Jan. 16, 2013

Vol. 5, No. 2
Jan. 16, 2013

Top Stories

Sebok Lecture to feature top cardiovascular pharmacogenomics expert
Julie A. Johnson, V. Ravi Chandran professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Florida Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine as well as director of the University of Florida Center for Pharmacogenomics, will be the guest speaker during the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy’s fourth annual Sebok Pharmacy Lecture in ONU’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m.

‘Romeo and Juliet’ comes to Freed Center
Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Romeo and Juliet” by National Players in the Stambaugh Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 7:30 p.m.

ONU to host seventh annual Polar Bear Invitation Mock Trial Tournament
Ohio Northern University’s mock trial program will host the seventh annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament from Jan. 19-20. The competition will take place at ONU’s Pettit College of Law, Hill Building and Dukes Memorial. More than 300 students from 24 colleges and universities representing 12 states will participate in the tournament.

ONU to present 'The Soul Rebels'
Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present The Soul Rebels Brass Band in the Stambaugh Theater on Friday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is being held in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week at ONU.

Entrepreneur workshop series to tackle small business taxes
The Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) at Ohio Northern University continues its entrepreneurship workshop series in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The workshop will be preceded by a networking event at 5:30 p.m. The workshop will follow the networking event and conclude at 7 p.m.

College of Law introduces new clinical programs
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law has announced two new programs within the college’s clinical offerings that will further assist individuals in Allen and Hardin counties.

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Spotlight: Faculty & Staff

Law professor attends, participates in international conference
Michael W. Lewis, professor of law, attended and participated in a conference titled “The Boundaries of Battlefield: A Critical Look at the Legal Paradigms and Rules of Countering Terrorism” at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) - The Hague in The Netherlands from Jan. 10-11.

New text is primer on personalized medicine
“Pharmacogenetics, Kinetics, and Dynamics for Personalized Medicine,” a new text, will be available Feb. 14. The authors are David F. Kisor, PharmD, RPh, professor of pharmacokinetics, chair, department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences at ONU, Michael D. Kane, Ph.D., associate professor of computer technology at Purdue University College of Technology, Jon E. Sprague, Ph.D., RPh, professor of pharmacology and Dean of ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy, and Jeffery N. Talbot, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology at ONU.

Journal article deals with PTSD treatment
Philip Zoladz, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, is coauthor of an article titled "Differential effectiveness of tianeptine, clonidine and amitriptyline in blocking traumatic memory expression, anxiety and hypertension in an animal model of PTSD" published in the journal "Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry."

Math article published
Khristo Boyadzhiev, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, is author of an article, “Close Encounters with the Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind," published in the October, 2012, issue of “The Mathematics Magazine.”

Completes degree
Chris North, Ph.D., associate professor of communication arts, has completed a master's of public health in health promotion and education at Wright State in December.

Learn to Swim Classes
Registrations are now being accepted for swim classes for ages 4-12. Two sessions of learn to swim classes will be offered March 10, 17, 24, April 7, 4 in the ONU Natatorium.

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Students in the News

Student-athlete wins Elite 89 award for NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship
Ohio Northern University defenseman Matt Fleming, a senior international business and economics major from Liberty Township, Ohio, has been named the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. The award was presented at the NCAA Finals in San Antonio in November.

Swim for Cystic Fibrosis
The ONU swimming and diving team will host its eighth annual “Swim for Cystic Fibrosis” event at the ONU Natatoriumon Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. All money raised at the event will go to the CF Foundation. Come support the Polar Bears as they take on OAC foe Baldwin Wallace and bring awareness to cystic fibrosis.

Rough weather in the forecast?
Don't be caught out in the storm! Sign up for Nixle.com emergency text messages -- now available directly from the ONU Security Department web page.

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Alumni News & Event

Looking for a new credit card?
Check out the new Polar Bear edition of the Visa Signature Card and show your polar bear pride!

Washington, D.C., Alumni Event Feb. 5
Columbus Alumni Club Day of Service Feb. 9
Fort Lauderdale Alumni Event March 5
Orlando Alumni Event March 6
Cleveland Alumni Club Event March 7
Tampa Alumni Event March 7
Venice Alumni Event March 9
Engineering Women Celebration March 15-16
Lima Alumni Event March 21
Chicago Alumni Event March 23

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Event Highlights

Jan. 17
11 a.m., Chapel Worship Service, Chapel
6:30 p.m., CEDC Financial Literacy Class, Dicke Hall

Jan. 18
Track and Field at Northwest Ohio Meet, Findlay
6 p.m., Swimming and Diving at Kenyon

Jan. 19
8:30 a.m., Tau Beta Pi Engineering Futures Sessions, Science Annex, Biggs
1 p.m., Swimming and Diving vs. Baldwin Wallace, Swim for CF, ONU Sports Center
2 p.m., Men’s Basketball at John Carroll
3 p.m., Women’s Basketball vs. John Carroll, alumni game, ONU Sports Center
7:30 p.m., National Players, “Romeo and Juliet,” Freed Center for the Performing Arts

Jan. 20

Jan. 21
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
No classes
6 p.m., Northern Christian Fellowship Prayer and Praise, Chapel

Jan. 22
11:45 a.m., Cultural Conversation Hour, Heterick Library Room 301
7:30 p.m., Wrestling at John Carroll

Jan. 23
10 a.m., Remembering Dr. King’s Visit to ONU, Office of Multicultural Development
5 p.m., Mid-week Prayer, Chapel
6:30 p.m., CEDC Marketing for Small Business Class, Dicke Hall
7:30 p.m., Men’s Basketball vs. Baldwin Wallace, ONU Sports Center
7:30 p.m., Women’s Basketball at Baldwin Wallace

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Athletics

Women's Basketball moves up to No. 8

Wrestling tops Muskingum 50-3

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