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Educators explore tech careers during AU’s Telecommunications Boot Camp
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Ten educators spanning six Ohio school districts recently completed Ashland University’s Telecommunications Boot Camp, a hybrid course designed to help teachers introduce students to careers in broadband, 5G and emerging technologies.
Ashbrook Center welcoming prominent historians for World War II conference Sept. 5-6
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashbrook Center at Ashland University welcomes all history enthusiasts and military buffs for its conference, “Victory and Defeat: The Final Months of World War II,” which will feature presentations by prominent historians on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 5-6. All sessions of the conference, which honors the 80th anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day, are free and open to the public. The conference kicks off Friday afternoon, with a keynote…
AU announces this year’s events, theme for Symposium Against Indifference series
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is proud to announce its 2025-26 events for the College of Arts and Sciences’ Symposium Against Indifference, a biennial series dedicated to overcoming apathy in the face of human concerns by raising awareness and promoting compassionate engagement. This year’s theme is “Thinking About Intelligence: Human and Artificial.” There will be seven events spread throughout the academic year, ranging from an art exhibition to a film…
Ashland Area Chorus beginning rehearsals for 2025-26 season on Aug. 25
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Area Chorus, a community-based mixed choir of 40-50 singers, will begin its 2025-26 season Monday, Aug. 25. The AAC is still welcoming new members. Weekly rehearsals for the chorus will be held on Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m., in room 242 of Ashland University’s Center for the Arts. “(The AAC) will perform Handel’s monumental masterpiece, ’Messiah,’ Nov. 9 and participate in the annual Festival of Lights on Dec. 7,” said Ron…
Ashland University celebrates budget and enrollment achievements under new president
ASHLAND, Ohio – In President Jon Parrish Peede’s inaugural year, Ashland University achieved a $3 million operating budget surplus, secured the third-largest annual fundraising in its history, grew the incoming freshmen class size by eight percent and was awarded its first federal arts grant in sixty years. The announcements were made Tuesday morning at the university’s all-institutional meeting.
Coburn Gallery to open new season with unique exhibition, which used AI to capture older adults’ memories
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Coburn Art Gallery will open its 2025-26 season with a unique and powerful exhibition, “Transcending Barriers Beyond Time: Visual Reminiscence of Older Adults with Chronicle Illnesses Facilitated by Generative AI,” as part of the university’s Symposium Against Indifference biennial series. The art exhibition runs from Monday, Aug. 25, through Saturday, Sept. 27, with an opening reception Thursday, Aug. 28, from 4:30-6:30 p.…
Team of AU students one of four finalists in national IMA case study competition
ASHLAND, Ohio – NBA teams seeking new executives in business analytics may come calling Ashland University graduates soon after a team of AU students—Josh Hagan, Dymtro Solomianiuk, Max Vesper and Hilary Wallace—finished as one of four finalists in a national case study competition. The AU group, along with the other three finalists, presented its findings from the case, “NBA Player Acquisition: Cost-Benefits Analysis & Visualizations,” earlier this…
Group of 10 Emerson/McKnight Scholars recognized heading into 2025-26 academic year
ASHLAND, Ohio – The latest group of Emerson/McKnight Scholars—10 current students from the Ashland University Dauch College of Business and Economics (COBE)—is ready to take on the 2025-26 academic year. Each of the Emerson/McKnight Scholars will receive a $3,500 scholarship, an award in addition to the student’s financial aid package. To be selected for the scholarship, a student must be a business major (other than sport management or fashion merchandising…
Father-son duo, both AU grads, have turned Goldberry coffee into an Ashland institution
If it weren’t for all the shelves of coffee bags, coffee roasters everywhere you look and baristas busy serving beverages, you might think you’re somewhere on the Ashland University campus and not at Goldberry Roasting Co. when you’re at the local coffee shop. “I’ve seen a lot of my classmates here and people I’ve met on campus,” said AU student Ava Jaskulski, one of the baristas working during a typical afternoon. “A lot of students come here to study, so I…
Weidenhamer appointed to Board of Directors of OK International, will continue work reducing lead exposure
ASHLAND, Ohio – Jeff Weidenhamer, Ph.D., Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Ashland University, has been selected to the Board of Directors of Occupational Knowledge International (OK International), a non-governmental organization dedicated to improving public health and the environment in developing countries. For more than a decade, Weidenhamer has collaborated with Perry Gottesfeld, president of OK International, which works to address lead…
