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Ashland M.Ed. alumni named 2022 Ohio Teacher of the Year
ASHLAND, Ohio – Kurt Russell, who earned a master of education in curriculum and instruction from Ashland University in 1996 and is currently a social studies teacher at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Ohio, was selected as the 2022 Ohio Teacher of the Year, it was announced by the Ohio Department of Education earlier this month. “I’m extremely honored to have been recognized as Ohio Teacher of the Year. I applaud all those wonderful and gifted teachers…
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…
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-…
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…
AU President Carlos Campo Named to Social Capital Campaign Advisory Board
7-27-21 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University President Dr. Carlos Campo has been named to the Social Capital Campaign Advisory Board, a nonprofit that promotes social capital – and the institutions that create it – to policy makers and thought leaders. "I am honored to join the advisory board of the Social Capital Campaign," he said. Like many others in our nation, I believe that renewed civil discourse and emphasizing our shared values can lead to…
Lyons heads to grad school after finding hope and help through AU CE program
07/22/2021 GROVE CITY, Ohio --- Chris Lyons is ready to take on the world. He recently received his degree from Ashland University and is excited to enter graduate school at The Ohio State University in the fall. Newly married to a young lady he’s known since childhood, he’s an adoring stepfather to two precocious girls. And like any parents watching their child succeed, Lyons’s parents are all smiles, ready for family photos and ready to talk about…
Biltz has family tree at AU, but accounting brought him to campus
07/21/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Biltz family has a long history with Ashland University. Mark Biltz’s parents met at AU when his dad, Scott Biltz, was a senior nose guard on the football team, and his mother, Melissa Rohr (Biltz), was a sophomore. And one of Biltz’s older brothers graduated from Ashland this past spring as an accounting major. However, it wasn’t the family legacy at Ashland that was the main driving force in Biltz deciding to go to Ashland.…
Ashland University Receives $1.7 Million in Ohio Budget
07/02/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – Earlier this week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s $75 million biennial budget bill, clearing the way for significant funding for three Ashland University projects. Receiving the go-ahead was $487,925 for the Jack Liebert Military and Veterans’ Resource Center project; $654,250 for the University’s Correctional Education and Expansion program; and $591,750 for the Ashland University Center for Addictions. “Ashland…
After 10 years, two continents, two children, Ghannam gets her degree
06/18/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio –When Fatimah Ghannam got married, she knew a move to the United States was ahead. So when she was 20, she made the trip from her native Saudi Arabia to Ashland. Her husband, a computer science major, had already been through Access English classes at Ashland University and was fairly fluent. His wife began those same classes, but started feeling ill. Turns out, she said, she was pregnant with their first child. Now, with a newborn…
