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Ashland University graduate Megan Harvey named executive director of Main Street Wadsworth
Megan Harvey had really enjoyed participating in community and high school theatre productions but was too afraid to pursue theatre as a career. After a few other career explorations, she decided to pursue a profession in arts management. However, the university she was attending and had wanted to attend since she was a child, Ashland University, didn’t offer an arts management major. “While Ashland did not offer this type of program in either the school of…
Susan Jacobs, who has taught art online for AU, has celebrity portraits exhibition
A few years ago, Susan Jacobs really enjoyed an online Ashland University course she taught called Creative Thinking Experiences Through Drawing. “I had some astonishing results,” Jacobs said about the class. “Surprising to see such progress without actually meeting the students.” Jacobs has had some astonishing results with her art of people she also hasn’t met, including Bruce Springsteen, Barbara Streisand and Stephen Curry. Her exhibition of celebrity…
AU's School Superintendent Licensure program helps lead to CEO job at iSTEM School
On the advice of one of his mentors, Allen Wilson decided to earn a school superintendent license from Ashland University. “He pointed out that with the license I would be open to more administrative opportunities not just as a superintendent,” Wilson said about that mentor, former superintendent of Tri-County Educational Service Center, Eugene Linton. One of those opportunities is his most recent position at RG Drage Career Center in Canton as tech…
MBA graduate retires after a successful career in addictions counseling
After researching several MBA programs, Ashland University quickly became the best choice for Tom Stuber. “I had completed a Clinical Master’s program and Ashland was willing to give me credit for several of the research and statistics courses I had completed in that program,” Stuber said. “Most others were not that flexible or customer friendly.” That decision more than 20 years ago, helped Stuber continue to build on a more-than-40-year successful career…
President Peede feeling “overjoyed” in first month on campus
ASHLAND, Ohio – Jon Parrish Peede has hit the ground running in his new role as president of Ashland University and Ashland Theological Seminary. In less than a month leading AU, he has made a strong first impression via a flurry of meetings with faculty and staff members, as well as alumni and community leaders, such as Mayor Matt Miller (pictured above).
With help of AU master's degree, Brenner named Orrville High School principal
While the classes were helpful with the basics of educational administration, Andrew Brenner appreciated that Ashland University’s Master’s in Education program went beyond textbooks. “It was the interactions with my classmates and people in the field who came to speak to us that provided the ‘practical’ information that I have been able to incorporate into my positions,” Brenner said. His latest position is high school principal for Orrville City Schools,…
JDM Department brings student closer to his longtime career goal of sports camera operator
While at Shelby Middle School, Mason Niese was asked by the school’s football coach if he would be interested in filming their games. “I said, ‘Sure, why not,’ and I ended up enjoying it so much that I decided that this is the career that I wanted to pursue,” said Niese, who plans to work as a camera operator and continue video editing for marketing and advertising agency New Day Creative in Mansfield after he graduates from Ashland University in December.…
Former student and wildlife enthusiast helps establish a tower to track birds in Lorain County
Attending the 2020 Ohio Bluebird Conference in Ashland turned out to be a very good decision for Rob Swindell. He not only visited his former college, but also discovered the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. “I got the chance to see the campus and reminisce,” said Swindell, who played baseball at Ashland in the 1980s when it was Ashland College. “I drove around and looked at the new facilities, the baseball field. If the conference had been held somewhere…
AU Dean’s List for spring 2024 includes more than 1,000 students
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is pleased to announce its Dean’s List honorees for the 2024 spring semester. More than 1,000 students earned the distinction. In order to be eligible for the Dean’s List at Ashland, one must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student at the university and receive a grade point average of 3.50 or above for the semester. The students and their hometowns can be found here.
AU graduate returns to Ohio from Florida as president of Mount Notre Dame High School
Ohio feels like home to Michelle Robinson almost as much as Florida, where she grew up and worked the past 20 years. That’s why she’s looking forward to returning to the Buckeye State to begin a new job in Cincinnati as president of Mount Notre Dame High School on July 1. Robinson first called Ohio home in the late 1990s when she attended Ashland University. “I am immensely thankful for the enduring friendships I formed at Ashland,” said Robinson, a married…
