May 11, 2011

Spotlight: Faculty & Staff

Pitts speaks on American mass media
Dr. Jonathan Pitts, associate professor of English/professional writing and Fulbright lecturer in American studies, was recently the featured speaker at Erciyes University in the city of Kayseri in Central Anatolia. Sponsored by the U.S. Embassy and working with a translator, Pitts spoke to students and faculty on American mass media and media literacy. The title of his lecture was "American Mass Media: Image and Word."

Free youth football clinic
A free youth football clinic is being offered Saturday, May 14, at ONU’s Dial Roberson Stadium, hosted by the ONU football coaching staff and players. Young athletes will participate in drills and activities conducted by the University’s football coaching staff and players and will have an opportunity to tour the stadium. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. with the clinic from 2 to 3 p.m. Participants are encouraged to stay on the sidelines for the ONU football scrimmage from 3 to 5 p.m. To learn more or to register, contact assistant football coach Devin Russell at 419-772-2588 or d-russell.2@onu.edu

HealthWise Newsletter now online
Topics for May include cancer prevention, skin cancer, over-the-counter pain relievers and sun safety.

Emergency Messaging
Emergency on campus? Classes delayed or cancelled? Sign up for ONU’s emergency text messaging. Just log in to Luminis and look for the box named "Emergency Broadcast Sign-up."

Want weather warnings for Ada? ONU Security uses Nixle.com for these alerts. Go to www.nixle.com for this free service.

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Students in the News

Engineering student receives SMART scholarship
Ohio Northern University student Brooke Hayden, a sophomore electrical engineering major from New Carlisle, Ohio, has received a scholarship through the Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program.

ONU to recognize student leaders
Ohio Northern University will host the 13th annual President’s Leadership Dessert on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. in the King Horn Center’s field house. An evening of fellowship, dessert and awards, the President’s Leadership Dessert is designed by the University to thank and recognize students who have demonstrated leadership potential.

Textbook rentals come to campus bookstore
This fall, Ohio Northern University will become part of a select group of colleges/universities offering students a textbook rental program. This opportunity is made possible thanks to a partnership forged between Ohio Northern University administration and the campus bookstore, managed by Barnes & Noble. With textbook rentals, students can realize tremendous savings, paying less than half of what they would to purchase a new, printed textbook.

Biology majors present at the 120th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science
Ten biology majors presented the results of individual or group research at the Ohio Academy of Science (OAS), held April 16 at Otterbein University. Their research projects were products of either independent study or in-class research.

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Alumni News & Events

Paper published
Jennifer (Srnick) Steele, BA’05, a criminal justice and sociology major, has co-authored a just-published paper on social learning theory. The paper, “Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among US College Students at a Midwest University: A Partial Test of Social Learning Theory” appears on informahealthcare.com She received her master’s degree from Ohio University in 2006, but her interest in social learning theory began at ONU and continued with her thesis research at OU. She came back to ONU to visit the department in 2007 to get assistance with SPSS analytic techniques.    

Alumni Weekend, June 3-5
Robby Golf Tournament, June 5
Chicago Alumni Club Picnic in the Park, June 12
Washington, D.C., Alumni Club, Nationals vs. Orioles, June 19
Athletic Golf Outing, June 24
Dayton Alumni Club, Scavenger Hunt/Picnic, June 25
Columbus Alumni Club, Clippers Game July 8
Pharmacy Golf Day Aug. 12
Dayton Alumni Club, Dragons Game Aug. 17
2011 Homecoming Sept. 30 - Oct. 2

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