Successfully exercising that time-tested New Year’s resolution to get in shape requires a realistic approach and reasonable expectations, advises Scott Swanson, Ph.D., associate professor of exercise physiology at Ohio Northern University.
“It is important to find something that works for you over the long run,” Swanson said. “People tend to start out strongly with something they cannot sustain. The joke is that you will see 100 new faces in the gym during January, but, by February, things will look the same as before.”
Swanson suggests some feature of a successful fitness plan.
Ohio Northern University faculty member Katherine Krynak’s zeal for animals has led her to a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship opportunity in South America. Krynak, assistant professor of biology, has been selected to study in Ecuador for three months beginning March 2017.
Krynak’s study, “Effects of Introduced Trout on Glassfrogs of Ecuador and the Relationship to Amphibian Disease Susceptibility,” has the potential to make a positive impact on the region’s environment and people.
Ohio Northern University continues to fulfill its mission of preparing students for rewarding careers and lives of purpose, as indicated by the placement rates for the most recent graduating class.
According to the University’s Office of Polar Careers, 94 percent of students who graduated in 2016 have found employment or are enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.
This number is consistent with recent years, with 93 percent of graduates finding work in 2015 and 95 percent of graduates the year before. In all, 98 percent of the graduates of the class of 2016 reported on their status this year.
Marathon Petroleum Company LP, which is headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, recently made a gift of $5,000 to the Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering as part of Marathon’s Adopt-A-College program. The funds will be used to support student organization activities in ONU’s College of Engineering, particularly student design competitions.
The Ohio Northern University Jazz Ensemble will present a concert, “New Stompin’ Grounds,” at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 in the McIntosh Center Bear Cave. Admission to the concert is free.
The concert will feature tunes from the great bands of Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Thad Jones, Maynard Ferguson and more. The ONU Student Jazz Combos will be led by Gene Parker, adjunct instructor in jazz studies and leader of the “Thursday Night Jazz Jams” at Viva Maria Restaurant in Ada.
The Bear Cave has been recently updated and has a club atmosphere, and acoustics are ideal for a jazz band.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents “Gaudete: The It’s Not Quite Christmas Yet” concert, performed by the ONU Wind and Symphony orchestras, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 10.
The program begins with the ONU Wind Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Thomas Hunt. The group will present four pieces: Ron Nelsons’ Lauds, Yasahide Ito’s Gloriosa, David Gillingham’s Providence, and Robert Reynolds’ arrangement of Morten Lauridsen’s famous O Magnum Mysterium.
