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Seven AU professors granted tenure among faculty promotions
ASHLAND, Ohio – Among a series of faculty promotions at Ashland University, seven professors have been granted tenure – Amy Crawford, Ph.D., and Erik Kormos, Ph.D., in the Dwight Schar College of Education; Timothy Hinkel, Ph.D., Nikita Lopatin, Ph.D., and Dennis Witherspoon, Ph.D., in the Dauch College of Business and Economics; Jody Hostetler in the Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences; and Selva Kolandapalayam Shanmugam, Ph.D., in the College…
Academic Honors Convocation celebrated students, faculty achievement on April 13
ASHLAND, Ohio – About 75 Ashland University students were recognized individually for their academic achievement and two faculty members were honored for their outstanding work at the annual Academic Honors Convocation, held April 13 at the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel. The purpose of the convocation is to celebrate academic achievement, promote community and recognize sophomores, juniors and seniors with Outstanding Student Awards. The criteria for those…
Spring Choral Concert to feature Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers,” several student soloists
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s annual Spring Choral Concert, featuring four ensembles and a number of student soloists, will take place on Sunday, April 27, at 4 p.m., in the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel. It is free and open to the public. The AU Chamber Singers, a select choir of a dozen AU students, will perform a series of 19th, 20th and 21st century English part songs, which are unaccompanied secular songs typically with three or more voice parts. The…
AU Symphonic Band to conclude 2024-25 season with April 25 concert
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Symphonic Band will present its final concert of the 2024-25 academic year, the annual Spring Band Concert, this Friday evening, April 25, at Hugo Young Theatre inside the Center for the Arts. The 7:30 p.m. concert is free and open to the public. The program will consist of a series of familiar tunes, starting with “All the Earth and Air” by Tyler Grant, Bert Appermont’s “Colors for Trombone” which will feature AU senior…
Ashland grad Greg Gorrell book signing on campus April 23 for “Vietnam: Survival There & Home"
Chapter 1: Viet Cong Enemy Approaching, describes a February 1967 night during the Vietnam War in his newly published book, “Vietnam: Survival There & Home," that Ashland University alumnus Greg Gorrell (’73) will never forget. After a radio call from the watch tower of “an undetermined number of enemy approaching,” Gorrell and a fellow soldier, who were the only ones in their unit awake, sounded the alarm without their captain’s approval to fire off “…
Four AU religion majors presented their work at meeting with senior biblical scholars
ASHLAND, Ohio – Four Ashland University religion majors—Joshua Carpenter, Zechariah van Farowe, Isaiah Wasserbeck and Anna Wilson—had the unique opportunity to present during the Society for Biblical Literature Global Virtual Meeting, which took place on April 1-4. It was just the second year that select undergraduate students presented at the professional meeting. The Society for Biblical Literature is the world’s foremost academic society for biblical…
Mayor Matt Miller to deliver commencement address at AU’s May 3 ceremony
ASHLAND, Ohio – Matt Miller ‘99, mayor of the City of Ashland, will be the keynote speaker at Ashland University’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 3. The ceremony, which honors both undergraduate and graduate students, will take place at the Niss Athletic Center (905 Moss Hill Drive) and begins at 10 a.m. With plenty of seating available in the 125,000-square foot facility, no tickets are required for the ceremony. It will also be streamed live at…
Students bring weeks, months and sometimes years of preparation into their URCA presentations
For every 12-minute oral presentation and hour or so answering questions about poster/exhibition projects at April 8’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (URCA), the nearly 100 Ashland University students who presented spent many more hours, often months and, in some cases, years in preparation. “As far as the time I've put into preparing for the exhibition, it has been all throughout my time here at AU,” said senior Mason Smith, who had…
Recent AU grad Lila Wolfe thrives at Fostoria School District teaching choir, directing stage productions
Lila Wolfe says so many things she learned at Ashland University have greatly helped in her job at Fostoria Junior/Senior High School. “Between music theory, aural skills and choir teaching methods, everything I studied for my music education degree is something I use in my daily teaching,” said the 2023 AU grad who has been Fostoria’s choir director the past two years, as well as director of plays and musicals. “It’s been incredibly rewarding to apply all of…
AU’s Dwight Schar College of Education earns Best Graduate School distinction from U.S. News
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Dwight Schar College of Education has been selected as a 2025 Best Graduate School by U.S. News & World Report, as announced Tuesday by the media company that is widely respected for its education rankings. Designed for prospective students looking to further their education beyond college, the Best Graduate Schools rankings evaluated programs in a variety of disciplines. Within education, U.S. News evaluated schools…
