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The Office of Alumni Engagement provides opportunities for events, programs, volunteer activities, networking and anything that creates an affinity to Ohio Northern University, which leads to opportunities for alumni to give back to their alma mater.

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The Office of Alumni Engagement would like to encourage all ONU alumni to take advantage of these services.

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Alumni Facts & Figures

  • 33,081 Living alumni
  • 1871 Year ONU established
  • 50 States where alumni reside
  • 69 Countries where alumni reside

Alumni Awards

  • The Distinguished Alumni Award was created in 1956 by the Alumni Association to recognize alumni with exemplary professional careers that illustrate the value of an Ohio Northern University education and to recognize those alumni with continued relationships with the University who have made a tangible expression of loyalty to their alma mater. This award provides an opportunity to recognize, engage and steward outstanding alumni. One alumnae/us will be selected per year.

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  • The Alumni Service Award was created by the Alumni Association in 2017 to recognize alumni who serve the University in a volunteer capacity consistently over time and/or who make a significant impact on a University project or initiative. This award provides an opportunity to recognize, engage and steward key volunteers whose energy, dedication and enthusiasm epitomize the spirit of Ohio Northern University. One alumnae/us will be selected per year.

     

  • The William L. Robinson Young Alumni Award was established in 2004 by the Alumni Association to honor and recognize William L. Robinson and the 50 years he dedicated to impacting Ohio Northern University students. This award recognizes alumni who graduated within the last 15 years and who demonstrate passion and loyalty toward their profession, community and alma mater. It provides an opportunity to engage and steward young alumni donors who exemplify the values and outcomes of an ONU education. Up to one female and one male may be selected per year.

     

  • The highest athletic honor bestowed by the University, the Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes Ohio Northern University men and women who have distinguished themselves in the field of athletics by virtue of their performance on athletic teams representing the University or by meritorious efforts on behalf of athletics either as an undergraduate or in years after leaving the University. 

     

  • In the Ohio Northern's history, our alumni awards have been organized in many different ways. The following list of alumni have received alumni awards that are currently being recognized under a different award naming structure.

  • The Ohio Northern University College Distinguished Alumni Awards provide an opportunity to recognize, engage, and steward outstanding alumni from each of the five colleges.

Alumni News

ONU state-sponsored COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics to resume

ADA, Ohio - On Tuesday morning, April 13, ONU temporarily paused its state-sponsored COVID-19 mobile mass vaccination clinics in acc

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Bret Lane, mechanical engineering student, named a ’21 Goldwater Scholar

Ohio Northern University junior Bret Lane, a mechanical engineering student with a minor in applied mathematics, has been selected a

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ONU awarded $2.6 million from State of Ohio and ODE for STEM student support

Ohio Northern University is excited to announce it has received a total of $2.6 million from two Choose Ohio First (COF) grants for

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NCAA’s Sarah Otey Named Next Ohio Athletic Conference Commissioner

Austintown, Ohio—After a nationwide search, the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) has named Sarah Otey as its next conference commissio

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine visits ONU during campus mass vaccination clinic

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine '72 stopped by Ohio Northern University’s COVID-19 mobile mass vaccination clinic held on

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Field Semester 2020

Since her freshman year, Kourtney Craft had been eagerly anticipating Field Semester.

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ONU HealthWise Mobile Clinic designated as state-sponsored mass vaccination site to serve rural population

Six counties in 60 days.

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ONU’s exercise physiology program is preparing students for opportunities at the highest level in NCAA athletics.  

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ONU Theatre Arts to livestream 14th International Play Festival

ADA – The Ohio Northern University School of Visual and Performing Arts will present its 14th International Play Festival titled “Gl

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ONU Dance to livestream production of 'SHIFT'

ADA – The Ohio Northern University School of Visual and Performing Arts will present a dance for camera film titled “SHIFT” from Mar

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Tracking Track and Field

From senior capstone project, to working prototype, to marketable device—an engineering grad’s invention is being put through its p

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Ohio Northern University President Daniel A. DiBiasio, longest-serving Ohio private colleges leader, to retire

ADA, Ohio – It is with considerable admiration and gratitude for his many years of academic leadership that Ohio Northern University

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