Ohio Northern University

A five-member team from Ohio Northern University’s Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) won third place in the Student Case Competition during the 2013 SAM International Business Conference in Arlington, Va., from March 21-24.

ONU competed in the Joseph Bush Trophy Division for undergraduate programs against a number of schools in the international competition. The ONU team, which prepared for two months, presented a case analysis and proposal for future success of Netflix.

State Sen. Cliff Hite will be the guest speaker at the National Community Pharmacists Association’s (NCPA) annual legislative reception at The Inn at Ohio Northern University on Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m.   

Hite will speak on the topics of entrepreneurship and independent pharmacies, current legislation affecting health care, and the importance and opportunities for student involvement in advocacy.

Hite was first appointed to the state Senate in 2011 to fill the unexpired term of state Sen. Steve Buehrer. Prior to his appointment, Hite was elected three times to the Ohio House of Representatives.

Two Ohio Northern University students have been selected as Goldwater Scholars by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

This marks the ninth consecutive year that ONU students have been recognized by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. During this time, 10 ONU students have been selected as Goldwater scholars, and five have received honorable mention.

Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law will present the 2013 Dean’s Lecture on Friday, April 26, at 4:20 p.m. in the Small Moot Court Room.

The program will feature a presentation by Dr. Mark Miller, director of the Law and Society Program and professor of political science at Clark University, called “Constitutional Interpretation and Policymaking: Courts, the President, and Congress in Dialogue.”

Ohio Northern University’s Gospel Ensemble, with special guests Chris Byrd and the Philippian Missionary Baptist Church Choir of Lima, will celebrate its 26th anniversary with a concert in the ONU McIntosh Center Ballroom on Sunday, April 21, at 6 p.m.

Byrd, who serves as minister of music at Worship Center Church in Toledo, Ohio, has traveled nationally and internationally preaching the gospel and ministering in music.

The Ohio Northern University Model United Nations team was presented with an honorable mention delegation award at NMUN•NY 2013, the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference in New York City from March 24-28.

ONU, representing the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, claimed the prestigious honor at the international conference, which draws more than 5,000 students annually and has participants from all over the world. (Approximately 50 percent of the participants are from outside the U.S.) At the conference, the delegations discuss current global issues on 20 selected committees.

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