Photo of legacy freshmen for 2022

For our legacy students, being a Polar Bear is a family affair. These students have at least one close family member who is an alumni of 好色先生TV. Our legacy families affirm that ONU offers a distinctive educational experience that spans generations. In part one of a three part series, meet four of our legacy families.

The Frommer family is an ONU Legacy

Frommer Legacy photoWhen Matthew and Nicholas Frommer give campus tours to prospective ONU students, they like to point out the picture hanging in King-Horn Sports Center of their grandfather, David Ingram, BS 鈥68, in his baseball uniform.

Their grandfather, however, is only one Northern family connection of many. Matthew, a senior nursing student, and Nicholas, a sophomore electrical engineering major, are following in a long line of footsteps. The list also includes: maternal grandmother Elaine (Heckler) Ingram, BS 鈥68; mom Jennifer (Ingram) Frommer, BSCE 鈥95; dad Michael Frommer, BSCE 鈥96; aunt Stephanie (Ingram) Krosnosky, BA 鈥99; and uncle Carl Frommer, BS 鈥94.聽

Growing up, Nicholas says, 鈥淚 got the impression that ONU was a small, loving community that welcomed everyone, no matter what. While I have been here, that has certainly held true.鈥

Jennifer says that she and Michael were careful not to bias the college choice of their sons. 鈥淒uring his senior year of high school, our oldest told us, 鈥樷hen I think of college, I just think ONU.鈥 To all of us, it鈥檚 home. We鈥檙e just so pleased to share that feeling with them, and we鈥檝e even had the same professors in some subjects. It鈥檚 pretty great!鈥

Jennifer is a senior vice president at HDR Engineering, one of the largest employee-owned engineering consultancy companies in the U.S., and Michael is the Midwest strategic growth lead in the water business for Arcadis, a global engineering firm. The Powell, Ohio couple credit their career successes to ONU, and they are confident that ONU is setting up their sons for success, too.

Since their student days, says Jennifer, ONU鈥檚 physical campus has changed. 鈥淏ut what has never changed is ONU鈥檚 emphasis on each student. Each of us felt seen, cared for and supported. That鈥檚 the hallmark of an ONU education. ONU prepared us all so well鈥攆or good times and tough times鈥攖o do what we love and make a difference in the world.鈥

The Scatterday family is an ONU Legacy

Scatterday Legacy photo of Bria Scatterday and her father.Bria Scatterday, senior music education major, followed in the footsteps of her dad and grandfather when she became an ONU student. Only she traveled a bit farther than they did to attend Northern鈥攁ll the way from Las Vegas, Nevada.

She chose ONU for the same reason her dad did: the caring and personalized educational environment. Bria says: 鈥淎ll of my professors, in and out of the music department, are so invested in my future and well-being. I know that I can always count on them to help me through bad times and to celebrate with me through good times. My ONU professors and friends have become a second family to me since I don鈥檛 have my immediate family close by like many ONU students do.鈥

This is a big year for Bria. Her senior recital is this fall, and she will student teach and graduate in the spring. Her favorite place on campus is the Green Room in Presser Hall, where she and other music majors 鈥渕ake jokes, have fun, but also get homework done.鈥

William Scatterday, BSME 鈥87, who is a senior plant engineer for Nevada Energy, fondly recalls the arcade/billiards in McIntosh Center in his day. He reports that he and four or five friends would often have pinball marathons, playing all day on just $1.25. 鈥淎s for what has stayed the same at ONU,鈥 he says, 鈥渢he quality of the education experience lives on鈥攖he small class sizes and access to professors who care about your success and who test your limits of your abilities to help you grow.鈥

The Yammine family is an ONU Legacy

Yammine Legacy photo of Jason Yammine and his father.Electrical engineering student Jason Yammine followed the same path as his dad (Michael Yammine, BSEE 鈥89) and two older brothers (Travis Yammine, BSBA 鈥19, and Brandon Yammine, BSEE 鈥21) when he started classes at 好色先生TV University this fall. Throughout his childhood, says Jason, he learned that ONU was a small university that offered a world-class education.聽

Michael says: 鈥淲ith two sons having graduated from ONU and a third starting this semester, I like to say I have provided the 鈥榝ull circle of life at ONU.鈥 The personal attention that you receive at ONU is what helped attract my kids to ONU, as well as the professors who are here because they want to teach and want students to learn.鈥

Both Jason and Michael are impressed with the James Lehr Kennedy Engineering building. 鈥淚t鈥檚 such a great new facility that I will be spending a lot of time in,鈥 says Jason. Michael adds: 鈥淚 never really had a favorite spot on campus until the new James Lehr Kennedy Engineering building was built. Now this is my favorite place on campus. Otherwise, I would say that overall the whole campus is a great place to be.鈥

The Yammine family lives in Findlay, Ohio, where Michael is president and chief technology officer for an electrical engineering and IT consultancy company he founded, Systems Group Technologies.聽

The Davis family is an ONU Legacy.

Davis Legacy photo of Aubrey Davis and her father.Eric Davis, BA 鈥94, still appreciates the impactful people he encountered at 好色先生TV as a student in the early 1990s. And today, his daughter Aubrey, a sophomore majoring in studio arts, is being mentored by equally wonderful ONU professors and staff.

Aubrey, whose favorite spot on campus is the Wilson Art Building, says: 鈥淗ere you鈥檙e able to give yourself the space to deepen the knowledge of what you鈥檙e interested in, and also be introduced to and understand topics you otherwise wouldn鈥檛 have considered.鈥

As a parent, says Eric, his greatest hope for Aubrey is that her talents and gifts are recognized, nurtured and respected. 鈥満蒙壬鶷V provided that experience for me (even when I doubted my own abilities), and I am confident ONU will provide that for Aubrey, too.鈥

Eric Davis is a business development and client advocate at Wessler Engineering in Bluffton, Ohio. He and his wife, Dawn, are thrilled that Aubrey chose Northern. Eric says: 鈥淚 always hoped that, if I had children, one of them would choose ONU because that loyalty runs deep for me. As it goes, Dawn and I are one for one as our oldest graduated from OSU (Dawn鈥檚 alma mater), and now Aubrey is at ONU. The tie breaker will be our youngest son (no pressure, Spencer)!鈥