Ohio Northern University

ONU sets record with 94 percent placement rate of 2013 graduates

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The Polar Careers Office at Ohio Northern University has announced a record 94 percent placement rate for students who graduated in 2013 according to its six-month assessment report. The new mark is up 2 percent from last year for those students who reported placement.

Ninety-six percent of the class of 2013 participated in the placement report; this number is up 3 percent from last year and sets a new standard for ONU.

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Spectacular! - the show you've waited all year for coming to Freed Center

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the 19th annual Holiday Spectacular from Thursday, Nov. 21, to Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m.

In addition, there will be performances at the Civic and Convention Center in Lima, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m.

The show is underwritten in part by the DeBow and Catherine Freed Endowment for the Arts and Kewpee Hamburger.

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ONU prof, students present papers at Frontiers in Education conference

Posted by Eli Garmon on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

ADA — Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University director of engineering education, presented “Development of a Classification Scheme for ‘Introduction to Engineering’ Courses” at the 2013 Frontiers in Education Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla., in October.

The completed classification scheme is expected to help better define introduction-to-engineering courses for students who transfer between institutions and for proposals dealing with study in the first year of engineering.

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ONU English Department welcomes poet Jonterri Gadson

Posted by Eli Garmon on Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Ohio Northern University Department of English completes its 2013 Fall Readers series with poet Jonterri Gadson in the Elzay Gallery of Art on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m.

Along with ONU students Jessica Cogar, a junior creative writing major from Madison, Ohio, and Lucas Campbell, a junior creative writing major from Hilliard, Ohio, Gadson will read poetry at the event, which will be preceded by a reception at 7 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.

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ONU presents author of ‘The Faces of Lee Harvey Oswald’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 11, 2013

Author Scott Johnson will discuss his book, “The Faces of Lee Harvey Oswald: The Evolution of an Alleged Assassin,” in Ohio Northern University’s McIntosh Ballroom on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The event, sponsored by ONU’s Department of History, Politics and Justice and ONU’s Cultural and Special Events committee (CASE), is free and open to the public.

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