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Baja SAE team finishes first at 2012 Winter Baja

Ohio Northern University’s Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) team finished first overall at the 2012 Winter Baja competition Feb. 18, 2012, in Lake Linden, Mich.

Hosted by Michigan Technological University, the 2012 Winter Baja featured 48 cars from schools such as Virginia Tech, the Univiversity of Michigan, and South Dakota School of Mines. Although a relative lack of snow made track obstacles smaller this year, race organizers compensated by incorporating a half-acre skating rink into the course, where chains or studded tires are not allowed.

Published: Tue, 03/13/2012 - 8:30am

Law student elected governor of sixth circuit of ABA’s law student division

Zachary L. Berkstresser, a first-year student in Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law, has been elected governor of the Sixth Circuit of the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division (ABA/LSD). He will be sworn in at the annual Board of Governors meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 15.

Published: Fri, 02/17/2012 - 5:18pm

‘Tuition Freedom Day’

Ohio Northern University will recognize Tuition Freedom Day on Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the McIntosh Activities Room. Tuition Freedom Day is the hypothetical day where the University stops running on tuition dollars and begins to run solely by donations from outside parties.

Tuition covers only 65 percent of ONU’s operating costs for the year. The University relies on donations from alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents and supporters of Ohio Northern to cover the rest. Tuition Freedom Day was created to educate students about the generosity of donors.

Published: Wed, 02/15/2012 - 4:52pm

Panhellenic Council recognized at national conference

ONU’s Panhellenic Council received seven awards at the recent Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values (AFLV) Central Fraternal Leadership Conference held in conjunction with the National Black Greek Leadership Conference in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 9-12, 2012. Together, the events bring together more than 2,000 participants for networking and idea sharing. It is the largest gathering of undergraduate fraternity and sorority leaders from councils and chapters in the United States.

Published: Wed, 02/15/2012 - 1:07pm

Student-run PR firm finishes first in national competition

Ohio Northern University’s student-run public relations firm, True North PR, garnered first place in a national competition sponsored by Theatrics’ Mass Participation TV. The competition’s goal was to develop a grassroots campaign that used traditional and non-traditional methods to produce an increase in auditions for “Beckinfield,” a new online web series.

Under the supervision of Dr. Kathie Fleck, visiting instructor in public relations, the firm was awarded $2,000 after finishing in the top spot with Loyola University New Orleans.

Published: Fri, 02/10/2012 - 2:35pm

Pharmacy students commissioned, receive scholarships from U.S. Air Force

Published: Tue, 01/31/2012 - 5:00pm

Published: Mon, 01/23/2012 - 12:11pm

Three receive scholarships

Three ONU students have been awarded scholarships from the Order of Omega.

Shana Tachikawa, a senior in journalism from Powell, Ohio, has been awarded the Patrick W. Holloran Scholarship while Jillian Schwerer, a senior in middle childhood education from Whitehouse, Ohio, and Tiffany Olberding, a pharmacy student from Minster, Ohio, have been awarded the Dr. Kent L. Gardner scholarships.

Published: Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:49am

ONU to host sixth annual mock trial competition

Ohio Northern University’s mock trial program will host the sixth annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament from Jan. 14-15. The competition will take place at ONU’s Pettit College of Law, Hill Building and Dukes Memorial. More than 400 students from 26 colleges and universities representing 25 states will participate in the tournament.

Published: Mon, 01/09/2012 - 3:55pm

Habitat sets winter trip

ONU’s Habitat for Humanity chapter is taking its first winter break trip with five students and an advisor working in New Orleans, La., from Dec. 31 to Jan. 7. The students will be working with Project Homecoming because the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity did not have spaces available for the winter break.

Published: Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:37pm