Journalist Martin Sieff, who has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for international reporting, will discuss “Donald Trump and the World” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 at the College of Law. The talk is is free and open to the public.
Sieff also will address ONU’s students at noon on May 3 at the law school. This lecture is also open to the public.
Since Donald Trump’s election, Sieff has toured the United States, putting on seminars for admirals and Air Force generals about how Trump will respond to international crises. Wednesday’s “Donald Trump and the World” is the same talk he has given to the admirals and generals.
Four teenage Romanian musicians, all of whom are string players, are visiting ONU this week to share their skills.
Anamaria Joldea and Estera Racz will present a recital at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 in Presser Hall. Radu Kis and Maria Marica will perform as soloists with the Ohio Northern Symphony at 7:30 p.m. on May 6 in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Joldea and Racz also will perform with the symphony during the concert.
The Romanian students will attend classes, lessons and rehearsals while interacting with ONU students and faculty members throughout the week.
The ONU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will cap the 2016-2017 academic year with a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 4 in the McIntosh Center Bear Cave. The event is free and open to the public. The ensemble and combo will perform everything from hard-driving swing, Latin, rock and funk charts, to lush ballads and soulful blues.
Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Fly me to the Moon...or maybe Venus.
Engineering students showed off their work at a senior design showcase last Tuesday in Mcintosh Center. One such project: design of a solar-powered glider for Venus.
Students worked in teams throughout the year on projects ranging from wastewater pump stations, to gloves for cyclists, dairy farm efficiency, a robot that finds objects, and many more.
Alumni from industry came back to campus to judge the various projects on the engineering involved and how well the students could explain their innovations.
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law ranks first among Ohio law schools for first-time bar passage.
In the results for the February bar exam released by the Ohio Supreme Court on April 28, 2017, Ohio Northern University ranked first among Ohio law schools in first-time bar passage with a rate of 88 percent, which is well above the statewide average of 66 percent.
ONU senior Leah Casey won the Bruce Chesser Award for ceramics at this year's ArtSpace/Lima annual juried exhibit. The award is named in honor of Prof. Chesser, retired faculty member who specializes in ceramics.
Leah, originally from Seville, Ohio, is pursing a B.F.A. degree in studio arts with a 3D concentration, an option in art therapy, and a B.S. degree in psychology. She is a member of the Arts and Sciences Student Advisory Council and president of the Kappa Pi art honorary.
