What's Happening at Ashland University

Ashland University has been awarded an Ohio Department of Education grant in the amount of $77,295 for 2010-2011.

Ashland University junior Emily Intagliata, an accounting major, has received both a national and a state scholarship from the Institute of Management Accountants. Intagliata received a $2,500 national scholarship from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) for the 2011-12 academic year and a $1,500 scholarship from the Ohio Council of IMA.

Intagliata, a 2008 graduate of Bluffton High School, is the daughter of Karen and Stephen Intagliata of Bluffton.

Kris Hovsepian, assistant professor of marketing at Ashland University, has been inducted into the Sam Walton Fellow Hall of Fame for the work she has done with Ashland University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE).

Hovsepian has served as the adviser to the SIFE group at Ashland University since 1991. The group has captured first place in regional competition nine times out of the last 19 years.

Brittany Dennis, associate director of the SIFE USA Programs Department, noted the significance of the induction.

The Ashland University Art Club and Coburn Gallery have teamed up with Creative Foundations/Our Town Studios in Mount Vernon to have its artists create paintings on reusable shopping bags. These bags will be distributed by the Art Club during the annual Ashland University kickoff picnic in August.