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Renovated piano lab honoring Ron Sprunger gifted to Department of Music
ASHLAND, Ohio – A chance meeting at a local coffee shop has led to the Ashland University Department of Music receiving a major facelift. The department’s Piano Lab—a classroom featuring 17 pianos on the third floor of the College of Arts and Sciences—received a complete renovation in 2025 to honor Ron Sprunger, a beloved professor emeritus of Ashland Theological Seminary. Annette Hruby, owner and founder of The Hruby Group, was in awe when she first heard…
Expert on nonviolence coming to Ashland to present lecture, workshop Feb. 3-4
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Center for Nonviolence (ACN) at Ashland University will welcome Kazu Haga, an educator and practitioner in nonviolence and restorative justice, for a public lecture and workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3-4. Both events are free and open to the public. Haga will present “Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging Through Collapse,” on Feb. 3, at 7 p.m., in the Trustees Room of the John C. Myers Convocation Center. He…
Coburn Gallery’s annual faculty art exhibition to open Jan. 22
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will be hosting its annual faculty art exhibition, which features works by faculty in the AU Department of Art + Design, from Thursday, Jan. 22, through Friday, Feb. 20. The Jan. 22 opening will include a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Gallery admission is free and open to the public. This annual exhibition spotlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as professional…
More than 1,100 students earn Dean’s List recognition for 2025 fall semester
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is pleased to announce its Dean’s List honorees for the 2025 fall semester. More than 1,100 students earned the distinction. In order to be eligible for the Dean’s List at Ashland, one must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student at the university and receive a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semester. The students and their hometowns can be found here.
AU’s MLK Legacy Week Jan. 18-23 includes service, conversation, fellowship and more
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is holding a Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Week from Jan. 18-23, a week full of events bringing students, faculty, staff and the Ashland community together for service, conversation and fellowship while commemorating the American civil rights leader. Staff from AU’s Center for CommUNITY and Belonging are coordinating the celebration. AU’s MLK Legacy Week begins with a special worship service with Five Stones Community Church…
AU’s radio station recognized internationally, JDM students and television station are national finalists
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s radio station, WRDL 88.9 FM, television station, AUTV, and several students in the Journalism and Digital Media (JDM) Department were recently recognized with prominent awards from two different organizations – the International Student Broadcasting Championship (ISBC) and the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS). In a first for AU, the ISBC honored WRDL as one of six finalists in its 2025 Best Audio Production…
Reflections on Christmas in Ashland, featuring Mayor Matt Miller ‘99
By Lauren Gulden, a senior journalism digital media major and creative writing minor One of the first decisions Matt Miller ‘99 made when he was elected and sworn in as mayor of the City of Ashland was to purchase an official Christmas tree for the city. With some help from local donors, Ashland’s one and only 40-foot majestic pine was put in place in 2018. This was just the start for the new-found Christmas joy that would soon fill Ashland. One of Miller’s…
Ashland Area Chorus ready to begin rehearsals for spring, starting Monday, Jan. 12
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Area Chorus, a community-based mixed choir, will begin its 2026 spring season on Monday, Jan. 12. The AAC is welcoming new members. There are weekly rehearsals for the chorus on Monday nights (with the exception of MLK Day) from 7-8:30 p.m., in room 242 of Ashland University’s Center for the Arts. “Following a very successful ‘Messiah’ presentation in the fall, the AAC will perform a program of beautiful music during the AU choral…
AU one of just 14 schools to achieve 100% on state’s Science of Reading audit
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Dwight Schar College of Education is fully in alignment with state standards for Science of Reading curriculum, according to an Ohio Department of Higher Education audit. In the report released on Tuesday, Ashland was one of 14 schools (out of 49) to receive a perfect 100% on the 73 audit metrics. "I am so proud of our College of Education dean, leadership team and faculty members who have successfully developed and…
Occupational Life Calling class, Professional Academic Advising helping students stay on track
When they were freshmen at Ashland University, Roland Ntow felt like his world was crumbling, Karin Wlodarsky didn’t know if she would stick college out and Emma Stoll was not sure where to turn after deciding nursing wasn’t for her. Today, they are all thriving. Ntow is a senior marketing major and a resident assistant who is planning a career in supply chain management and to pursue an MBA. Wlodarsky, a sophomore, is majoring in accounting and finance,…
