What's Happening at Ashland University

1/10/13 ASHLAND, Ohio – Erin George, a nurse midwife who is working in Haiti as part of the Boston-based organization Partners In Health (PIH) program, will make a number of presentations at Ashland University on Feb. 6.

George, who was awarded a prestigious Gruber Global Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowship from Yale University to work with the Partners in Health program, will be on the Ashland University campus to meet with students and faculty during the day and will give a public presentation at 7 p.m. in the Schar College of Education’s Ronk Lecture Hall.

The Ashland Area Chorus, a non-auditioned mixed choir of about 65 singers, begins spring rehearsals on Monday, Jan. 14, with the Chorus meeting on Monday nights from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Ashland University in the Center for the Arts (formerly the Arts and Humanities building), room 242.

The Chorus is slated to perform Brahms “Requiem” with the Ashland University Choir and Ashland Chamber Orchestra on April 27, and Borodin's “Polovtsian Dances” with the Ashland Symphony Orchestra on May 4.

1/7/13 ASHLAND, Ohio – Dr. John Byron, professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary, will present a lecture titled “Fakes, Forgeries and Frauds: Does Archaeology Prove the Bible?” on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Smetzer Auditorium inside the Gerber Academic Building on the Ashland Theological Seminary campus.

1/3/13 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University Coburn Gallery’s art exhibition featuring the works from the Ashland University Art Department Faculty will be held Jan. 17 through Feb. 15, 2013.

This annual exhibition highlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks of the current faculty as professional artists exhibiting in their prospective areas. The art department faculty members pursue active studio careers in addition to their teaching endeavors.