Mindi L. Wells

Assistant Dean for Administration and Student Services

Office: Dean's Suite #105
Tel: 419-772-2230
Fax: 419-772-2318
Email: m-wells@onu.edu

Biography:

Mindi L. Wells joined the College of Law in 2004 as Assistant Dean for Administration and Student Service. She is responsible for managing day to day operations of the college and for improvement of the performance of law college administrative processes, including management of the college's finances, facilities, personnel and student organizations, coordinating college publications and marketing initiatives, and assisting with student services, assessment, career services, and faculty development.

She received the Juris Doctor degree from Ohio Northern's Pettit College of Law and the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with distinction, with majors in economics and political science, from Ohio Northern's College of Business Administration. Dean Wells is a licensed attorney in Ohio and Florida and with the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also a certified Professional in Human Resources.  
Prior to joining the staff of Ohio Northern, Dean Wells worked for law firms in Gainesville, Florida, Ocala, Florida and Lima, Ohio, concentrating on workers' compensation and insurance defense. After earning her undergraduate degree, she interned with the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the Office of Liaison to International Financial Institutions (OLIFI).

She began her career at Ohio Northern in 1998 as Personnel Manager and became Director of Personnel Services in 2002. Her areas of interest include employment law (FMLA, ADA, HIPAA, Title VII, etc.), labor relations, workers' compensation and education law.

Dean Wells is a member of the Florida Bar Association, where she was elected as an out-of-state representative to the Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors and appointed as an executive council member of the Out of State Division, the Ohio State Bar Association, the William Howard Taft American Inn of Court, the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), Phi Delta Phi (international legal fraternity), Phi Kappa Phi (all-discipline honor society) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She serves on the board of the Lima Society of Human Resource Management (LSHRM). Dean Wells has served as an adjunct instructor at James A. Rhodes College, teaching human resources courses and business courses and has presented a number of training and legal compliance workshops on topics such as interviewing, discipline, performance reviews and HR leadership.

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Professional Activities:

Advisor, Icelandic Legal Exchange Program, Ohio Northern University, 2005 - present

Guest Lecturer, "HR Leader," Ohio Northern Leadership Studies Seminar, 2002 - present

Guest Lecturer, "Interviewing Basics," Ohio Northern University Public Relations Program, 2006 - present

Advisor, Leaders' Council, Ohio Northern University, 2002 - 2007

Adjunct Instructor, Human Resource Management, Rhodes State College, Lima, OH, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008

Presentations:

"Interviewing: I Can't Believe You Asked Me That!?" Bowling Green State University, New Professionals in Transition, 2007 and Bowling Green State University, Graduate Student Workshop, 2007 and 2008

"So You Have a Job Offer, Now What?" Bowling Green State University, Graduate Student Workshop, 2007 and 2007 and Ohio Northern University Students in Free Enterprise Workshop, 2007

"Understanding the Student Grade Appeals Process," Ohio Northern University Deans Workshop, 2006

"Legal and Effective Interviewing Workshop,” Ohio Northern University Supervisors Workshop, 2003

“Interviewing: I Can't Believe You Asked Me That!" Lima Area Chamber of Commerce, 2002

“WorkSmarts: How to Get Along, Get Noticed and Get Ahead,” Ohio Northern University Staff Training, 2002

"Conducting Legal and Effective Performance Appraisals,” Ohio Northern University Supervisors Workshop, 2002

Community Involvement:

Hardin County Leadership 2002 Graduate
Volunteer, Lima Memorial Hospital
Member, LaFayette Congregational Christian Church

Misc. Interests:

Travel - studied and lived in Glasgow, Scotland and Auckland, New Zealand; visited Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Monaco, Spain, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Iceland, Mexico, Canada and 49/50 United States

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Legal Interests:

Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law 525 S. Main Street, Ada, OH 45810
Phone: 419.772.3051 (Dean's Office)   Admissions: 419.772.2211