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Teacher of AU natural history field classes inducted into the ODNR Hall of Fame

When Paul E. Knoop Jr. and his wife, Cathy, moved to Hocking County in 1997 they started teaching natural history field classes to teachers and naturalists for Ashland University.  

“Paul is the expert and has the knowledge, and I take that and show teachers how to use it in classrooms,” said Cathy, a retired elementary science teacher. “All our…

Students, alumni showcase their varied interests and scholarly work during URCA Symposium

Tiffany Sims enjoyed combining three of her interests into one presentation.

Jacob Owens liked sharing about a business he hopes to start.

And Phillip Wages loved giving back to his alma mater.

Those were just a few of the many reasons about 40 students and a couple of alumni from Ashland…

Chocolate expert to present at AU’s Environmental Lecture Series on March 30

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s 2022-23 Environmental Lecture Series continues Thursday, March 30, when guest Romi Burks, a professor of biology at Southwestern University, presents “Save the Earth: 10 Reasons to Buy Better Chocolate.” The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m., in Ronk Lecture Hall of the Dwight Schar College of Education (340 Samaritan Ave.), and the first 75 in-person attendees will have the option to sample several varieties of chocolate.…

Internationally-recognized expert on natural rubber production to speak at AU on Feb. 2

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s 2022-23 Environmental Lecture Series continues on Thursday, Feb. 2, when Katrina Cornish, professor at The Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, presents “Biological and Geographical Diversification of Natural Rubber: U.S. Supply Security, Rural Development and Public Health.” It will be held at Ronk Lecture Hall inside the Dwight Schar College of…

Annual Environmental Lecture Series at AU returns Nov. 9, featuring Perry Gottesfeld

ASHLAND, Ohio – Perry Gottesfeld, executive director of Occupational Knowledge International, is the featured guest for the first of Ashland University’s 2022-23 Environmental Lecture Series on Wednesday night, Nov. 9. He will present “The Global Health Implications of the Transition to Clean Electric Vehicles,” starting at 7:30 p.m., in the Trustees Room at the John C. Myers Convocation Center.

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Ashland University’s Environmental Lecture Series to Focus on Bats of Mohican and ‘In Our Own Backyard’

10/22/15 ASHLAND, Ohio – The second event in Ashland University’s Environmental Lecture Series for 2015-2016 will be a presentation by AU’s Merrill Tawse, professional instructor in the…

Ashland University’s 2015-16 Environmental Lecture Series to Focus on Natural History and Current Issues ‘In Our Own Backyard’

9/3/15 ASHLAND, Ohio – The first event in Ashland University’s Environmental Lecture Series for 2015-16 will be a presentation by Steve McKee, retired director of the Richland County Park District. McKee played a leading role in establishment of the Richland B&O trail and the Gorman Nature Center.

Reports are that his retirement appears to sustain his active and central role in environmental education and outreach, with a core focus on north-…

Ashland University Sets Environmental Lecture on ‘Rehabilitation of Nature in Urban Landscapes’

3/30/15 ASHLAND, Ohio – The second event in Ashland University’s Environmental Lecture Series this semester will be a presentation by Dr. Mary Gardiner, entomologist, associate professor and director of the Urban Landscape Ecology Program at Ohio State University.

Gardiner will speak on rehabilitation of urban green spaces, and the natural functions and “services…

Classroom Building Construction Underway at the Black Fork Wetlands Environmental Studies Center

9/9/14 ASHLAND, Ohio – Construction was started last month on a classroom building at Ashland University’s Black Fork Wetlands Environmental Studies Center located along U.S. 42 near the Ashland County-Richland County line.

The 1,200-square-foot classroom building, which is expected to be dedicated on Oct. 23, has been a development goal of the Ashland University faculty steering committee since the Environmental Studies Center was started in 2005…

AU Sets Environmental Lecture on Coffee, Communities and Conservation in Latin America

3/27/14 ASHLAND, Ohio – The fourth and final event in Ashland University’s Environmental Lecture Series this year will be a presentation by Dr. Amanda Rodewald, director of Conservation Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and associate professor in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

Dr. Rodewald will speak on "The Intersection…