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Gupta praises AU for helping him on his career path to superintendent job
Neil Gupta says his career wouldn’t have advanced as successfully as it has without Ashland University. “All the jobs I’ve gotten have directly been related to what AU prepared me for,” said Gupta, whose recent job advancement was being named superintendent of the Oakwood school district in the Dayton area. Not only has Gupta earned a master’s degree (educational curriculum and instruction) and a doctorate (educational leadership) from AU, he also has served…
WIA partners with AU to offer broadband and 5G training to incarcerated individuals
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) today announced a new partnership with Ashland University to help approximately 140 incarcerated individuals, who are eligible for release within 12 months, prepare for careers in broadband and 5G this spring and summer. With expanded funding from the Ohio Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation’s Individual Microcredential Assistance Program (IMAP), Ashland University (AU) will offer the…
62nd annual Mohican District Science Day to be held at AU this Saturday
ASHLAND, Ohio – One hundred fifteen students from 26 area schools are expected to converge on the Ashland University campus Saturday, March 25, for the 62nd annual Mohican District Science Day. Sponsored by the Mohican District Junior Division of the Ohio Academy of Science, the event will be held at AU’s John C. Myers Convocation Center. According to Jeff Weidenhamer, the Science Day director and a professor of chemistry at AU, the students participating…
AU student Payton Block 'doing a wonderful job' student-teaching in Shelby
Payton Block always loved learning in school and had some really influential teachers who inspired her to be the best student she could be. “With that, my high school French teacher was the first to suggest teaching after I developed a lesson plan for one of her assignments, and I had a lot of fun with it,” said Block, a senior education major at Ashland University But COVID-19 had her questioning that career choice. After seeing firsthand how well some…
Four AU baseball players earn 4.0 GPAs, team boasts 3.44 GPA
In his 36 years of coaching college baseball, John Schaly has never had a team grade point average as high as the 3.44 his Ashland University squad earned in the fall semester. “It was by far my best semester ever. Honestly, it’s not even close,” said Schaly, who is in his 26th year as AU’s head baseball coach after coaching the previous six years at St. Leo University in Florida and his first four seasons at Berry College in Georgia. Not only did 42 of the…
Regional artists collect awards at AU’s Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition
ASHLAND, Ohio – Eleven awards from the 2023 Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition at Ashland University went to regional student artists, as announced by Cynthia Petry, director of AU’s Coburn Gallery. The exhibition runs through March 24. More than $1,000 was distributed to the winners across a variety of categories, while the People’s Choice award will be announced on the Coburn Gallery’s Facebook page March 20.
AU grad Chad DiFranco enjoying teaching new arts classes at his Amherst high school
Principal Joe Tellier wasn’t worried how adding new ceramics and sculpture classes would go at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst with art teacher and Ashland University graduate Chad DiFranco leading the way. “Not only did he add these courses, but when the idea of creating an Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art was beginning, he volunteered to teach it and gave up a week in the summer to get trained on the intricacies of this new rigorous art class,”…
AU partnering with Special Olympics Ohio, Cavs Academy to host unique basketball clinic
ASHLAND, Ohio – Special Olympics Ohio Unified Champion Schools® (UCS) and Ashland University, in collaboration with the department of recreation and wellness and the Dauch College of Business and Economics at AU, have partnered to host a basketball skills clinic featuring staff from the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Cavs Academy Camps & Clinics on Wednesday, March 22, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Arthur L. and Maxine Sheets Rybolt Health Sciences and Recreation…
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at AU’s Maplerock Jazz Festival
ASHLAND, Ohio – The 42nd edition of the Maplerock Jazz Festival, an educational and entertaining event that features the Ashland University Jazz Orchestra mixing with jazz luminaries and regional scholastic groups, will take place on St. Patrick’s Day this year. This Friday’s festival will be held inside AU’s Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). First, area high school bands are scheduled to perform in a non-competitive format from 1-4:30 p.m., at Hugo…
President of Ethics and Public Policy Center to speak at AU’s Faith and Society lecture
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ryan T. Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., will be the guest speaker at Ashland University’s next Faith and Society lecture. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, at the Dwight Schar College of Education’s Ronk Auditorium (340 Samaritan Ave.) at 7 p.m. For those unable to attend in person, Anderson’s presentation will be streamed at ashland.edu/faith-…
