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Challenge accepted: Archer presents $250,000 to AU, first funds in gift for campus facilities, grounds

It is, Ashland resident Bob Archer said simply, the right thing to do.

And with that, Archer handed an oversized check for $250,000 to Ashland University Vice President of Operations and Planning Rick Ewing.

AU Signs Corporate Partners agreement with Jonathan Alder Local School District

01/27/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has entered into a three-year Corporate Partners agreement with the Plain City-based Jonathan Alder Local School District.

The district, which has 2,600 students in five buildings, is the 12th K-12 school district to sign a Corporate Partners agreement with Ashland University within the past several years.

Several AU students are national awards finalists for work with WRDL

Several Ashland University Journalism and Digital Media students received finalist awards in the national Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards competition for their work with the university radio station WRDL.

AU’s Mamma Mia! slated for Valentine’s Day opening

Ashland University Theatre continues its 2019-20 Season of Stories of Courage with the musical, Mamma Mia!, featuring ABBA's greatest hits, opening on Valentine's Day, with 7:30 p.m. performances on Feb. 14, 15, 21 and 22, and a Sunday 2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 16 in the Hugo Young Theatre.

Directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames, with music direction by Deborah Logan, the show uses the storytelling magic of ABBA's timeless songs which propel this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. This sunny and funny story unfolds on a Greek island paradise on the eve of Sophie Sheridan's (Macy Campbell, Genoa) wedding. She is on a quest to discover the identity of her father and brings three men -- Harry, Bill and Sam (Nathan Roblin, Mansfield; Will Taylor, Fairborn, and Tristan Peterman, Canton, respectively) to the island. They last visited the island 20 years ago with Sophie's mother, Donna (Mia Kardotzke, Clyde).

Poet Paige Webb to give reading at AU on Feb. 6

Paige Webb, administrative director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program and managing editor of publications at Ashland University, will give a poetry reading Thursday, Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. in Ronk Lecture Hall inside the Schar College of Education. The event is free and open to the public.

Webb’s work has appeared in Blackbird, Denver Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Indiana Review, Kenyon Review, Poetry Northwest, Portland Review, Vinyl and on the Academy of American Poets website. Her chapbook, Tussle, was recently released by dancing girl press.

Retired U.S. diplomat to discuss peace between nations at Feb. 29 Stratton Conference

Retired senior diplomat Philip Shull will present The Eagle and the Dragon: Different Views, Common Challenges as part of the Ashland Center for Nonviolence’s Sixth Annual John D. Stratton Conference on Saturday, Feb. 29.

Shull, a Wooster native, completed 31 years of foreign service with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including assignments in Korea, Argentina, Hong Kong, the Philippines and three postings to China. The 1 p.m. keynote address is free and open to the public and will be held at the Dauch College of Business and Economics on the Ashland University campus.

Petry’s found objects, including hair, part of AU Art + Design faculty exhibition

Cynthia Petry keeps her art supplies in tubs.

But inside those tubs you won’t find brushes or paint tubes. Instead, the Ashland University professional art instructor and Coburn Gallery director stashes away found objects – 19th century photographs, buttons, pieces of string, words on paper, human hair.

Yes, human hair.

5 questions for: Alex Trotter

Ashland University senior Alex Trotter will present his senior recital Thursday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall. Assisted by Eric Watts on bass trombone and Branden Barber on trumpet, Trotter will present the recital in the form of a jazz lecture, introducing each piece and explaining the techniques he used to create the arrangement. In addition to his performance on the piano, Trotter has done his own arrangements and also will debut his original composition, “Great to be Me”. The concert is free and open to the public.

Here he answers five questions about what’s ahead:

AU Art + Design faculty featured in Coburn Gallery show opening Jan. 23

01/17/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Coburn Gallery announces its upcoming art exhibition featuring the works from the Ashland University Art + Design Department Faculty.

This annual exhibition 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 members pursue active studio careers in addition to their teaching endeavors. The exhibition opens on Thursday Jan. 23 and runs through Feb. 23.

Symposium continues with May’s presentation on improving air quality measurements

01/17/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Dr. Andrew May, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering at The Ohio State University, will present details about his work in improving the measurements of local air quality on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Ronk Lecture Hall of the Ashland University Schar College of Education.

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