What's Happening at Ashland University

Classes at Ashland University’s new Dwight Schar College of Nursing in Mansfield started on Sept. 23 and for junior nursing student Michael DeMoss, the move from MedCentral’s College of Nursing to Ashland University’s Dwight Schar College of Nursing has been a seamless one.

“It has been a good experience so far -- it has been very positive,” Michael says. “Things like tuition and curriculum have not changed a lot, which is good.”

The Spectrum Arts and Lecture Series at Ashland University opens its 2010 fall semester season with a performance by the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will perform Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Hugo Young Theatre inside the Center for the Arts.

Ashland University’s Professional Development Program, which was started in 1980, has seen tremendous growth through the years and is the largest program of its kind in the state of Ohio and one of the largest in the country, according to Dr. Dwight McElfresh, who has directed Ashland’s professional development services for the past five years.

Lizanne Galbreath, managing director of Galbreath & Company, a real estate investments and private equity holdings firm, will be the featured speaker for the eighth annual Dr. Lucille G. and L.W. Ford Distinguished Business Lecture Series at Ashland University.