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Lyons heads to grad school after finding hope and help through AU CE program
07/22/2021 GROVE CITY, Ohio --- Chris Lyons is ready to take on the world. He recently received his degree from Ashland University and is excited to enter graduate school at The Ohio State University in the fall. Newly married to a young lady he’s known since childhood, he’s an adoring stepfather to two precocious girls. And like any parents watching their child succeed, Lyons’s parents are all smiles, ready for family photos and ready to talk about…
Biltz has family tree at AU, but accounting brought him to campus
07/21/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Biltz family has a long history with Ashland University. Mark Biltz’s parents met at AU when his dad, Scott Biltz, was a senior nose guard on the football team, and his mother, Melissa Rohr (Biltz), was a sophomore. And one of Biltz’s older brothers graduated from Ashland this past spring as an accounting major. However, it wasn’t the family legacy at Ashland that was the main driving force in Biltz deciding to go to Ashland.…
Ashland University Receives $1.7 Million in Ohio Budget
07/02/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – Earlier this week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s $75 million biennial budget bill, clearing the way for significant funding for three Ashland University projects. Receiving the go-ahead was $487,925 for the Jack Liebert Military and Veterans’ Resource Center project; $654,250 for the University’s Correctional Education and Expansion program; and $591,750 for the Ashland University Center for Addictions. “Ashland…
After 10 years, two continents, two children, Ghannam gets her degree
06/18/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio –When Fatimah Ghannam got married, she knew a move to the United States was ahead. So when she was 20, she made the trip from her native Saudi Arabia to Ashland. Her husband, a computer science major, had already been through Access English classes at Ashland University and was fairly fluent. His wife began those same classes, but started feeling ill. Turns out, she said, she was pregnant with their first child. Now, with a newborn…
AU, NCSC sign articulation agreement for business students
06/01/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio --- Students who receive an associate’s degree from North Central State College will be able to continue directly to Ashland University to complete their studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Business Administration. Representatives from both schools were all smiles last week as they signed the new one-year articulation agreement. “This is one of our desires and strategic gestures,” said AU Provost Dr. Amiel…
Ashland University to return to pre-COVID-19 operations beginning June 2
5/24/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – After 15 months of face coverings, social distancing and congregating only in small groups or online, Ashland University announced today it is ready to return to its pre-COVID-19 operations. The decision puts the University in line with the lifting on June 2 of most of Gov. Mike DeWine’s executive orders related to the pandemic, as well as new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We would like to thank…
AU Marketing students learn the value of paying it forward
05/05/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – Two local nonprofits were the beneficiaries of two groups of Ashland University students’ foray into philanthropy The Coffee Growing Community, the charitable arm of Goldberry Roasting Co., and No Pawz Left Behind, each received $1,000 this week, the outcome of the efforts of students in Dr. Chris Mahar’s Marketing Management class. The funds will be used to defray the cost of an export license for coffee farmers in the Sierra…
AU Communication Honor Society inducts new members
04/28/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Lambda Pi Eta has inducted 79 Ashland University students into its Alpha Alpha Rho chapter. Lambda Pi Eta is the National Communication Association’s official honor society at four-year colleges and universities, with more than 500 active chapters. LPH became a part of the National Communication Association in 1988, and the association's official honor society in July 1995. It is a member of the Association of College Honor…
Ashland University’s Accent Room to remain closed
04/26/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University’s Accent Room, a public restaurant serving the community and the Ashland campus since 1972, will not reopen following COVID-19 restrictions, according to AU officials. “The Accent Room, which had been open to the public since Myers Convocation Center was built in 1972, was closed in March of last year because of COVID-19 and the plan right now is not to reopen it,” said Matthew Portner, executive director of…
Students, faculty honored at Academic Honors Convocation
04/21/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University recently held its annual Academic Honors Convocation and Academic Mentor Recognition to recognize the achievements of many of its students and faculty from academic programs across campus. The academic honors awards were presented to the students by the dean or representative from each college. The purpose of the convocation is to celebrate academic achievement, promote community, and recognize outstanding…
