Students in the News

Broadcasting Senior Selected as IRTS Fellow

Published: 4/9/09 at 12:55 pm

Ohio Northern University senior Ben Roselieb, a broadcasting and electronic media major from Wauseon, Ohio, has been selected to participate in the International Radio and Television Society Summer Fellowship Program in New York City. Roselieb is the seventh ONU student selected to participate in this Fellowship over the past 15 years. More than 1,000 applicants nationwide applied for the fellowship. In the past, IRTS has accepted 30 fellows, but this year, the number of accepted fellows was limited to 15.

ACS Students Travel to Salt Lake City

Published: 4/9/09 at 12:15 pm

Senior chemistry majors Joshua Judkins of Selma, NC, Sonya Adas of Waterville, OH, Jeff Wilson of Carnegie, PA, Lisa Meyers of Leipsic, OH and Sam Manzer of Ada, OH recently traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Conference.

Fulbright Scholar Brings Mexican Culture

Published: 4/9/09 at 11:51 am

In Ada, Ohio, it is not often that one might get the opportunity to work with a traditional Mexican dance instructor. Thanks to the Fulbright Scholar Program, however, six students are getting to do just that.

SAM Students Make History

Published: 4/9/09 at 11:21 am

Three Ohio Northern University students made history this year at the Society for the Advancement of Management’s (SAM) International Business Conference, held in Las Vegas, Nev.

Engineering Students Take First Place Award With Autonomous Aircraft Design

Published: 4/9/09 at 11:19 am

Two ONU senior mechanical engineering students recently took first place at a regional student conference with their senior capstone project. Nick Schifer of Bucyrus, Ohio, and Matt Schuster of Worthington, Ohio, recently traveled to the Region 3 student conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to present a report on the project. This year, the conference was hosted by the AIAA chapter at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

APhA-ASP Chapter Wins National Award

Published: 4/9/09 at 9:02 am
Ohio Northern University's American Pharmacist Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) chapter won the 2008 National Patient Care Award in the Heartburn Awareness Challenge at the annual APhA national conference in San Antonio, Texas, on April 3-4.

ONU captured top honors against 69 APhA-ASP pharmacy chapters competing in a patient care project. The award is based on originality, level of student participation, level of collaboration with other campus organizations and overall impact of heartburn education on the public health of the local community.

Concrete Canoe Team Places First, Qualifies for National Competition

Published: 4/8/09 at 4:18 pm

Paddling Toward the Finish LineThe Ohio Northern University concrete-canoe team captured first place in the American Society of Civil Engineers' regional concrete-canoe contest at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., April 2-4. The victory qualifies ONU to compete in the national competition in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 11-13.

ONU Student Wins Ping Award for Community Service

Published: 4/8/09 at 4:11 pm
Ohio Northern University junior Katherine Feldhues, a youth ministry and sociology major from Milford, Ohio, has been honored with the 2009 Charles J. Ping Student Community Service Award from Ohio Campus Compact.

Feldhues received a $250 legacy grant as part of the award. Dr. Kendall L. Baker, Ohio Northern University president, nominated Feldhues in recognition of her work as coordinator of the Ada Friends program.

Geography Honor Society Established at ONU

Published: 4/8/09 at 3:38 pm
Ohio Northern University was awarded the Lambda Psi chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) Honor Society for International Geography this year and will have its first induction ceremony this Honors Day on May 9, 2009.

Charter members will be: Stephen Borden, a sophomore in history from Columbus, Ohio; Mathew Boutin, a senior in biology from Lima, Ohio; and Kevin Sigg, a senior in civil engineering from Maumee, Ohio.

ONU Senior Selected as Goldwater Scholar

Published: 4/2/09 at 10:29 am
James GallagherOhio Northern University senior James Gallagher, a physics major from Medina, Ohio, has been selected as a 2009 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Excellence in Education Program. This marks the fifth consecutive year that ONU students have received this honor, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
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