July 20, 2011

Spotlight: Faculty & Staff 

Mikesell receives SAE International Ralph R. Teetor Education Award
Dr. David R. Mikesell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is one of nine recipients of a prestigious international Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) teaching award for young engineering educators.

Ward named Tau Beta Pi national outstanding advisor
Dr. Robert W. Ward, associate professor of civil engineering and chief advisor to the Ohio Iota Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, is the 2011 Tau Beta Pi National Outstanding Advisor.

ONU representatives present at national engineering conference
Dr. Ken Reid, director of first-year engineering and director of engineering education, and Courtney Hetrick, a senior electrical engineering major from Frazeysburg, Ohio, presented “An Innovative Interdisciplinary Project: Engineering and Nursing” at the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Law course featured by Anti-Corruption Research Network
Competitiveness and Corruption, a course taught at the ONU College of Law by Professor Elena Helmer, is featured as the Anti-Corruption Curriculum of the Month by the Anti-Corruption Research Network (ACRN) of Transparency International. 

Do common loons mate for life?
New research by Dr. Jay Mager, assistant professor of biological sciences, provides some answers.

Mamlyuk quoted on nuclear energy court case
Boris Mamlyuk, assistant professor of law, is quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article on the fate of the Vermont Yankee power plant.

Article to be published
An article by Michael Loughlin, professor of history, "French Antimilitarism before World War I: Gustave Hervé and L’Affiche Rouge of 1905," has been accepted for publication in the near future by the  European Review of History / revue européenne d histoire. The article uses French newspaper accounts and French Ministry of the Interior and Paris Prefecture of Police archival materials to comment on the antimilitarist and antiwar movement in France as it touched on the career of Gustave Herve. This is the fourth article Loughlin published on Herve. He will be working a Herve biography during a fall 2011 sabbatical.

Wells presents program on ‘Legal Aspects of Internships’
Mindi Wells, BSBA ’95, JD ’98, PHR, assistant dean for administration and student services in the College of Law, recently presented on “Legal Aspects of Internships," as part of the Employer Internship Academy sponsored by Collegiate Employ.Net at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Mich.

HealthWise newsletter now online
The July issue of the HealthWise newsletter includes information on seasonal allergies, heat illness and poison ivy, oak and sumac.

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

Textbook rentals come to campus bookstore
This fall, ONU 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.


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Alumni News & Events

ONU Alumni's firms among 'Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces'
Aero-Instruments Co, LLC, owned on Oscar Mifsud, BA '72, BSBA '06, and Lexi-Comp, Inc., owned by Bob Kerscher, BA '70, BSBA '06, are ranked among Northeast Ohio's top workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

College of Business Scholarship Golf Outing and Fishing Charter July 24
ONU Cedar Point Day July 30
Washington, D.C., student/alumni picnic July 30
Pharmacy Golf Day Aug. 12
Cleveland Alumni Club, Cleveland Zoo Aug. 13
Dayton Alumni Club, Dragons Game Aug. 17
College of Engineering Anniversary Celebration Sept. 9-10
2011 Homecoming Sept. 30 - Oct. 2

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