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Art + Design Department Faculty Exhibition to open Thursday, Jan. 20

ASHLAND, Ohio – The Art + Design Department Faculty Exhibition will open at Ashland University’s Coburn Gallery Thursday, Jan. 20, with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The exhibition runs through Feb. 17. This annual exhibition – featuring the works of Keith Dull, Priscilla Roggenkamp, Dan McDonald, Cynthia Petry and Michael Bird – highlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as professional artists exhibiting in their…

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Ashland Area Chorus announces plans for 2022 spring season

ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland Area Chorus (AAC), a community-based mixed choir, has finalized its spring 2022 season, including rehearsals, concerts and membership requirements. Beginning Monday, Jan. 10, the AAC will rehearse each Monday evening from 7-8:30 p.m., inside room 242 of Ashland University’s Center for the Arts. The group will not meet the night of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but will resume weekly rehearsals on Jan. 24. The AAC will perform two…

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National champion head coach, U.S. Olympian Jud Logan passes away

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University and the world of track and field suffered a significant loss with the passing of Eagle track and field head coach and four-time United States Olympian Jud Logan on Monday. He was 62. “Jud Logan personified our mission and vision at Ashland University,” said Ashland University President Carlos Campo. “We promise a transformative experience for students, and Jud delivered that every day in his interactions with student-…

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One AU student not enough for OFIC internship program

ASHLAND, Ohio – When the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) was seeking a marketing intern earlier this fall, it decided that one Ashland University student wasn’t enough. After combing through 20-plus applicants and interviewing several for what was thought to be a single position, Cassie Burnham and Katie Foster, both public relations and strategic communication majors at Ashland, had risen to the top. The OFIC couldn’t decide who to select, so…

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Gold medalist Katie Nageotte encourages 900 newest AU graduates to speak their dreams

ASHLAND, Ohio – For Katie Nageotte, the self-described “dumb jock in my family,” speaking at a college commencement was something she never saw herself doing. In fact, she said, she missed her own college graduation because she was in training. That training paid off. Nageotte, an Ashland University alumna, won a gold medal in the pole vault in this year’s Summer Olympics. And she also was tagged as the University’s speaker for its Winter commencement, held…

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AU’s Portner installed as president of National Association of College Auxiliary Services

ASHLAND, Ohio – Matthew Portner, the executive director of auxiliary services at Ashland University, has been inaugurated as president of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services, the organization announced this week. Portner, a 30-year employee of Ashland, heads a number of the University’s non-academic segments, including student dining, the campus store, catering and conference services and housing options for short-…

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Marketing Management Students Learn the Power of Paying It Forward

ASHLAND, Ohio – There’s nothing better on a cold, rainy November Sunday than a hot bowl of chili and the Cleveland Browns on the big screen TV. At least that is what AU senior Cortney Carathers was hoping. Carathers and her classmates from Chris Mahar’s marketing management course were getting a taste of philanthropy while giving a taste of some pretty fine chili to those who offered $5 to gain entry to the normally closed-on-Sunday A-Town Tap in downtown…

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Francesca Depue: Appreciative of "real world examples" and "multiple points of view" at AU

Francesca Depue, from Lucas, Ohio, earned an associate degree in business administration two weeks before she got her high school diploma via the College Now Program. In a few days, she will add another Ashland degree, a bachelor's in business administration after double majoring in supply chain management and marketing. The "real world examples" provided during her classwork at the Dauch College of Business and Economics, plus the experience from two part-…

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Ashland’s Correctional Education program partners with Honest Jobs

ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Correctional Education (CE) program is proud to announce a significant enhancement in providing transformative experiences for its students. AU has partnered with Honest Jobs to design and deliver a program that will assist AU CE students in finding employment when they return to society as a citizen.

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Plans in place for Winter 2021 Commencement Dec. 18; Katie Nageotte ’13 to be featured speaker

ASHLAND, Ohio – Plans have been finalized for Ashland University’s Winter 2021 Commencement, taking place on Saturday, Dec. 18, inside Kates Gymnasium. The ceremony, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., will be for both undergraduate and graduate students. Please note face masks are required for those attending. Commencement will be streamed so that families and friends unable to attend can still watch their loved ones celebrate this milestone. The link will be…

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