Ohio Northern University welcomed state Sen. David Burke to a National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Legislative Reception on April 14.
More than 50 individuals attended this year’s event, including students; faculty; Dan DiBiasio, ONU president; Steven J. Martin, dean of the College of Pharmacy; and representatives from the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA).
During the reception, students spoke directly with Burke and executives from the OPA, asking questions and discussing their involvement in pharmacy legislation.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music will present the 41st Annual Spring Band Festival on Sunday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts’ Biggs Theatre. The performance will feature a world-renowned guest artist, the Ohio Honors High School Honors Band and the Ohio Northern University Symphonic Band.
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents an evening of music featuring the ONU Wind Orchestra on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will serve as the opening performance for the 41st Annual ONU Spring Band Festival. Festival guest composer and conductor, Patrick Burns, will conduct his well-known masterwork, “Soundtrack.”
Ohio Northern University has been ranked in the top 10 of the “Best Value Colleges in the State of Ohio” in a 2016 study conducted by SmartAsset, a financial date and technology company.
According to the second annual study, ONU placed ninth among all schools in Ohio, finishing with a “College Education Value Index” of 44.56.
According to SmartAsset, the study looked at five factors to determine the best value colleges and universities: tuition, student living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, retention rate, and starting salary.
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law will present the 2016 Carhart Program in Legal Ethics in the Celebrezze Large Moot Court Room on Thursday, April 21, at noon. The program will feature “Zealous Advocacy and Testing Boundaries: The Role of a Criminal Defender” presented by Judge Amul R. Thapar, United States district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
This event is open to the public.
Thapar is the country’s first South Asian Article III judge. President George W. Bush nominated him to the federal bench on May 24, 2007, and the United States Senate confirmed him by unanimous consent on Dec. 13, 2007.
The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents The Broadway Boys on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Freed Center’s Biggs Theatre. Celebrate the 25th season anniversary grand finale with cake in the lobby before the performance.
