Ohio Northern University is a private, United Methodist Church-affiliated university located in the United States in Ada, Ohio, founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871. ONU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. ONU is a sister university with Dankook University, a private university in Seoul, South Korea. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Along State Route 235 in Ada. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China An artists rendering of an aerial view of the Maryland countryside: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Along State Route 235 in Ada. ... Henry Solomon Lehr was the founder of Ohio Northern University. ... The Higher Learning Commission is part of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. ... The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education. ... Dankook University is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. ... Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ...

Academic programs

The university is comprised of five colleges:

• Getty College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business Administration
• T.J. Smull College of Engineering
• Rudolph H. Raabe College of Pharmacy
• Claude W. Pettit College of Law [1]

Prior to 1973, the ONU law school was known as "the Warren G. Harding College of Law." ^[1] It was renamed in honor of Claude W. Pettit, a judge and former dean of the college.^[2] // Overview The Ohio Northern University College of Business Administration is part of Ohio Northern University, which is located in Ada, Ohio. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the twenty-ninth President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the fifth president to die in office. ...

History

Early years

Henry Solomon Lehr, a former solider in the American Civil War, became the schoolmaster for the Ada public school in 1866. Lehr began offering additional courses in the evenings to motivated students to cover topics beyond the standard curriculum. After five years, he approached the town about starting a university. In August 1871, the Northwestern Ohio Normal School started with nearly 150 students attending classes in downtown stores and local churches until the first classroom building was completed in October. Henry Solomon Lehr was the founder of Ohio Northern University. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... A schoolmaster or simply master once referred to a male school teacher. ... Along State Route 235 in Ada. ...

Lehr built the university from the ground up, and was involved in all activities from building construction to faculty selection and curriculum design. Like most of the schools in the post-civil war period, the school’s focus was on preparing public school teachers. However, by the mid-1880s, the school’s curriculum had expanded to include programs in pharmacy, engineering, law, and business. In 1885, the school trustees changed the name to Ohio Normal University to reflect the expanded scope.

President Lehr’s educational philosophy formed through his own educational experiences, and emphasized low tuition, flexible schedule and curriculum, and allowed women as both students and faculty. To secure the school’s future, Lehr tried to secure state support for the school, but when that failed, he arranged to sell the school to the United Methodist Church. When the transfer was completed in 1899, he was succeeded by Dr. Leroy Belt in 1900, and then by Dr. Albert Edwin Smith in 1905. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination. ...

Growth and struggle

Between 1900 and 1930, the school grew and underwent an administrative reorganization. During this time, the name changed for the last time, taking the name Ohio Northern University. A medical school and agriculture school were attempted but failed to develop. As high schools became more common in Ohio, ONU closed its preparatory program that had allowed students to prepare for the university. Dr. Smith traveled extensively on behalf of the school, and secured financing of nearly $500,000 for the first endowment fund. Fraternities continued to make a presence on the campus, and Smith fought to maintain the student code which forbids smoking and drinking. A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ...

During the Great Depression and World War II, the school struggled as student enrollment dropped as a reflection of the economic times. Dr. Robert Williams introduced efficiency measures by reducing the administrative staff and combining academic programs into colleges. During the war years, the university participated in government programs supporting the Army Air Corps and Navy. In the 1940s, both the yearbook and student newspaper ceased publication, a classroom building closed, and intercollegiate sports were temporarily suspended. President McClure served his first year without pay and many of the faculty went unpaid or on reduce salaries. For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army. ... USN redirects here. ... A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. ... Front page view of student newspaper The Daily Toreador. ...

Post-war education boom

In 1944, the G.I. Bill promised to bring servicemen to universities across the country, and ONU received an influx of students starting in the fall of 1945 which continued for several years, straining the local housing marking and forcing the university, under the leadership of Dr. Robert McClure, to add trailers and student dormitories. By 1949, Dr. F. Bringle McIntosh shifted the school’s focus from survival to enhancing academic programs and securing accreditation. During the following years, individual programs were accredited and in 1958 the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredited the undergraduate program. The Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 (better known as the G.I. Bill) provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. ... Accreditation is a process by which a facilitys services and operations are examined by a third-party accrediting agency to determine if applicable standards are met. ... The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education. ...

Under Dr. Samuel Lewis Meyer and Dr. Ray B. Loeschner, the university continued to grow its campus and its curriculum, enjoying financial stability from the steadily increasing enrollment. In the 1970s, new buildings included the Heterick Memorial Library, the Tilton College of Law and Taggart Law Library, the Wesley Center, the Young Building for Philosophy and Religion, the Biggs Engineering Building, the King-Horn Convocation Center, ONU Sports Center, Park Hall, two McIntosh extensions, along with refurbishing the Taft Building, the Wilson Art Center, and the Meyer Hall of Science. Five national honorary societies established chapters on campus, student organizations grew, and intercollegiate athletic teams expanded.

