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Kappa Sigma Chapter at Ashland University earns national award
09/03/20 ASHLAND, Ohio—The Kappa Sigma chapter at Ashland University has been awarded a Kappa Sigma Founders’ Award of Chapter Excellence as one of the fraternity’s top chapters in North America. The Founders' Award of Chapter Excellence is the benchmark award in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, recognizing outstanding Chapter management, achievement, and program development in all areas of operation. Only 30 chapters received the FACE award within Kappa Sigma in…
AU is one of the Princeton Review’s "Best in the Midwest"
08/27/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has been named as one of the 158 best colleges in the Midwest for 2020 by The Princeton Review. The University is listed in the Best in the Midwest section of the education services company’s “2020 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website feature that posted earlier this month at: www.princetonreview.com/bestMWcolleges. The website feature salutes a total of 655 colleges that The Princeton Review recommends…
AU Art and Design, Coburn Gallery to open “Women of Resilience” exhibition Aug. 31
08/26/20 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Ashland University Coburn Art Gallery and the Department of Art and Design announce the opening of Women of Resilience: An invitational exhibition projecting aspects of women’s resilience through visual art, on view from Aug. 31- Oct. 1. The exhibition was curated by Priscilla Roggenkamp, Patricia O’Neill Sacha and Judith Sterling and includes the works of 22 women artists: Clare Murray Adams, Ruthie Akuchie, Kathleen Browne,…
AU alumnus Hull, Bay Corp. doing their part to fight COVID-19
ASHLAND, Ohio -- When Brooks Hull joined his brother, Larry, to form Bay Corp. in Westlake 40 years ago, they knew they were pioneers in the then-emerging field of fittings and connections for the medical gas industry. Hull, an Ashland University alumnus (1970) and a former trustee, took the reins of the company after his brother’s untimely death in 1985 and led it through years of sustained growth before selling it in 2013 to his nephew, his brother’s son (…
Archer Challenge accepted -- and now met
08/05/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – In less than a year, supporters of Ashland University have risen to the challenge issued to them by AU Trustee Bob Archer and his wife, Jan. In September of 2019, the Ashland couple challenged donors to make gifts totaling $1 million to support the University’s facilities and grounds. In turn, the Archers would make a dollar-for-dollar match. The $1 million mark was surpassed recently when the couple agreed to match an endowment…
AU MBA Program to participate in virtual study tours
08/05/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University MBA Program announces the participation of virtual study tours in partnership with International Study Programs and is the first Ohio MBA program to offer this opportunity. In these unprecedented times, Ashland University is adapting and innovating to continue to provide MBA students with world-class opportunities. The virtual study tour provides students with a best-in-class consulting experience, engaging…
AU’s Venkataramany offers thoughts on diversity in ISM publication
07/29/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Diversity – the type that goes beyond gender, age, race and ethnicity – can often be underestimated. There also is a diversity of thought, wrote Dr. Sivakumar Venkataramany in Spring 2020 edition of Perspectives: A Look at Diversity and Inclusion, a new publication of the International School of Management. And it is that diversity, he said, that paves the way for innovative methods and sustainable solutions. Perspectives is part…
AU board approves streamlining program offerings
07/25/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Board of Trustees this week approved the recommendations of a task force and an administrative unit charged with reviewing all the University’s undergraduate academic programs in an attempt to streamline its offerings and position itself for the next generations of students. “This has not been an easy process, because every program has merit, with faculty and students who have valued it,” said AU…
Study.com ranks AU’s early childhood education program among the top in the U.S.
07/24/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – A new ranking by Study.com of the nation’s top 50 early childhood education programs puts Ashland University’s program at number 16, the highest ranking of any Ohio college or university. “Those who choose to attend Ashland University will receive an excellent education,” Study.com said in releasing the rankings. “Those wishing to prepare for a career working with young children might complete their Bachelor of Science in Education…
Three lead donors make new Niss Athletic Center a reality for Ashland University
07-22-2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Thanks to the generous gifts of three lead donors, Ashland University stands ready to break ground on a first-class, 125,000-square-foot indoor athletic and activity center adjacent to the Dwight Schar Athletic Complex. The concept for the Niss Athletic Center was driven by AU parents Dan and Brenda Niss, as well as alumni Jack and Deb Miller and Jerry Ruyan. Completion of the center is anticipated in late spring of 2021. “…
