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Waters' work featured in AU Senior Art + Design Exhibition
02/01/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- In February, the Ashland University Coburn Gallery hosts the Senior Art + Design Exhibition that features the capstone experience for graduating art majors. Showcasing the work of graduating senior Barbie Waters, the 2021 Senior Art + Design Exhibition will open on Friday, Feb. 12 and run until Feb. 21. “While the 2021 Senior Art Exhibition provides the capstone experience for graduating art majors, it represents more than just…
AU sees three online programs ranked on prestigious U.S. News & World Report list
01/26/2021 ASHLAND -- Three of Ashland University’s online programs have been ranked in the prestigious U.S. News and World Report lists for Best Online Programs for 2021. AU’s Master of Business Administration Online Program has been ranked first in northeast Ohio, second for private online programs in Ohio as well as fourth in Ohio overall among Best Online MBA Programs. It was the 100th ranked program overall nationally among Best Online MBA Programs,…
Licking Memorial Health Systems is 73rd organization to become an AU Corporate Partner
01/25/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University has entered into a three-year Corporate Partners agreement with Licking Memorial Health Systems in Newark. LMHS is the 73rd organization to join the Corporate Partners program and the 15th in the healthcare field. It was named one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2020 by Modern Healthcare. AU’s newest partner traces its history back to 1898 with the establishment of the Newark Hospital…
AU Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences among top 100 private nursing schools
01/15/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Ashland University Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences was ranked as one of the top 100 private nursing schools nationwide in the 2020 rankings of best U.S. Nursing Schools released by the Nursing Schools Almanac. In addition to its ranking as the 93rd best school nationwide among private nursing schools, Ashland University’s College of Nursing was ranked 33rd overall in the Great Lakes region and fifth overall in the…
Art + Design faculty highlighted in upcoming exhibition at Coburn Gallery
01/13/21 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University announces its upcoming art exhibition featuring the works from the Ashland University Art + Design Department faculty. This annual exhibition, which opens Thursday, Jan. 21 and runs through Feb. 5, highlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as professional artists exhibiting in their prospective areas. The Art + Design department faculty pursue active…
Several JDM students are finalists for IBS awards
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Several Ashland University Journalism and Digital Media students received finalist awards in the national Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards competition for their work with university radio station WRDL. The finalists include: ● Best Public Affairs Program (Top 5) - WRDL July 4th Broadcast - WRDL Staff ● Best Documentary (Top 6) - Invasion of Lake Erie - Aaron Lazar ● Best Newscast (Top 7) - News in 90 Seconds - Dean Paolucci &…
A statement on the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol
As an institution focused on teaching proper self-governance and developing the next generation of leaders in America, Ashland University and Theological Seminary condemn in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s violent assault on the United States Capitol. The peaceful transfer of power under law is a fundamental aspect of our republic, as is respect for the rule of law. Further, we denounce the actions of those who sought to interrupt and prevent the…
Author, educator Christine Whelan to deliver McKnight Life Calling Lecture
ASHLAND, Ohio – It’s difficult, Christine Whelan admits, to be “the happiness professor in a pandemic.” But, she says, a pandemic might just be the “perfect time to figure out your purpose.” And that is, in part, the message Whelan will bring to the Ashland University community on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m., when she delivers the 2021 McKnight Life Calling Lecture, “Do the Next Right Thing: Purpose in Times of Uncertainty”. The lecture, which will be offered in a…
AU Professor Dr. Mark Hamilton Passes Away
Dr. Mark Hamilton, Ashland University Associate Professor of Philosophy who was in his 39th year overall at the university and also served as the Athletic Department's Faculty Athletic Representative, passed away on Sunday (Dec. 27) at age 67. Dr. Mark Hamilton will be deeply missed by so many in our Ashland University community. Mark embodied the highest and best at AU, putting students first in all he did," said AU President Dr. Carlos Campo. "From the…
Thinking about getting a COVID-19 vaccine? AU experts say the benefits outweigh risks
12/22/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Dr. Juanita Reese Kline was the youngest of five children and remembers her father talking about his raising her elder siblings in the time of polio. Kline, who chairs the Department of Nursing at the Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Nursing, said that during her father’s life, “he had opportunity to witness the outcome of the poliovirus and later the benefit of the polio vaccine. … When I came along, nearly 30 years…
