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English Professor Russell Weaver publishes his fourth book
Once Ashland University Professor of English Russell Weaver, Ph.D., stopped taking his kids to soccer games, he started writing books. Weaver keeps doing it because he said jokingly that it keeps him out of trouble. “It’s also fun to do,” added Weaver, who has been teaching at AU for almost 40 years. “And it’s helped my teaching because you learn things about texts when you write about them that you can’t learn teaching them.” On Monday, Jan. 22 in Ronk…
Faith and Society lecture by Dee Stokes will focus on sports Jan. 24
**UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to illness. Stay tuned as a new date will be announced soon.** ASHLAND, Ohio – Dee Stokes, an entrepreneurial minister, educator, author, consultant, podcaster and former NCAA Div. I college basketball coach, will present the latest edition of Ashland University’s Faith and Society lecture series next Thursday, Jan. 24. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the College of Education’s…
AU master's degree graduate named a vice president of communications for CBS Stations
Elita Fielder Adjei understands the excuses people use to not pursue a post-graduate degree. She could have used a number of them and not started a master’s degree program in strategic communications from Ashland University in 2014. Not necessary? She already was a successful communications specialist. Too busy? She was an executive in the energy industry. A parent? She was the mother of three young children. “I started the program as a single mom, and I…
Month-long exhibition at Coburn Gallery to feature faculty works, starting Jan. 18
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will be hosting an exhibition featuring works by faculty in the AU Department of Art + Design from Thursday, Jan. 18, through Sunday, Feb. 18. There will be a two-hour opening reception on Thursday, Jan. 18, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Gallery admission is free and open to the public. This is an annual exhibition that spotlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as…
AU’s Center for CommUNITY & Belonging planning a week-long commemoration of MLK
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a week full of events bringing students, faculty, staff and the Ashland community together for service, conversation, fellowship and engagement Jan. 15-19. Staff from AU’s newly-named Center for CommUNITY & Belonging are coordinating the celebration, and the events are open to the public. On MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 15, AU students will be volunteering from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,…
Ashland Area Chorus Begins Rehearsals
ASHLAND, Ohio - The Ashland Area Chorus, a community-based mixed choir, announces its spring 2024 season. Rehearsals are Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m. at Ashland University in the Center for the Arts, room 242, starting this Monday, Jan. 8. The AAC will perform a program of beautiful music at an AU choral concert this spring. This is the perfect time to join. You may simply show up or you may contact the director ahead of time. The Chorus is open to the…
Lyceum Café a new centerpiece of the AU campus
ASHLAND, Ohio – One of the highlights of 2023 at Ashland University was the opening of the Lyceum Café, a new centerpiece on the AU main campus where students, faculty, staff and the Ashland community have been gathering for meetings, fellowship, study time and delicious food and drinks since its October opening. Located on the completely renovated main floor of the Archer Library, the Lyceum Café is 2,075 square feet of dazzling, inviting space and…
Rev. Naomi Tutu presentation to kick off series of Ashland Center for Nonviolence events
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Center for Nonviolence (ACN) at Ashland University will kick off the Season for Nonviolence with a special event, as it welcomes Rev. Naomi Tutu for a fundraiser dinner and keynote address on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. As an Episcopal priest and the daughter of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, Rev. Tutu is a much sought-after speaker and will present “Striving for Justice: Searching for Common Ground.”
Ashland University graduate named to Crain's Cleveland Business 40 Under 40 list
Even though Kory Clark only saw playing time in eight games for the Ashland University football team for various reasons, including a knee injury, longtime Assistant Coach Tim Rose said he appreciated the speedy wide receiver/defensive back’s positive attitude and saw his potential beyond AU. “He had a great spirit and was upbeat,” Rose said. “You felt the future was going to be bright for him, which it has been as this award shows.” Crain’s Cleveland…
AU Professor of Religion Slade finds history in family archives
For his study leave, Ashland University Professor of Religion Peter Slade, Ph.D., had all kinds of travel planned. But because it was scheduled in 2021 during the height of the COVID pandemic, he couldn’t do any traveling. “So, I ended up going down the family history rabbit hole and discovered my wife’s great-grandfather had an interesting story,” Slade said. That story worked well in the chapter he was invited to write in June 2021 with several other…
