Hurtig named Ohio Northern University provost and vice president for academic affairs

ADA — Dr. Julie Hurtig has been appointed to serve as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Ohio Northern University.

“Given Dr. Hurtig’s proven record as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, I am confident that with her institutional knowledge, dedication, and effective management that the academic affairs division will continue to excel under her leadership,” says President Melissa J. Baumann, Ph.D.

She will continue to oversee the university libraries, the registrar, information technology, institutional research, grants and sponsored research, multiple support centers, and university accreditation.

Dr. Hurtig joined the College of Engineering faculty in 2000 and became assistant dean for admissions and advising in 2003. She was appointed to the Office of Academic Affairs in 2009, and has held numerous responsibilities in the office. In July 2020, Dr. Hurtig was appointed interim provost by then-president Dan DiBiasio.

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Dean Brown joined The Lima News in 2022 as a reporter. Prior to The Lima News, Brown was an English teacher in Allen County for 38 years, with stops at Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Heir Force Community School. So they figured he could throw a few sentences together about education and business in the area. An award-winning photographer, Brown likes watching old black and white movies, his dog, his wife and kids, and the four grandkids - not necessarily in that order. Reach him at [email protected] or 567-242-0409.