The Inn at ONU, 401 West College Avenue, is hosting Canvas & Cocktails from noon to 3 p.m. on February 5. The event combines the opportunity to create a winter scene on canvas or wood while enjoying a glass of wine or a non-alcoholic beverage.
Artist Nancy Boaz is the instructor. All supplies, instruction and a beverage are included. Reservations and prepayment are required. Choose a project medium: wood ($85.00) or canvas ($70.00). Call 419-772-4266 to reserve a spot.
Ohio Northern University announced that it has received a $1 million gift commitment from 2000 alumnus Dr. Michael Craig Cox, PharmD, MHSc, BCOP.
A cancer researcher and small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor developer, Cox has made the gift to support students, faculty, research initiatives, and science-related programming. The Dr. Michael Craig Cox Endowed Fund for Careers in the Sciences will represent the first alumni-established fund of its kind at ONU.
ONU engineering students put the course in coursework at the first annual ONU Robotics Challenge on Friday, Dec. 10, in the lobby of the James Lehr Kennedy Engineering Building.
Students battled with wheeled robots that they programmed to follow a course made up of a twisting and turning black line. Two robots from competing teams started on opposite sides of the course and the winner was the first robot to make it back to its starting position, or catch up and bump the other robot from behind.
Catch the latest slice of ONU campus life with THE ROAR. In this episode: International Services Advisor, Christopher Caldwell talks about the international students Thanksgiving celebration.
If snuggling up with a good book is part of your holiday plan, faculty members who teach literature and writing at Ohio Northern University have classic and contemporary suggestions for you.
Dr. Melissa J. Baumann has been selected as the 12th president of Ohio Northern University. Her appointment was unanimously approved at a recent Board of Trustees meeting. She will begin on July 1, 2022, succeeding President Daniel A. DiBiasio when he retires at the end of June 2022.
The university’s announcement describes Baumann as “a dynamic and talented leader who has been serving as provost and chief academic officer at Xavier University…. The search committee was impressed by her academic background, leadership accomplishments, and compassionate commitment to student, faculty, and staff excellence at private and public colleges during her more than 30-year career.”