Resources and events from Ohio Northern University
The statistics are too stark to be ignored: suicide is the third leading cause of death for college-age students in the United States. In 2021, 43.4% of 18 to 29-year-olds experienced symptoms of depression compared to 21% in 2017. That same year, a total of 48.5 percent screened for anxiety compared to 11% in 2019.
With these sobering numbers in mind, and with National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Week to be recognized from Sept. 6-9, Ohio Northern University has planned campus activities and is emphasizing its year-round Northern-centric resources to help mitigate this epidemic.
Elzay Gallery, S. Gilbert St in the Wilson Art Building
Open most Mondays-Saturdays 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Emily Jay is an artist, scholar, and educator from Columbus, Ohio, and currently teaches at Ohio Northern University. She has exhibited internationally, and has been co-director at The Neon Heater Art Gallery in Findlay, Ohio since October 2016.
Utilizing both analogue and digital photographic techniques, paintings, installation, poetry, performance, and book making, her work repurposes the iconography and geometry of Italian Renaissance devotional imagery in order to root the female perspective into historical contexts.
They’ve been characterized as adorable, but they’re also durable and reliable when it comes to state-of-the-art food service. Kiwibot, a robotic sidewalk delivery startup, announces its arrival at Ohio Northern University to offer an affordable on-campus food delivery service for students, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 6.
By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
We learn early in school to find credible sources when writing a paper. Many may remember encyclopedias or going to the library to read a book to take notes. We have become a society of instant gratification with Google or asking Siri or Alexa for an answer.
On August 17 new Ohio Northern students were greeted by GNBs (Good News Bears) and by the university's new president, Dr. Melissa Bauman. Move-in day is a big deal on campus with reverberations around town.
GNBs at the corner of College and Main streets waved welcome signs, received "beep-beeps" of support from truck drivers and greeted everyone who came their way. FYI, this is one of the largest freshman classes to date, with about 677 students and some 400 arriving last Wednesday.