Recent growth

Growth continued under Dr. Debow Freed through the 1980s and 1990s with additions to the Taggart Law Library, Presser Hall, Dukes Memorial, Wilson Art Building, Biggs Engineering, Heterick Memorial Library, and Meyer Hall of Science, and the construction of the Freed Center for the Performing Arts and a new president’s on-campus home. Under Dr. Kendall Baker, campus additions include Dicke Hall and the Dial-Roberson Stadium.

Technology growth

Starting in the early 1980s, the university provided computer services to a growing segment of the university’s population, expanding from a centralized mainframe to networked personal computers and a computer network. ONU joined OhioLINK and technology revolutionized academic administrative activities and supported classroom activities. With the addition of the Internet, the university began offering its first distance learning courses in the pharmacy program. Today, there are over 1,200 networked computers and Internet access on campus. The Ohio Library and Information Network, OhioLINK, is a consortium of Ohio’s college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio. ... // Distance Education is a field of expertise exploring situations in which the learner and the teacher are separated in time, space or both. ...

Athletics

ONU students participate in intercollegiate, intramural, and sports clubs in a variety of sports. The ONU Polar Bears compete in the Division III Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). The men's volleyball team participates in the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in the Great Midwest Men's Volleyball Conference (GMMVC). The term intramural is most commonly associated with sports teams organized within a school. ... The Ohio Athletic Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAAs Division III. Member teams are located in Ohio. ... The Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) is a collegiate mens volleyball sports league in the Midwest United States. ...

Men’s intercollegiate teams

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross country
• Football
• Golf
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track & field
• Wrestling

Women’s intercollegiate teams

• Basketball
• Cross country
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track & field
• Volleyball

Notable alumni

• Michael K. Allen, former prosecuting attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio
• Frank T. Bow, jurist and politician who was honored by naming the Frank T. Bow Federal Builiding in Canton, Ohio
• James Cloyd Bowman, a children's book author who received a Newbery Honor in 1938 for Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
• Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr., an American politician who served as the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and as a cabinet member in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations
• Robert R. Cupp, Ohio Supreme Court Justice
• Mike DeWine, a politician who most recently served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio between 1995 and 2007 [2]
• Simeon Davison Fess, a Republican politician a former president of Antioch College
• George E. Killian, a sports administrator and a president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU)
• Cassius Jackson Keyser, a mathematician
• Joseph Banks Rhine, founder of the parapsychology lab at Duke University
• Baldemar Velasquez, is president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO
• Jamal Robertson, NFL football player
• Victor L. Streib, a notable attorney specializing in violent crime and the death penalty who has written over 300 books, articles, manuscripts, etc. on these issues.
• Benjamin Brafman, a prominent criminal defense attorney based in New York.
• Kevin F. Jursinski, a well-known attorney and sports agent in Florida.

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Trivia

• The school mascot is a polar bear named Klondike.^[3]
• The central part of the university's campus is referred to by students and faculty alike as the "Tundra".^{[citation needed]}
• The ONU varsity football team defeated Mount Union College in 2005 to snap the Purple Raiders 110 game regular season winning streak.^[4]
• The ONU varsity Men's Swim Team won their third straight OAC Conference Championship in 2007. ^{[citation needed]}
• For 2007, US News & World Report listed Ohio Northern as the fifth-best comprehensive college^[5] in the Midwest.
• Enrollment in 2005-06 was 3,542 students.^{[citation needed]}
• There are over 150 student organizations, including 4 national sororities, 6 national fraternities, intramural sports, musical performance groups, theatrical performance groups.^{[citation needed]}
• The first house built specifically for fraternity in Ohio use was built by Ohio Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. The chapter currently still resides in the house.^{[citation needed]}

Binomial name Phipps, 1774 Polar bear range Synonyms Ursus eogroenlandicus Ursus groenlandicus Ursus jenaensis Ursus labradorensis Ursus marinus Ursus polaris Ursus spitzbergensis Ursus ungavensis Thalarctos maritimus The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native to the Arctic. ... For other uses, see Tundra (disambiguation). ... Mount Union College is a 4-year private, liberal arts college in Alliance, Ohio. ... OAC may refer to: One America Committee Ontario Academic Credit Ontario Agricultural College This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... The term intramural is most commonly associated with sports teams organized within a school. ...

References

1. ^ Ohio Northern University at universities.com. Retrieved on 21 August, 2006.
2. ^ History of the ONU Pettit College of Law. Retrieved on 21 August, 2006.
3. ^ Ohio Northern University Student Senate: " A New Bear in Town".
4. ^ USA Today.com: Mount Union's 110-game regular season winning streak snapped.
5. ^ America’s Best Colleges 2007:Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's (Midwest): Top Schools. Retrieved on January 1, 2007.

See also

• The Great Quest

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External links

• Official Site
• ONU Sports
• Polar Bears in the Pros
• Ohio Athletic Conference.
• President Lehr memoirs