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MAHG grad named first site manager of Colorado historical site
Unlike many students who have gone through Ashland University’s Master of Arts in American History and Government program (MAHG), Chris Mather isn’t a social studies teacher. Mather works for the National Park Service (NPS). “While the MAHG program is generally focused toward secondary school social studies teachers, I believe this program can be a benefit to anyone who is involved with government functions, acts as a steward to our public resources or has a…
2022 MAHG graduate earns Fulbright Roving Scholar award for 2023-24 academic year
ASHLAND, Ohio – Larry Dorenkamp, who graduated with a master’s degree in American history and government from Ashland University in May 2022, has earned a prestigious Fulbright Roving Scholar in America Studies award, the Fulbright Program announced recently. This Roving Scholar award affords Dorenkamp the opportunity to go to Norway and spend the 2023-24 academic year there holding workshops for secondary school students, their teachers and higher education…
Ashland University grad student/employee Cass Ponzi competing in Miss USA program
Picture the movie “Miss Congeniality,” specifically the scenes of Sandra Bullock’s character, tomboy FBI agent Gracie Hart, learning things she never dreamed of doing - dressing, walking and talking like a pageant contestant. Before she goes undercover as “Miss New Jersey” after a terrorist threatens to bomb the fictional Miss United States event, Hart struggles mightily in her preparation with a pageant coach. Ashland University student/employee Cass Ponzi…
Students, alumni showcase their varied interests and scholarly work during URCA Symposium
Tiffany Sims enjoyed combining three of her interests into one presentation. Jacob Owens liked sharing about a business he hopes to start. And Phillip Wages loved giving back to his alma mater. Those were just a few of the many reasons about 40 students and a couple of alumni from Ashland University’s College of Arts and Sciences presented their scholarly work at the 14th annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) Symposium on Tuesday, April…
Russell, M.Ed. alumnus, loves promoting diversity in education as National Teacher of the Year
Kurt Russell still often uses one of the things he learned from his time in Ashland University’s Master of Education program in the mid-1990s. “I learned to make sure you are honest to yourself as a teacher, not copy another teacher’s style and be authentic,” said Russell, who has been teaching history at Oberlin High School since earning his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from AU in 1996. “I use that every day as I teach.” That philosophy…
Recent AU alumna’s enthusiasm for all things Abraham Lincoln has led to one published book, another on the way
Kati Magda’s strong interest in Abraham Lincoln didn’t develop while she attended Ashland University, but it did intensify. The 21-year-old, who graduated in December from AU with a bachelor’s degree in history that included a class just on Lincoln, recently published a book about the 16th president’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and is working on a second one about Lincoln’s thoughts on Christianity. With its Christian heritage, Magda said going to AU was…
1965 Ashland alum authors two books in one year
The past year has been a busy one for Clinton Stanley “Stan” Zimmer, a 1965 Ashland College graduate. He has written two books, one about his parents’ experiences in China as missionaries from 1936 to 1948 and the other about coping with mental illness in his family. “They will probably be the only two I write,” Zimmer said about his hectic year of writing, which saw “The Pull of China” published in December and “Eagle Wings Over the Valley” finished in…
Australian native happy to be in America and teaching at AU
Like the television show “90 Day Fiancé,” Australian native Daniel Gullotta entered the United States on a fiancé visa eight years ago. “Not quite as dramatically though,” said Gullotta, referencing the American reality television series that follows couples who have applied for or received those visas. “Most of those people haven’t met their spouses. We had met and been together for two years and we had spent weeks and months together. Most of those people…
Ashbrook Center’s new home in College of Education dedicated
Jean Ashbrook helped cut the ribbon. In the library, Sally Schramm greeted attendees. And Marv Krinsky and Jeff Sikkenga welcomed the crowd Saturday, Oct. 1, to the Ashbrook Center’s new home in the Dwight Schar College of Education building on the Ashland University campus with brief remarks highlighting its nearly 40-year history. “John would be so proud,” Ashbrook said about the dedication of the new location for the independent academic center,…
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…
