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Students honored with Dankook Awards

Ohio Northern University presented Dankook Awards to Chelsea Mack, a fall 2011 graduate from Euclid, Ohio, and Nicholas Baker, a spring 2012 graduate from Loveland, Ohio, in a ceremony prior to the undergraduate commencement on Sunday, May 13.Presented since 1974, the Dankook Award is an annual reciprocal award exchanged between Dankook University in South Korea and Ohio Northern University. The award recognizes students with outstanding records in academics, student leadership, co-curricular activities and service.The selection process begins when each of ONU’s undergraduate deans nominates two students to receive the award. Next, ONU’s vice president of academic affairs selects two students from this pool of eight and sends their names... continue reading

ONU's American Marketing Association places first in national competition

Ohio Northern University’s American Marketing Association (AMA) took top honors in a Strategic Allocation of Business Resources (SABRE) market simulation competition at the AMA International Collegiate Conference New Orleans on Thursday, March 22. ONU was one of 35 universities that participated in the eight-hour competition, including Ferris State University and Johns Hopkins University, which placed second and third, respectively.“Our team competed against marketing students from some of the largest and most prestigious business schools in the country,” said Randall Ewing, associate professor of marketing. “This speaks volumes for our students and the quality of our program here at The James F. Dicke College of Business Administration.”... continue reading

ONU presents Carroll V. Lovett Distinguished Lecture

Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration will present “Moral Courage,” a lecture by Signe S. Gates, as part of the Carroll V. Lovett Distinguished Lecture Series in the Dicke Forum on Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m.Gates is a member of the Board of Trustees at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., and vice chair of the university’s Executive Committee. She also chairs the Board of Trustees for the Peter B. Knock Memorial Music Fund in Rye, N.Y.Gates began her career as a management consultant before working as a corporate attorney with Cummings & Lockwood in Stamford, Conn., and then Tetley Inc. in Shelton, Conn.She worked with General Signal Corporation in Stamford, Conn., from 1985-96, serving... continue reading

Entrepreneurship workshop on social media set

The Entrepreneur Center in Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration continues its entrepreneurship workshops with Matt Brown, who will speak on “Social Media? Is it right for my small business?” in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, March 13, at 5:30 p.m.Brown is president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, president of the Lima Young Professionals, and a marketing specialist with COMSTOR Outdoor Ltd. An award-winning author, he also operates his own insurance company, Personal Insurance, which covers insurance needs for professional and business owners as well as homeowners.In addition to running Personal Insurance, Brown is working with COMSTOR to launch an integrated marketing firm that will strive to help... continue reading

Entrepreneurship workshop topic: business insurance

The Entrepreneur Center in Ohio Northern University’s James F. Dicke College of Business Administration continues its entrepreneurship workshops with Chad Hays, partner/managing agent at Hays Insurance Agencies, who will speak on “Business Insurance: What Kind and How Much” on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m. in the Dicke Forum.Hays, who graduated from ONU in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration, grew up in Celina, Ohio. After graduating, he entered the family insurance business with his father, Bruce Hays, who graduated from ONU in 1971 and started Hays Insurance LLC in 1983. It has since grown to eight employees and two agencies, one in Celina and a second in Ada.The workshop will be preceded by a networking event from 5... continue reading

Grant to fund Entrepreneurial Mindset Program

Ohio Northern University has received a Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) grant from the Kern Family Foundation to support “Saturating the Ohio Northern University Undergraduate Engineering Student Experience with the Entrepreneurial Mindset,” under the supervision of Dr. John-David Yoder, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and Dr. Robert Kleine, associate professor of marketing. This grant supports ongoing University efforts to cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset in all ONU students and support those students interested in becoming entrepreneurs. “Saturating the Ohio Northern University Undergraduate Engineering Student Experience with the Entrepreneurial Mindset” was designed to develop the entrepreneurial... continue reading

KEEN grant received

Drs. J.D. Yoder, professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and Robert Kleine, associate professor of marketing, are the recipients of a $444,580 KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network) grant from the Kern Family Foundation.This grant supports continued work to integrate the educational experience for ONU students with the entrepreneurial mindset. The project includes: continued development of entrepreneurial mindset education efforts at ONU, improving outcomes-based assessment tools for KEEN and strengthening ties to other schools in KEEN.The Kern Family Foundation has contributed a total of $624,565 to ONU since 2006. continue reading

Business Administration honors five with Pinnacle Award

The Ohio Northern University James F. Dicke College of Business Administration has honored five individuals who have made the highest commitment to the business college with the inaugural Pinnacle Award at a banquet held Feb. 3.James F. Dicke Sr., chairman emeritus of Crown Equipment Corporation, and his son, James F. Dicke II, current chairman and CEO of Crown Equipment, along with Robert C. Smith, president and CEO of Spero-Smith Investment Advisers Inc., and former ONU faculty members Roger Young and Roger Goldberg were the recipients of the prestigious Pinnacle Award.“We wanted an avenue to publicly say ‘thank you’ to the people who have made significant and sustained gifts to the college,” said James Fenton, dean of The James F. Dicke... continue reading

ONU students help with tax preparation

Elderly and low-income tax payers in Hardin and surrounding counties can receive free income tax assistance from Ohio Northern University business administration and law students through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).The VITA program offers free tax help to low- to moderate-income (generally $50,000 and below) individuals across the country who cannot prepare tax returns on their own. As part of this program, ONU students have received training and have become IRS certified to help prepare basic tax returns and identify special credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly.From 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from Feb. 14 through April 12 (excluding March... continue reading

Kaitlyn Early receives Financial Executives International Student Award

Kaitlyn Early was one of the fourteen area students who received recognition at the annual Financial Executives International (FEI) Toledo Chapter Student Awards Night held in Toledo, Ohio on November 10, 2011. Ms. Early was acknowledged for her accomplishments as being an outstanding accounting student and was presented a $250 award check from Mr. Robert Kruger on behalf of the FEI Toledo Chapter. A senior accounting major at the Dicke College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University, Ms. Early’s recognition was well deserved as she is presently serving as president of both the Beta Alpha Psi (accounting honorary) and the Institute of Management Accountants student chapters. This past summer, Ms... continue reading