What's Happening at Ashland University

Ashland University Theatre will present the children’s production “Cinderella Confidential,” directed by senior theatre education major Rachel Galambos, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m., in the Studio Theatre in the Center for the Arts. The performance is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

Ashland University will officially begin its observance of the holiday season with the 19th annual Festival of Lights on Nov. 22 in Ashland University’s Jack and Deb Miller Chapel, located at the intersection of King Road and College Avenue.

The 7 p.m. candlelight service, which is free and open to the public, symbolizes Christ coming into the world. The story is communicated in verse and song. It will include seasonal readings and musical selections by the Ashland University Choir and Women’s Chorus, and the Ashland Area Chorus. Doors will open at 6 p.m.

The Center for Community Service at Ashland University is sponsoring a poverty simulation with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (http://www.oashf.org/) on Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The simulation will be held in Redwood Hall on the Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) campus.

Ashland University students studying forensic accounting and criminal justice participated in the Internal Revenue Service’s Adrian Project held on the Ashland University campus Oct. 27.

The Adrian Project is an interactive criminal investigation program that allows students to work with IRS Special Agents to solve hypothetical financial crimes in areas including drug trafficking, money laundering and income tax fraud.