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AU Dean’s List for fall 2022 includes more than 1,000 students

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is pleased to announce its Dean’s List honorees for the 2022 fall semester. More than 1,000 students earned the distinction.

In order to be eligible for the Dean’s List at Ashland, one must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student at the university and receive a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semester.

The students and their hometowns can be found…

AU Unity Week features several events inspired by the work of MLK

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will celebrate AU Unity Week Jan. 16-19 with a series of events to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while bringing students, faculty, staff and the broader community together for conversation, fellowship, engagement and service. AU’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence (DEI) is coordinating the celebration, and all of the events are open to the public.…

AU student earns prominent award from National Association for Campus Activities

ASHLAND, Ohio – Maeve Kelly, a psychology major at Ashland University, was named the winner of the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader award within the six-state Mid America region of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) recently.

Kelly has served as the co-leader of AU’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) for two years…

Ceremony set for Aug. 27 to recognize progress of AU’s campus beautification projects

ASHLAND, Ohio – A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to celebrate the progress this summer of the nearly $20 million in campus beautification projects that are currently underway at Ashland University. It will take place Saturday, Aug. 27, at 4 p.m., on King Road across from the Hawkins-Conard Student Center, where a new archway will…

More than 1,000 AU students named to Dean’s List for fall 2021

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is pleased to announce its Dean’s List honorees for the 2021 fall semester. More than 1,000 students earned the distinction.

In order to be eligible for the Dean’s List at Ashland, one must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student at the University and receive a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semester.

The students and their hometowns can be found …

Francesca Depue: Appreciative of "real world examples" and "multiple points of view" at AU

Francesca Depue, from Lucas, Ohio, earned an associate degree in business administration two weeks before she got her high school diploma via the College Now Program. In a few days, she will add another Ashland degree, a bachelor's in business administration after double majoring in supply chain management and marketing. The "real world examples" provided during her classwork at the Dauch College of Business and Economics, plus the…

Amanda Stewart: "Incredible field experience ... set me on the right course" at AU

To say Amanda Stewart is an overachiever is an understatement. Prior to attending Ashland University, she graduated from Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio, and through the Timken Early College program, she achieved dual associate degrees in Arts and Science. At Ashland, Amanda graduated with a B.S.B.A. with a double major in Sports Management and Marketing in the…

Sen. Sherrod Brown visits Jack W. Liebert Military & Veteran Resource Center

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University welcomed a special guest to campus for Veterans Day on Thursday, as U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) visited the Jack W. Liebert Military & Veterans Resource Center.

Randy Spade, who has served as the director of military and veteran services at Ashland for five years, gave Sen. Brown a tour of the center, where he greeted seven current AU veteran students, and came away very…

Nehemiah Cannon: AU's "family atmosphere"; has built "a trust"

Sophomore Nehemiah Cannon plays left guard for the Eagles. A standout football player at Central Catholic High School in Toledo, he has always found the tight-knit feel of a locker room comforting and appreciates the closeness and camaraderie that come with being around a group of people working hard to achieve similar goals. He sees direct parallels between being on a…

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…