Northern University built and opened The Inn at Ohio Northern University. A new engineering building was opened in October 2019. 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. In 2010, ONU announced that its board of trustees approved the nomination of Daniel A. DiBiasio, president of Wilmington College to become the new president of Ohio Northern; he assumed his duties on August 1, 2011. He was succeeded in 2022 by Melissa J. Baumann. Academics The university comprises five colleges: Getty College of Arts and Sciences James F. Dicke College of Business Administration T.J. Smull College of Engineering Rudolph H. Raabe College of Pharmacy Claude W. Pettit College of Law (established 1885) Prior to 1973, the law school was known as "the Warren G. Harding College of Law". It was renamed in honor of Claude W. Pettit, a judge and former dean of the college. Athletics ONU students participate in intercollegiate, intramural, and sports clubs in a variety of sports. The ONU Polar Bears compete in the NCAA 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. The school mascot is a polar bear named Klondike. The ONU varsity football team defeated Mount Union College in 2005 to snap the Purple Raiders 110-game regular season winning streak. The ONU women's volleyball team had an NCAA All-Divisions record 36 consecutive winning Men's sports Baseball Basketball Cross country Football Golf Lacrosse Soccer Swimming Tennis Track & field Wrestling Women's sports Basketball Cross country Golf Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Track & field Volleyball National honors NCAA Championship 1993 Men's Basketball NCAA Division III Champions NCAA Runner-up finishes 1989 Women's Volleyball NCAA Division III Runners-up 2012 Men's Soccer NCAA Division III Runners-up NCAA Final Four appearances 2001 Men's Basketball NCAA Division III Final Four 2008 Women's Volleyball NCAA Division III Final Four NCAA Elite Eight appearance 2017 Women's Basketball NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances 1999 Football 2000 Football 2010 Football 2015 Football 2019