Representatives from than 100 organizations were on hand Friday to talk with ONU students about their plans after college.
The fair was designed for students seeking both full and part-time employment as well as co-ops, internships, and admission to graduate and professional schools.
Here, Conner Fleck (left), a mechanical engineering major, chats with Jason Luthman, an ONU ME grad from 2016 who is now with Marathon Petroleum Company.
Marathon, of nearby Findlay, has been a recruiter of ONU graduates for many years as well as a provider of internships and co-ops. The company has been generous in its donations to ONU, as well.
ADA -- A ceremony to name a locker room in Ohio Northern University’s King Horn Sports Center in honor of Beverly “Bev” Daugherty will be held Feb. 4 at 10:45 a.m. She is the late wife of longtime ONU men’s basketball coach Gale Daugherty.
The “Beverly ‘Bev’ Daugherty Memorial Locker Room” is a fitting tribute to an individual who personified devotion and teamwork.
ADA -- John and Tabitha Coler of Philo, Ohio, have made a lead gift to establish The Shrivers Pharmacies and Coler LTC Endowed Scholarship Fund at Ohio Northern University. The endowment will support scholarships for Ohio Northern students majoring in pharmacy and related allied health sciences as well as business who demonstrate financial need and reside in the communities served by Shrivers Pharmacies.
The first scholarship will be awarded during the 2017-18 academic year.
In many ways, this endowment continues the Colers’ gratitude, visionary spirit and emphasis on serving the residents of southeastern Ohio.
More than 100 organizations are expected to be on hand when Ohio Northern University hosts the Winter 2017 Career and Graduate / Professional School Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 27 in the King Horn Sports Center Field House.
The event offers an ideal situation for reporters to gauge the job market and gain the insights of employers, those looking to launch their careers and individuals who are preparing students for the workforce.
The occasion is designed for students seeking both full- and part-time employment as well as co-ops, internships, and admission to graduate or professional schools.
In keeping with the spirit of a capital campaign at his alma mater, Craig O. Pierson and his wife, Kay, of Bowling Green, Ohio, have made an impact on future students at Ohio Northern University and his profession through a recent lead gift to the university’s “Campaign for Engineering: Building Impact at ONU,” an endeavor to fund a new building for the T.J. Smull College of Engineering.
The ONU Observatory will be open to the public when the International Space Station flies by Mars and Venus. The public is invited to view the fly-by from 8-10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27. The observatory is located on the south side of West Lincoln Avenue and east of Klingler Road.
At 8:24 p.m., the space station will rise in the southwest and pass by Venus and Mars, as seen from Ada. The brightness of the space station will be only rivaled by Venus.
After the space station passes, those attending will observe Mars and Venus as well as deep sky objects using the many telescopes at the ONU Observatory.
