ASHLAND, Ohio – The award-winning Ashland University Jazz Orchestra (AUJO), directed by professor of music Scott Garlock, makes its return Tuesday, Oct. 19, playing a “Jazz at the Nest” concert for the first time since the COVID pandemic began. The free public event, featuring a wide variety of selections, will take place in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center’s Eagle’s Nest at 7:30 p.m.
ASHLAND, Ohio – Montse Alvarado, who serves as vice president and executive director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will speak as part of Ashland University’s Faith and Society lecture series, on Monday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., in the Heritage Room of the John C. Myers Convocation Center. The event is free and open to the public and will also be streamed at https://ashlanduniversity.zoom.us/j/92785769838. For those in attendance, masks are required.
Sophomore Nehemiah Cannon plays left guard for the Eagles.
The Ashland Center for Nonviolence recently received the Michael Berken Peace and Justice Award from the Catholic Commission of Wayne, Ashland & Medina Counties.
ASHLAND, Ohio — With fall here, now is the time high school seniors are considering their plans after graduation. While there are plenty of options, studies have shown that the value of a college degree has never been higher.
ASHLAND, Ohio – The pandemic was responsible for the hard hit finances took in the Hutchings’ household near Cleveland.
His parents' financial and work struggles were not lost on their youngest child, Giovanni, who was living at home and trying to adjust to Ashland University’s remote learning.
His father, a former football player at Division 1 Toledo, had a successful personal training business he built from the ground up. But COVID-19 forced the closing of gyms and work-out facilities, which meant his business shut down.
ASHLAND, Ohio – Immigration reform experts Steven Eng, Matthew Soerens and Christy Staats will be joined by moderator Carlos Campo, president of Ashland University, for an informative, lively, and very topical conversation, “A Biblical Approach to Immigration and Poverty: Advocating for Vulnerable Families in Ohio.” The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place on Monday, Oct. 11, at Ashland’s Miller Chapel, from 7-8:30 p.m. Masks are required.
ASHLAND, Ohio – Kurt Russell, who earned a master of education in curriculum and instruction from Ashland University in 1996 and is currently a social studies teacher at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Ohio, was selected as the 2022 Ohio Teacher of the Year, it was announced by the Ohio Department of Education earlier this month.
The Coburn Art Gallery and the Ashland University Department of Art + Design will host Hush II, a ceramic sculpture exhibition featuring Ashland University alumna Kimberly Chapman. The exhibition opens Thursday, Oct. 7 with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
ASHLAND, Ohio – Allie Vanata always knew she wanted to own her own business and she credits the four years she spent at Ashland University (2012-16) for steering her down the path to leading one of the fastest growing, on trend jewelry companies around.
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