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Ashland graduate earns Ohio History Teacher of the Year honor
ASHLAND, Ohio --- There are benefits to being a self-described “history nerd” – just ask Emily Marty. She was Emily Miller when she graduated from Ashland University in 2006 and was ready to start her teaching career. And now, 15 years later, Marty has been named the state’s 2021 History Teacher of the Year. The honor is bestowed by the New York City-based Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which was established nearly 30 years ago to promote the…
Presidential historian to speak at Ashland on Sept. 22
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will welcome noted presidential historian Thomas Balcerski on Wednesday, Sept. 22, for a lecture titled “Ranking the Best … and the Worst Presidents.” The event, co-sponsored by the Ashland Honors Program and Phi Alpha Theta honorary society, will take place at the Dauch College of Business and Economics, Room 115, at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Balcerski, an associate professor of history at Eastern…
Dolly Dong: "I love Ashland University for the support they’ve given me"
Dolly Dong came to the United States from China on a religious worker visa 13 years ago. Three years after, she moved to Ashland and the small community quickly became her second home Currently working on her master’s degree, Dolly is AU’s international campus minister and Chinese church pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland. What was it about Ashland University that made you feel welcome? It’s a quiet community with a campus that has a friendly…
Ashland named a “Best College” by U.S. News & World Report, ranked among top 35 in three categories
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has been selected as a “Best College” by the forthcoming U.S. News & World Report annual guidebook, ranking 54th out of the 157 schools in the Regional Universities – Midwest category. The latest edition of the highly-respected university rankings were released Monday. Upon closer examination, Ashland placed among the top-10 private universities in Ohio (tied for ninth) and 42nd among all privates within the Midwest…
O'Connor to deliver Ashbrook Constitution Day address
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor will speak at the Ashbrook Center’s Constitution Day Lecture on Friday, Sept. 17 at noon at the John C. Myers Convocation Center, 638 Jefferson St., on the Ashland University campus. Tickets for this luncheon event are $20 per person or $160 for a table of eight. Tickets are available online at www.ashbrook.org/event/2021constitutiondaylecture. For more information or to order tickets by…
An internship takes Pireu from basketball into the world of football
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Around the Ashland University campus, Karlee Pireu might be best known for her basketball skills, but this summer, she was all about football. Pireu, a 2017 graduate of Perry High School in Massillon, completed her third internship at the Hall of Fame Village, a division of the Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Co. and the developers of property adjacent to the nonprofit Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Hall of Fame Village’s end goal…
Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway to speak at Ashbrook luncheon on Sept. 8
ASHLAND, Ohio – Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway will speak at the Ashbrook Center’s Major Issues Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at noon at the John C. Myers Convocation Center, 638 Jefferson St., on the Ashland University campus. Tickets for the luncheon are $20 per person or $160 for a table of eight. Tickets are available online at www.ashbrook.org/event/hemingway. For more information or to order tickets by phone, contact Sally Schramm at 419-…
Alumni bring artistic skills back to the Coburn Gallery
ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will host an Art + Design Department Alumni exhibition celebrating the creativity, innovation, and dedication of its alumni over the years. The exhibition will feature more than 75 artworks created by alumni from across the United States. The Art Department Alumni exhibition opens on Thursday, Sept. 2 with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Christopher Barker finds his niche
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Christopher Barker is a non-traditional online student who is certain of his career path. It wasn’t always that way. He took the two years of culinary classes at Stow Munroe Falls High School before graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School and thought he might want to get involved in that field, only to realize cooking was more of a hobby. He went on be interested in journalism, but that never materialized. But when he started working…
Kappa Sigma Gets Second Consecutive Founders' Award
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 for the second consecutive year. 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 31 chapters received the FACE award…
