Tuesday, Dr. Melissa Baumann made her first public appearance at ONU as Lt. Governor Jon Husted accepted the Inaugural Champion of Broadband Award at The Inn Hotel on campus. Baumann will be the 12th president at ONU and will also be the first woman to hold the position. Baumann is from Mansfield, Ohio and received her PhD and Masters of Science Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Case Western, and a Bachelors Degree from Michigan Tech University. Doctor Baumann arrives to Ada ready to lead Ohio Northern toward a bright future.

The university will be changing their definition of "Fully Vaccinated" to "Up to Date Vaccination" to take into account of students getting their booster shots. At the end of the fall semester, 82% of the students were fully vaccinated. Those students who are not vaccinated will have to be tested before they can return to school and will be tested regularly during the semester. The omicron variant has caused ONU concern. They have been fully in-person learning since August 2020 and university officials want to see that trend continue.

Retiring Ohio Northern University president Dr. Dan DiBiasio reflected back on his time at ONU with the Lima Rotary Club Monday afternoon. DiBiasio started at ONU 11 years ago and is planning to retire from the university this coming June. 

Four Ohio Northern University students and one faculty member are now being quarantined after possibly coming in contact with the coronavirus. This was all while traveling during a spring break study trip to Costa Rica. The university president says he made this decision on Monday after speaking with the Hardin County Health Department. Apparently several people who used the same airports they flew in and out of had confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The students and faculty members are currently being quarantined for 14 days. During that time they will be home where they are able to work on their course work remotely.