Ohio Northern University senior Lauren Staley, a communications and public relations major from Tipp City, Ohio, received the award for top undergraduate paper at the 78th annual Ohio Communications Association (OCA) Conference at Franklin University held Oct. 4-5.
Staley’s paper focused on research on Calvin Klein and the perception formed through the use of sex in advertising. Staley conducted this research as a part of her communications research class at ONU last spring. Staley was informed in advance that her paper had been chosen for presentation at the conference and was presented the award for the top undergraduate paper this past weekend.
One of the three Ohio Northern University Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) cars that competed at the Midnight Mayhem in Bedford, Ky., Oct. 4-5 took third place in the endurance race.
Professoriate: The University Does Art, a group exhibit featuring recent work by university faculty in Northwest Ohio, will open at ArtSpace/Lima with a reception for the artists from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, November 7.
Michele Govekar, Ohio Northern University professor of management, has been named a Certified Board Advisor by the Center for Strategic Business Integrity.
The CBA designation is granted to a select group of individuals with the responsibility for acting as director of and/or as key advisor to corporate boards. The CBA is responsible for driving robust oversight of any corporate enterprise by deterring, detecting, responding and resolving material corporate negligence in strategic decision-making as well as business irregularities and corruption before the damage is done.
Area high school students will have the opportunity to visit Ohio Northern University during three different events. Prospective students can attend Polar Preview Day on Oct. 17 and Nov. 1, and Experience ONU Day on Oct. 22
On Polar Preview Day, students will have the opportunity to talk with current ONU students about their campus experiences, the college selection process and why they chose to attend Ohio Northern.
Prospective students can also attend academic sessions with the deans of the ONU colleges and discuss ONU with current students in a panel discussion, and parents will have the opportunity to sit in on financial aid sessions. Tours also will be available.
The Ohio Northern University Department of English opens its 2014 Fall Reading Series with author Alissa Nutting in the Elzay Gallery of Art at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. This event is free and open to the public.
Nutting is author of the novel “Tampa” and the short story collection “Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls.” The book was selected by judge Ben Marcus as winner of the sixth Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction. The book is currently a ForeWard Book of the Year Finalist as well as a current Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist for thought-provoking texts.
