton with Distinguished Alumni Awards. Claypool, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1972, is past president and current CEO of Claypool Electric Inc. in Lancaster. Stockton earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1961. He spent 43 years working for Price Brothers (now Hanson Pipe and Precast) in Dayton.
The Ohio Northern University Music department will present a faculty voice recital at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 in the Presser Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The recital, titled “Love, Birds and a Meat Ball,” will feature artists Kirsten Osbun-Manley, soprano; Lance Ashmore, baritone; and Pamela Ashmore, piano. The program will include an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary songs, and other favorites from composers as diverse as Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, Stephen Flaherty, J.S. Bach and Claude Debussy.
Klondike is 95 years old today. He keeps a youthful glow. ONU ‘s favorite bear finally got a name in 2006 when the student body voted for the name Klondike. The mascot is seen at many events throughout the year.
The ONU College Democrats will sponsor a town hall meeting with two candidates at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Dicke Building. Local residents are invited to attend.
Rob Richardson is a candidate for state treasurer while James Neu, Jr. is vying for a spot to run against incumbent Bob Latta for Ohio’s 5th district.
