What's Happening at Ashland University

1/31/13 ASHLAND, Ohio – Today, Marvin J. Krinsky, chairman of the Ashbrook Board, announced that Dr. Peter W. Schramm will be retiring from the position of executive director of the Ashbrook Center, effective May 31, 2013.

“Under Peter’s leadership the Ashbrook Center has prospered and grown into its true purpose of educating Americans in constitutional self-government,” said Krinsky. “Through his work at Ashbrook, Peter has taught thousands of students what it means to be an American.”

1/29/13 ASHLAND, Ohio – Matt Tullis, an Ashland University assistant professor of journalism and digital media and a resident of West Salem, had his story, “Feet of Clay, Heart of Iron,” selected as one of “102 Spectacular Nonfiction Stories from 2012.”

The list is compiled by Conor Friedersdorf, a writer at “The Atlantic,” and is published on Byliner.com.

1/24/13 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Environmental Lecture Series continues its series on “The Ecology of Urban Living” with a Jan. 31 lecture by Terry Schwarz, director of Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.

This lecture, which is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center Auditorium, is titled “Urban Obsolescence and the Adaptive Values of Cities.” This lecture is free and open to the public.

1/22/13 ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland Theological Seminary student Willie Springer of Brunswick has been named Ohio’s American Legion Chaplain of the Year. Springer, who will graduate from Ashland Theological Seminary’s divinity degree program in June, was recognized for his honor at the Jan. 14 Brunswick City Council meeting.

The city recognized Springer, who is chaplain of the Brunswick American Legion Post 234, for his selection as the 2012 American Legion Chaplain of the Year for Ohio.