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AU “Best of the Nest” team earns second place in business strategy competition

Four AU Dauch College of Business & Economics students were awarded second place for Best Overall Performance in their “world” at the International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition, hosted by California State University--Long Beach.

The competition finals originally were to be conducted in California but were moved to an online platform in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, it included virtual decision rounds, opening and closing ceremonies, team meetings, advisor meetings and informal and formal judges meetings, as well as team presentations from all across the US, as well as Hong Kong.

Dr. Deleasa Randall-Griffiths is recipient of AU’s Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award

Dr. Deleasa Randall-Griffiths, professor of communication studies and director of the online Communications Studies Program in the Ashland University College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of AU’s 2020 Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award.

Finalists for the award were Dr. David McCoy, associate professor of journalism and digital media, and Dr. Rosaire Ifedi, associate professor of doctoral studies and advanced programs.

Dr. Craig Hovey wins AU Excellence in Scholarship Award

The winner of this year's Ashland University Excellence in Scholarship Award is Dr. Craig Hovey, Professor of Religion.
The two semi-finalists are Dr. Chris Chartier, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Dr. John Moser, Professor of History.

Ashland University offers podcast series for educators navigating in a COVID-19 world

The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a time of unprecedented change and nowhere is that more apparent than in the world of elementary and secondary education.

And that change is what sparked Ashland University to begin a series of podcasts, offering opinions and analysis from leaders in the field. Already, 25 episodes of the AU Professional Learning Podcasts are available for free via iTunes and Listen Notes.

AU Senior Art + Design Exhibition switches to an online format

The Ashland University Coburn Gallery will again host the Senior Art + Design Exhibition, though the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated moving the show to an online format.
The exhibition, featuring artworks created by graduating seniors in the Department of Art and Design, will open April 30 via the Gallery’s Facebook page.

Pickering follows father into first responder career, adjusts to serve during pandemic

When other children were out on the playground or building blanket forts, chances are a young Travis Pickering was hanging out at the firehouse.

When your dad’s a firefighter, said Pickering, that’s just the kind of thing you do.

Fast forward to 2020: Travis Pickering is still in the firehouse, only now he’s a firefighter and emergency medical technician.

AU DNP student keeps her focus on the ‘long game’ as she works, studies and prepares for next steps

Jennifer Maurer’s mother would tell you her daughter decided on a career in nursing when she was 3 years old.

It’s a memory Maurer doesn’t necessarily recall, even though her preschool prediction turned out to be true.

AU’s Fleming wins prestigious PEN America Literary Award for 'Resurrection of the Wild' essay collection

When Deborah Fleming tells her creative writing students to persist, she speaks from experience.

The long-time Ashland University English professor sent her essay collection, Resurrection of the Wild: Meditations on Ohio's Natural Landscapes, to 50 different publishers, to no avail. The collection eventually was published by the Kent State University Press, but only after two unsuccessful submissions.

And now that book is the winner of the prestigious PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for Art of the Essay, one of the annual PEN America Literary Awards.

Face-to-face instruction suspended for remainder of spring semester

First and foremost, we want to thank everyone for their patience and cooperation over the past several days. These are challenging times and we will persevere together as One Ashland.

After much consideration, Ashland University including Ashland Theological Seminary is suspending face-to-face instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester. Online instruction, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, March 18, will continue through the end of the spring semester. Students currently enrolled in labs, clinical experiences, studios, internships, student teaching, etc., will receive specific instructions from their respective academic programs. Details related to dropping off or picking up materials from academic buildings also will be provided to students through individual programs.

AU courses will move online until March 30 in wake of COVID-19 recommendation from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine

ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University will suspend all face-to-face classroom instruction as of Monday, March 16 and will move those classes to an online format beginning Wednesday, March 18. Normal face-to-face instruction is suspended for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester.

Courses normally offered through an online format will continue as scheduled.

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