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Eagle Investment Group: Real-life experience for university credit
04/19/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – There’s no right or wrong in the trading room on the first floor of the Ashland University College of Business and Economics. “Essentially,” said Assistant Professor of Finance Dennis Witherspoon, “I’m their coach.” And Witherspoon’s “team” is the Eagle Investment Group, a student-led, student-run organization that manages roughly $1.8 million of the University’s investment portfolio. It is not, Witherspoon said, a co-curricular…
10 are named 2020-2021 Emerson Scholars
03/18/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ten students from Ashland University’s Dauch College of Business and Economics have received recognition and a scholarship as Emerson Scholars for 2020-21. These students are typically recognized at an annual campus luncheon which was impossible during the pandemic. Still, we honor them for their outstanding academic success. This year’s group of 10 students include:
Atwell is Smucker scholarship award winner
ASHLAND, Ohio – Whitney Atwell, an Ashland University student from Mansfield, was named The J.M. Smucker Co. Scholarship award winner for the academic year 2020-2021 at the recent virtual AU Student Institute of Management Accountants meeting. Atwell is a 2018 graduate of Madison Comprehensive High School and plans to graduate from AU in December of 2021 with a major in accounting and a minor in religion. The $2,500 scholarship was presented by Joyce…
AU Sport Management students work at the NFL Super Bowl LV Fan Experience
02/19/21 ASHLAND, Ohio – There’s nothing like Tampa, Florida in February – especially when the Super Bowl is in town. That’s what 11 students from the Ashland University Sport Management Department found when they headed south to volunteer at the NFL Super Bowl Fan Experience. Led by Dr. Lance Kaltenbaugh, the group -- Kimmy Gayhardt, Kevin Huber, Allison Jacobs, Brian Lippiatt, Jessie Mayne, Drew Mills, Justin Moore, Kristen Ogle, Mia Rader, Nick Sparr and…
AU faculty, students offer free tax prep through VITA
2/3/21 ASHLAND, Ohio – Faculty and students in the Ashland University Dauch College of Business and Economics are again offering free tax preparation through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The program, which is designed to assist in tax preparation for those who are eligible and allows for free e-file of federal and state returns, will have a few adaptations this year because of COVID-19. “Instead of open hours for clients to get…
AU’s International MBA ranked among the top programs in the country, state
12/16/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s International MBA program has been ranked among the top 25 in the country by the online guide Great Business Schools. The AU program came in at 18th nationwide, third in Ohio and tops among Ohio’s private colleges and universities. The guide noted Ashland has what is “considered one of Ohio’s best international business MBA programs” and pointed out its 12-month completion and two study abroad trips as notable…
AU seniors impress in worldwide GLO-BUS business simulation
12/03/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Five Ashland University Business Capstone students scored in the top 2 percent in a field of approximately 3,000 teams from 150 colleges/universities participating in the worldwide GLO-BUS simulation. GLO-BUS is a completely online exercise where teams of students run companies that are in a neck-and-neck race for global market leadership in two product categories -- wearable video cameras and sophisticated camera-equipped…
Heimann Professional Enrichment Endowment Fund makes international business internship possible for Robinson
ASHLAND, Ohio – Brett Robinson is a firm believer that business is built on relationships. And with the help of faculty and a boost from an endowment fund, the Ashland University junior is already building those relationships well before he officially begins his career in international business. Robinson, a native of Port Huron, Michigan, spent his summer interning with Bionix, a Toledo-based multinational company that acquires, develops, manufactures and…
COBE Career Day is a virtual success
09/10/20 ASHLAND, Ohio – Students from Ashland University’s Dauch College of Business & Economics didn’t let the logistical challenges of a pandemic keep them from getting some valuable face time Tuesday with representatives of a dozen different companies from around the region. The annual COBE Career Day saw 300 AU students take part in both large and small sessions to hear from representatives of Northwestern Mutual, Parker Hannifin -- Downtown YMCA,…
Ashland University MBA partners with DoorDash for subscription services amid virtual learning
09/09/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland University MBA Programs announces a partnership with DoorDash to provide meals for students amid virtual learning. Ashland University is providing all its One-Year International MBA students with a $500 DoorDash credit and free DashPass subscription. Students enrolled in the 1-Year International MBA Program usually attend in-person classes every Saturday where they are provided with breakfast and lunch. In this current…
