With the last day of final exams on May 13 and commencement ceremonies on May 14, Ohio Northern University is wrapping up Spring semester 2022. Two seniors have been revealed as having worn the big white suit.
Being the Ohio Northern University mascot, Klondike, is such a closely guarded secret that not even the portrayer’s closest friends and family know the truth. A student Klondike is only allowed to reveal themselves upon graduating, so with Commencement right around the corner, we thought we’d help these students step out of the suit one final time and reveal themselves to some of their closest friends.
By Karen Kier, Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team
The Country Song of the Year Grammy was awarded to Love Can Build a Bridge performed by the Judds in 1992. The song was released in 1990 as a farewell after Naomi Judd was diagnosed with a hepatitis C infection. Naomi attended California’s College of Marin to study nursing and became a registered nurse. She worked in the intensive care unit at a Tennessee hospital when she contracted hepatitis C from a needlestick when taking care of a patient. Healthcare professionals are at risk of contracting hepatitis from a needlestick.
With the COVID-19 pandemic altering the health care landscape in numerous ways, recent ONU nursing graduates have been at the first responder forefront.
What have their experiences been like thus far? Two 2021 Ohio Northern University graduates, who are also engaged to be married, offered their thoughts on becoming nurses during these challenging times.
James Fisher, BSN '21, from Castalia, Ohio, is working at the Cleveland Clinic’s medical ICU at Fairview Hospital. Christina Stalla, BSN '21, from North Ridgeville, Ohio, is working at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus on a medical/surgical telemetry unit caring for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses.
Two ONU student fellows from the Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) sat down with outgoing ONU president Dan Dibiasio and asked him to reflect on his tenure on the latest episode of the un-CAPP it! podcast.
