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AU’s Center for CommUNITY & Belonging planning a week-long commemoration of MLK
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a week full of events bringing students, faculty, staff and the Ashland community together for service, conversation, fellowship and engagement Jan. 15-19. Staff from AU’s newly-named Center for CommUNITY & Belonging are coordinating the celebration, and the events are open to the public. On MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 15, AU students will be volunteering from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,…
Ashland Area Chorus Begins Rehearsals
ASHLAND, Ohio - The Ashland Area Chorus, a community-based mixed choir, announces its spring 2024 season. Rehearsals are Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m. at Ashland University in the Center for the Arts, room 242, starting this Monday, Jan. 8. The AAC will perform a program of beautiful music at an AU choral concert this spring. This is the perfect time to join. You may simply show up or you may contact the director ahead of time. The Chorus is open to the…
Lyceum Café a new centerpiece of the AU campus
ASHLAND, Ohio – One of the highlights of 2023 at Ashland University was the opening of the Lyceum Café, a new centerpiece on the AU main campus where students, faculty, staff and the Ashland community have been gathering for meetings, fellowship, study time and delicious food and drinks since its October opening. Located on the completely renovated main floor of the Archer Library, the Lyceum Café is 2,075 square feet of dazzling, inviting space and…
Rev. Naomi Tutu presentation to kick off series of Ashland Center for Nonviolence events
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Center for Nonviolence (ACN) at Ashland University will kick off the Season for Nonviolence with a special event, as it welcomes Rev. Naomi Tutu for a fundraiser dinner and keynote address on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. As an Episcopal priest and the daughter of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, Rev. Tutu is a much sought-after speaker and will present “Striving for Justice: Searching for Common Ground.”
Ashland University graduate named to Crain's Cleveland Business 40 Under 40 list
Even though Kory Clark only saw playing time in eight games for the Ashland University football team for various reasons, including a knee injury, longtime Assistant Coach Tim Rose said he appreciated the speedy wide receiver/defensive back’s positive attitude and saw his potential beyond AU. “He had a great spirit and was upbeat,” Rose said. “You felt the future was going to be bright for him, which it has been as this award shows.” Crain’s Cleveland…
AU Professor of Religion Slade finds history in family archives
For his study leave, Ashland University Professor of Religion Peter Slade, Ph.D., had all kinds of travel planned. But because it was scheduled in 2021 during the height of the COVID pandemic, he couldn’t do any traveling. “So, I ended up going down the family history rabbit hole and discovered my wife’s great-grandfather had an interesting story,” Slade said. That story worked well in the chapter he was invited to write in June 2021 with several other…
AU awarded $840,000 in grants through Choose Ohio First program
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) recently awarded Ashland University a grant of $840,000 through the Choose Ohio First (COF) program. COF is an initiative to develop and strengthen the state’s workforce in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). “Ashland University has played a vital role in preparing STEM students for successful careers in Ohio, and I am pleased to have Ashland University among…
Festival of Lights taking place Sunday evening, Dec. 10
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s 32nd annual Festival of Lights, a collaboration between the choral music program and the Office of Christian Ministry, is on Sunday, Dec. 10, at Jack and Deb Miller Chapel. The 7 p.m. candlelight service is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Festival of Lights marks Jesus Christ coming into the world and the story is communicated in verse and song. It will include scripture readings, traditional…
New Assistant Psychology Professor Michaela Quintero's love for AU like a Hallmark movie
If you like Hallmark movies, then you will really enjoy this article. It’s a love story between a college, Ashland University, and its new full-time psychology instructor, Michaela Quintero, who, by the way, loves watching Hallmark movies. “That is my Christmas tradition,” Quintero said with a big smile. Instead of watching this Hallmark-like story, Quintero is the star, starting with her first visit to Ashland last spring to interview for her assistant…
Winter Festival Band Concert set for Friday, Dec. 8
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Symphonic Band and Ashland Area Community Concert Band are teaming up for their annual Winter Festival Band Concert, which will take place Friday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Hugo Young Theatre in the Center for the Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. Each band will perform four-to-six pieces, conducted by Joseph Lewis Jr., director of bands at Ashland University.
