What's Happening at Ashland University

Thinking that the third time may be a charm, Ashland University’s strength and conditioning coach A.G. Kruger is training hard and competing at the national level with the goal of making the United States Olympic Team for the third straight time.

For Kruger, one of the stepping stones to reaching this milestone is competing for the United States on Sept. 4 at the Continental Cup. This international track and field meet will be held in Split, Croatia.

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.