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AU on-campus Homecoming, Family Weekend cancelled
07/16/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio -- With growing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, Ashland University and the Ashland University Alumni Association have cancelled or postponed on-campus alumni events, including Homecoming and Family Weekend on Oct. 17. After careful consideration, this difficult decision was made to help ensure the health and safety of our alumni as well as our students, faculty, and staff.
AU President outlines University initiatives to foster diversity and inclusion, confront racism and bias
07/13/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio -- AU President Carlos Campo has referred to the May 25 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis as “a watershed moment for our world and our campus,” and pledged that as a university “we will confront our biases and commit ourselves to ongoing education and action to bring about meaningful, lasting change. Since that time, AU academic, executive and student affairs leadership have met regularly with campus constituents to…
52 Ashland University student athletes will keep scholarships, thanks to Karl and nearly 200 donors
06/29/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Thanks to the generosity of Ashland University alumna and trustee Deborah Liebert Karl and several other donors, scholarships for 52 of the university’s student athletes will continue. Earlier this year, the AU Athletic Department found it needed to reduce scholarships by $133,000 as a result of the financial pressures being felt all across higher education. That’s when department fundraiser Kyle Vaughn went to work, connecting with…
