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O'Connor to deliver Ashbrook Constitution Day address
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor will speak at the Ashbrook Center’s Constitution Day Lecture on Friday, Sept. 17 at noon at the John C. Myers Convocation Center, 638 Jefferson St., on the Ashland University campus. Tickets for this luncheon event are $20 per person or $160 for a table of eight. Tickets are available online at www.ashbrook.org/event/2021constitutiondaylecture. For more information or to order tickets by…
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-…
Alumni bring artistic skills back to the Coburn Gallery
ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will host an Art + Design Department Alumni exhibition celebrating the creativity, innovation, and dedication of its alumni over the years. The exhibition will feature more than 75 artworks created by alumni from across the United States. The Art Department Alumni exhibition opens on Thursday, Sept. 2 with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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…
Kappa Sigma Gets Second Consecutive Founders' Award
ASHLAND, Ohio—The Kappa Sigma chapter at Ashland University has been awarded a Kappa Sigma Founders’ Award of Chapter Excellence as one of the fraternity’s top chapters in North America for the second consecutive year. The Founders' Award of Chapter Excellence is the benchmark award in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, recognizing outstanding Chapter management, achievement, and program development in all areas of operation. Only 31 chapters received the FACE award…
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…
