FROM ONU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FACEBOOK - For the second year, students in the Manufacturing Lab course have taken their individual welding projects and put them together to create a work of art. Last year, it was a dragon. Can you tell what it is this year?
John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth and then serve Ohio for 24 years in the U.S. Senate died on Dec. 8. He was 95.
Ohio Northern's Facebook page recognized Glenn this way:
"Yesterday we lost an icon and pioneer, but we remember the legacy he leaves behind. We thank John Glenn for his service and his heroism. Mr. Glenn was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Ohio Northern University in 2010. Godspeed, John Glenn."
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.
Maria Cronley has been named provost/vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) at Ohio Northern University. She will begin her duties Jan. 12, 2017. Cronley is currently associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs at Miami University in Ohio.
“We are very pleased that Dr. Maria Cronley will be joining the Ohio Northern community in this important position,” said Daniel DiBiasio, ONU president. “Her exceptional experience as a teacher, scholar and administrator will greatly benefit ONU and advance the University's academic mission.”
