Karl W. Reid, Ed.D., CDP, a leading national advocate for diversity and inclusion will be the featured speaker for Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering as part of its Spotts Lecture Series. The free, public event will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21 at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.
Reid, Northeastern University’s senior vice provost and chief inclusion officer, will discuss “Pursuing Mastery by Working Smarter, and Why it Matters.”
The Ohio Rural Health Association (ORHA) is forming a young professionals group to provide networking, mentoring and additional educational opportunities to newer and soon-to-be pharmacists in rural settings.
Volunteering to chair this effort is ONU fifth-year pharmacy major Carmen Bowers, an Indianapolis native whose strong family ties, including with her mother who works in the pharmaceutical lab industry, have nurtured her passion for helping others.
Ohio Northern University’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is again offering free income tax preparation for community members who make about $58,000 or less annually.
In turn, this service enables ONU’s Dicke College of Business Administration students to receive practical training with tax preparation software and interpersonal communication, and to become IRS-certified to help prepare basic and intermediate tax returns. Students also gain experience in identifying and helping clients claim special credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly, which can significantly influence filing outcomes.
Lebanese-American poet Ruth Awad will be Ohio Northern University’s English Reading Series’ first spring semester guest. Her free, public reading will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15 in the Wilson Center Elzay Gallery of Art.
If Ohio Northern University’s sesquicentennial celebration was a song, what would it sound like? Adjunct music instructor Jonathan Wey has been commissioned to answer that very question. A lifelong musician and composer, Wey didn’t hesitate when asked if he’d be willing to create a choral arrangement to commemorate the University’s 150th anniversary.
Titled “Of Hope and Remembrance,” the piece will debut at the University Singers’ spring concert scheduled for April 29.
A 2021 cancer study conducted by Ohio Northern University and The Ohio State University professors is calling into question a prevailing treatment mindset regarding heart dysfunction, which could have implications for future cardiac care.
