By Monty Siekerman
The Ada Icon asked some pertinent questions about the proposed College of Engineering Building at ONU. Here are the questions we asked and the responses from their communications office:
• Where will the new Engineering Building be located on campus?
North of Heterick Library and east of the Pharmacy Building, which is an area mostly used for parking at the present time.
Ohio Northern University Heterick Memorial Library staff members Kathleen Baril and Kelly Kobiela delivered a presentation, “Community Engagement: Renovating Space with Participatory Design,” at the Academic Library Association of Ohio’s annual conference in October. Baril is director of the library, and Kobiela is systems librarian.
The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy recently conducted its annual Professional Commitment Ceremony in the ONU Sports Center.
Dr. Chet Kaczor, Ohio Pharmacists Association president elect and director of pharmacy services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, was the keynote speaker at the event. He spoke on “Passion, Purpose and Positivity: Your Prerogative.” Kaczor earned his doctor of pharmacy from ONU’s College of Pharmacy in 2006.
The event marks the transition from the students’ first three years of ONU pharmacy education to their final three professional years in the direct-entry program.
A holiday tradition continues with the upcoming performance of Ohio Northern University’s 22nd annual “ONU Holiday Spectacular” musical extravaganza. The show will be presented in ONU’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Nov. 19. It also will be presented at the Lima Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, with matinee performances at 2 p.m. on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4.
The Ohio Northern University Music Department will present an instrumental ensembles concert at 8 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the Presser Hall Snyder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The concert will feature the flute choir and flute quartet under the direction of faculty member Erin Torres; percussion ensemble and steel drum band under the direction of faculty member Renee Keller; string ensemble under the direction of faculty member Florin Simioanca; and a presentation of Aaron Copland's chamber work, “As it Fell Upon a Day,” featuring Jordan Loyd, senior music performance major.
The American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation has made a gift of a $50,000 grant to Ohio Northern University in support of the University’s “Campaign for Engineering: Building Impact at ONU.” The campaign supports construction of a new 105,000-square-foot engineering building.
ONU recently announced that a total of $11.8 million has been raised during the quiet phase of the campaign toward a total fundraising goal of $15 million.
“We are appreciative of the AEP Foundation’s support of Ohio Northern’s campaign effort,” said Shannon Spencer, ONU vice president for advancement.
