The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents a faculty concert featuring Dave Kosmyna, associate professor of music, in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building on Monday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Kosmyna will be accompanied by Pamela Ashmore, ONU lecturer of music, on piano and Tyler Graves, a 2011 ONU graduate, on trumpet. The program includes Vivaldi Concerto in C for two trumpets, Arutunian Trumpet Concerto, and Sachse Concertino in Eb for cornet. The second half will feature the classic jazz of Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton with guests Alex Belhaj on guitar and James Dapogony on piano.
The 2014-15 Ohio Northern women's basketball squad looks to challenge for an OAC championship and return to the NCAA Division III tournament. Last season the Polar Bears went 23-6 and 14-4 in the OAC for a third place regular season finish. For the third straight season, ONU went to the championship game of the OAC Tournament, and for the second consecutive year the Polar Bears advanced to the NCAA III Tournament.
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 20th annual ONU Holiday Spectacular from Thursday, Nov. 20, to Saturday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m.
In addition, there will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.
The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy will conduct its annual Professional Commitment Ceremony in the ONU Sports Center on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 10:30 a.m.
Ronda Lehman, chief operating officer of St. Rita’s Professional Services, will be the guest speaker at the event, which marks the transition from the students’ first three years of ONU pharmacy education to their final three professional years.
The Ohio Northern University Department of Music presents an instrumental ensembles concert in the Snyder Recital Hall in the Presser Building at 8 p.m. today. The event is free and open to the public.
The concert will feature several instrumental ensembles in a wide variety of music. To open the program in a spirited fashion, Dale Laukhuf, low brass instructor at ONU, will present the ONU Brass Ensemble performing “Ceremonial Music” by William Mac Davis.
The Ohio Northern University Board of Trustees has elected Oscar J. Mifsud as chair of the ONU Board of Trustees for a two-year term, and Daniel Walker was retained as vice chair of the board for a two-year term at its October meeting.
ONU President Daniel DiBiasio said, “Oscar Mifsud is the perfect fit to lead the Ohio Northern Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Judy, have made life-long commitments to the University and have shown this with their leadership, numerous contributions and endless support for ONU.”
