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AU introduces Ukrainian Freedom Scholar program, offers safe haven to students from Ukraine
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has offered full scholarships to five high school graduates from Ukraine who were displaced or unable to enroll in higher education institutions in their home country due to the Russia-Ukraine war. The first four recipients of this inspiring new initiative—the Ukrainian Freedom Scholar program—will begin their undergraduate studies at Ashland in January 2023. Launched in June 2022 by a small group of faculty and staff from…
Award-winning educator to give AU’s commencement address for December graduates
ASHLAND, Ohio – Kristen Maurer, Ohio’s 2022 Milken Educator Award recipient, will give the keynote address at Ashland University’s Winter 2022 Commencement, which will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, in the Niss Athletic Center. The ceremony, for both undergraduate and graduate students, will begin at 10 a.m. No tickets are required. Commencement will be live streamed here starting at 9:45 a.m., so that families and friends unable to attend can still watch their…
AU Board of Trustees announces one-year extension of President Campo’s contract
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University Board of Trustees approved to extend the contract of President Carlos Campo for an additional year during its Oct. 21 board meeting. Campo will now serve as president of AU through at least May 2025. “The Board of Trustees is happy to announce that it has exercised an additional one-year option to extend the term of President Campo through May 2025,” stated Jim Hess, chair of the AU Board of Trustees. “We believe adding…
After series of "something else’s" Corbett reaches longtime goal of earning master’s at age 58
Sherry Corbett always wanted to earn a master’s degree, but for years something else took precedence – until this year. In May, Corbett, 58, earned a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in teaching and learning in the 21st century through Ashland University online classes. “I could not afford to complete my master’s were I to have to do it in person and/or attend during the day, as I not only have to work, but I do not want…
Klinger’s ESSN nonprofit provides expertise on school safety
ASHLAND, Ohio – Amy Klinger’s passion for school safety began about 15 years ago when she was a principal and her oldest son had just joined the volunteer fire department in their small town in northwestern Ohio. “He had so much training at 18 years old in this little rural fire department and I was running a school with hundreds and hundreds of kids and I had no training,” she said. “At my school I was the first responder until the firefighters/EMTs showed…
Pair of Ashland alumnae win Milken Educator Awards
ASHLAND, Ohio – Two Ashland University alumnae—Kristen Maurer (pictured right) and Jamie Karaffa (left)—received Milken Educators Awards, dubbed as the “Oscars of Teaching,” this spring. Maurer graduated from AU with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education in 2014, while Karaffa earned a master’s degree in American history and government in 2021. An initiative of the Milken Family Foundation, Milken Educator Awards provide recognition and a one-time…
AU names Vernon-Dotson as dean of College of Education
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is pleased to announce that Lisa Vernon-Dotson will be the new dean of the Dwight Schar College of Education. She will officially begin her leadership of the college on July 1, taking over for Steve Denney who served as interim dean during the 2021-22 academic year. “We are very excited to welcome this very accomplished scholar-leader to Ashland University. We expect Dr. Vernon-Dotson will enhance the meaningful work of the…
Alston a pioneer at AU who leads and mentors doctoral students
ASHLAND, Ohio – As the first Black woman to become a full professor at Ashland University, Judy Alston is a pioneer. However, she sees herself simply as a leader and a teacher, whether in the classroom or at the pulpit, and she’s looking to help others reach their full potential. Alston serves as the director of AU’s Doctorate in Leadership Studies, a program that will be celebrating 25 years this May. She has become synonymous with the program, having been…
Ashland graduate earns Ohio History Teacher of the Year honor
ASHLAND, Ohio --- There are benefits to being a self-described “history nerd” – just ask Emily Marty. She was Emily Miller when she graduated from Ashland University in 2006 and was ready to start her teaching career. And now, 15 years later, Marty has been named the state’s 2021 History Teacher of the Year. The honor is bestowed by the New York City-based Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which was established nearly 30 years ago to promote the…
AU teacher prep program lauded for diversity efforts
ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland University’s undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program has been named among the top in the country for contributing to greater teacher diversity by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research and policy organization. Ashland’s program is among only 21 percent of the 1,256 NCTQ evaluated across the country and among only eight programs in Ohio to be recognized in a new NCTQ report for…
