What's Happening at Ashland University

Ashland University’s 2009-2010 Environmental Lecture Series, “Sustainability and Environmental Issues in Ohio,” continues on Feb. 25 when Dr. David FitzSimmons, assistant professor of English at Ashland University and freelance photographer and writer, will present his multimedia presentation of “350: Images of Fragile Earth.” The lecture is at 7:30 p.m. in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

After several years of students begging and pleading, Ashland University is now offering Starbucks coffee on the campus. When students returned to campus to start spring semester, they were thrilled to find that the Eagles’ Nest was “proudly brewing” Starbucks Coffee.

“I was excited because I felt that it meant Ashland was making improvements and trying to give the students what they want,” said Ella Waltman, a junior from Millersburg.

Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak at Ashland University on Feb. 22. Leach will address “Civility in a Fractured Society” as part of the spring 2010 Major Issues Lecture Series presented by the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University.

Dr. Brenda Reeves, professional instructor and coordinator of lifetime wellness at Ashland University, was quoted in an article that lists ideas for a quick, no sweat workout. Three Ohio TV stations – WLWT in Cincinnati, WEWS in Cleveland and WHIO in Dayton – picked up the story.