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Ohio Northern University’s symphonic band to perform

The Ohio Northern University symphonic band, Northern Winds, and the All-Ohio Honors Band will perform as part of the Spring Band Festival XXXVIII in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m.

The 70-member Northern Winds will perform a concert that features “Overture to Candide” by Leonard Bernstein and “Abram’s Pursuit” by guest conductor David Holsinger. The program also includes John Mackey’s “Xerxes” conducted by Samantha Riedlinger, a senior music education major from Sycamore, Ohio.

ONU nurse practitioner receives Affiliate New Professional Award from ACHA

Deb Schwaiger, a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) in the Ohio Northern University Health Center, has received the Affiliate New Professional Award from the American College Health Association (ACHA). ACHA is a national nonprofit association that represents the interests of college health professionals and the campus communities they serve.

Presented for the first time in 2002, this award recognizes ACHA members who have provided service to the field of college health for three years or less and who have made significant contributions to their institutions and/or affiliate. Schwaiger is a member of the Ohio College Health Association, an ACHA affiliate.

Ohio Northern University’s NCPA business plan team wins competition

Ohio Northern University’s National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Business Plan Team won the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) third annual Innovative Student Business Plan competition at the 135th OPA Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, on April 13.

ONU captures two gold, one bronze award in National Robotic Challenge

Teams from Ohio Northern University’s Department of Technological Studies garnered two gold awards and one bronze during the National Robotics Challenge at the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio, from April 11-13. 

The first gold award was captured by an ONU team that designed, fabricated, programmed and fully documented a robotic work-cell that utilized a raw materials parts feeder, conveyor, CNC turning center, KUKA robot, and Allen Bradley PLC to autonomously control and manufacture finished chess pieces.

ONU students to receive ASCP honor awards

Two Ohio Northern University students in the West Central Ohio Medical Laboratory Science program have received the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) National Student Honor Award. Jen Tabar, a senior biology major from Hinkley, Ohio, and Stephen Pavlock, a post-baccalaureate certificate candidate who received his Bachelor of Science from West Virginia University, will be presented with a certificate from the ASCP at ONU’s graduation celebration on May 10.

ONU art and design seniors to exhibit capstone projects

The Ohio Northern University Elzay Gallery of Art presents the art of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts seniors from Monday, April 22, to Sunday, May 5. The students’ portfolios also will be on display during the closing reception of the senior BA/BFA exhibition, Saturday, April 27 at 1 p.m.

“This experience serves as the crowning point of the students’ education,” said Brit Rowe, associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design. “Students know how to build a body of work. They know how to think about its connection to the broader world. They know how to integrate principles, theories and methods learned in courses in an applied context.”

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