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Three of Ohio’s 11 State Board of Education District Teachers of the Year have AU ties
ASHLAND, Ohio – Three of Ohio’s 11 State Board of Education District Teachers of the Year hold degrees from Ashland University. This year’s outstanding cohort was announced July 17 by the State Board of Education. The State Board District Teachers of the Year with AU ties are Jennifer Winkler ‘12, who earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and art education, and Daneé Pinckney and Amanda Schaeffer, each of whom earned a master’s in education. From the…
Love of genealogy leads to AU grad Allison Lawrentz Barnhart having book published
Ashland University graduate Allison Lawrentz Barnhart started writing her book in the past tense, but quickly changed that. “I thought, ‘This is going to be boring – this happened and that happened, and I don’t want to do that,’” said Lawrentz Barnhart, describing how “The Record Keeper: The Unfolding of a Family Secret in the Age of Genetic Genealogy” began. “It’s so much of a deeper story than that.” So, she switched to present tense as she described her…
AU graduate recognized for her career in business as a teacher and financial adviser
Dena Kotz-Fresch chose Ashland University for an MBA for two main reasons. First, her undergraduate degree in finance was from AU. Second, she wanted a more specific specialization other than a traditional MBA to distinguish herself from all the other MBAs in the workforce, which she received from AU with an MBA in global management. Not only has that helped distinguish her in the workforce, it also has helped her be included recently in the Marquis Who’…
AU master's degree graduate named superintendent of Wilmington City Schools
Tim Dettwiller had never considered earning a school administrator license until administrators at Madison-Plains Local Schools in London, Ohio, suggested it. “I was the school treasurer and helped them on their facility improvement process, and they liked what I did so much that they asked me to get my superintendent’s license,” said Dettwiller, who eventually became the school district’s superintendent for four years, followed by four years as…
Ashland University graduate Megan Harvey named executive director of Main Street Wadsworth
Megan Harvey had really enjoyed participating in community and high school theatre productions but was too afraid to pursue theatre as a career. After a few other career explorations, she decided to pursue a profession in arts management. However, the university she was attending and had wanted to attend since she was a child, Ashland University, didn’t offer an arts management major. “While Ashland did not offer this type of program in either the school of…
Telecommunications Bootcamp for Educators “teaches the teachers” about 5G
ASHLAND, Ohio – More than a dozen educators from across Ohio visited Ashland University to learn about 5G broadband technology and its impact on various industries as they took part in a Telecommunications Bootcamp for Educators, presented by staff members in AU’s Office of Workforce Training and Development. The week-long program in late June was funded through a state grant from the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation. The ultimate goal of the…
Susan Jacobs, who has taught art online for AU, has celebrity portraits exhibition
A few years ago, Susan Jacobs really enjoyed an online Ashland University course she taught called Creative Thinking Experiences Through Drawing. “I had some astonishing results,” Jacobs said about the class. “Surprising to see such progress without actually meeting the students.” Jacobs has had some astonishing results with her art of people she also hasn’t met, including Bruce Springsteen, Barbara Streisand and Stephen Curry. Her exhibition of celebrity…
AU's School Superintendent Licensure program helps lead to CEO job at iSTEM School
On the advice of one of his mentors, Allen Wilson decided to earn a school superintendent license from Ashland University. “He pointed out that with the license I would be open to more administrative opportunities not just as a superintendent,” Wilson said about that mentor, former superintendent of Tri-County Educational Service Center, Eugene Linton. One of those opportunities is his most recent position at RG Drage Career Center in Canton as tech…
College of Education has fully implemented science of reading into curriculum
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has fully implemented science of reading standards— research-based literacy instruction—in its Dwight Schar College of Education curriculum to align with the expectations of state lawmakers as well as the many school districts it works with. Lisa Vernon-Dotson, Ph.D. (pictured third from left), dean of the Dwight Schar College of Education, has headed the effort to update the content in AU’s education courses and was among a…
MBA graduate retires after a successful career in addictions counseling
After researching several MBA programs, Ashland University quickly became the best choice for Tom Stuber. “I had completed a Clinical Master’s program and Ashland was willing to give me credit for several of the research and statistics courses I had completed in that program,” Stuber said. “Most others were not that flexible or customer friendly.” That decision more than 20 years ago, helped Stuber continue to build on a more-than-40-year successful career…
