What's Happening at Ashland University

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.

1/22/13 ASHLAND, Ohio - Students in the Ashland University Schar College of Education’s new Teacher Network participated in a “Drive for Supplies” as part of the National Day of Service on Jan. 19.

Approximately 25 students from the Ashland University’s Teacher Network, a program that places first semester freshman teacher education students in a living-learning community, collected school and office supplies from on-campus offices and organizations and donated them to Harmony House in Mansfield on Saturday.

1/17/13 ASHLAND, Ohio - A candlelight vigil against violence honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and remembering those who were lost in the Sandy Hook School, Newtown, Connecticut, tragedy will be held in the upper level of the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel on the Ashland University campus Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m.

The campus and the community are encouraged to attend. The event is free and open to the public.