Arts & Science News

Roepke Appointed to Subcommittee

Dr. Tena Roepke, associate professor of mathematics/education and director of the Center for Teacher Education, has been appointed chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee of Ohio's Educator Standards Board.

Professors Present Partnership South Africa at Conference

Dr. Sandra Crosser, professor of education, and Dr. Diana Garver, assistant professor of education, made a presentation titled "Partnership South Africa: Making a Global Connection" at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education (AILACTE) annual meeting and extended conference, Feb. 5-6 in Chicago. The presentation describes the innovative teacher-training project connecting ONU personnel and teacher education alumni with teachers in an isolated,...

Chemistry Professor Awarded Research Grant

Dr. Jake Zimmerman, assistant professor of chemistry at Ohio Northern University, has received a $50,000 grant from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) through the Undergraduate New Investigators Program. This funding will support a laboratory research program at ONU over the next two years. The grant money will fund summer research stipends, supplies and equipment. Zimmerman and his research team will pursue groundbreaking research that could lead to...

Ohio Northern Student Awarded Third Place in National Art Scholarship Competition

Ohio Northern University senior Stephanie Rader was recently awarded third place in the prestigious Kappa Pi International Art Honorary scholarship competition. Stephanie, who is majoring in art/art education, submitted a portfolio containing five works to a selection committee at the national office in Mississippi. A native of Mt. Cory, Ohio, Stephanie is proud to have been chosen for the award. “I create artwork to be an educational, inspirational, or engaging fusion of imagery and...

Teaching English in Afghanistan

Colonel John J. Smith, West Point professor of English, will discuss "Teaching English at the Military Academy of Afghanistan and the Situation There" in the Ohio Northern University Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. Presented by the ONU Phi Beta International Forum, the event is free and open to the public. A 1981 graduate of ONU, Smith will speak on his experience teaching English in Afghanistan and the situation in this war-torn country. Smith originally believed he was...

Study Links Burglary Reduction to Increase in Alarms Systems

Seungmug Lee, Ph.D., ONU visiting assistant professor of criminal justice, is author of a study that finds residential burglar alarm systems decrease crime. Researchers at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice in Newark, N.J., analyzed five years of crime data provided by the Newark Police Department.Lee said, "Data showed that a steady decrease in burglaries in Newark between 2001 and 2005 coincided with an increase in the number of registered home burglar alarms." He added, "The...

‘Cabaret’ Heats up ONU Stage

The Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts presents the Tony Award-winning musical "Cabaret." Performances begin Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., with a pre-show discussion at 7:15 p.m. Additional performances take place Thursday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. All showings will be in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre. Set in Berlin in 1929, "Cabaret" follows the...

Dance Company Collaborates with Verb Ballets

Verb Ballets joins forces with the Ohio Northern University Dance Company for an evening of contemporary dance in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Jan. 31. A pre-show discussion begins at 7:15 p.m., followed by the performance at 8 p.m. A second performance takes place Sunday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. Visceral and dynamic, the event promises to be a breathtaking display of sheer physicality. Verb Ballets will perform several pieces, including the familiar "Bolero." The...

Senior chosen to attend prestigious violent crime behavior seminar

Carissa Stinson, a criminal justice and psychology double major from Perry, Ohio, has been chosen to take part in the prestigious Violent Crime Behavior training seminar in Manassas, Va., from June 8-19. The seminar is presented by the Academy Group Inc., a forensic behavioral science company that helps local and federal agencies with consulting, training, research and investigation. Former FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood, whose work in behavior profiling helped to establish the FBI Behavioral...

ONU Student Honored by U.S. Department of Energy

Ohio Northern University student Michalena Grosshans, a senior biology major from Idaho Falls, Idaho, won third place at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science 2008 Science and Energy Research Challenge. Grosshans garnered third place for her bioforensic methods of detecting Brucella abortus, a bacterium that causes Brucellosis in wildlife and can be used as a biowarfare agent. The prize includes a $1,000 scholarship. She participated in the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship...