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AU President Carlos Campo Named to Social Capital Campaign Advisory Board
7-27-21 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University President Dr. Carlos Campo has been named to the Social Capital Campaign Advisory Board, a nonprofit that promotes social capital – and the institutions that create it – to policy makers and thought leaders. "I am honored to join the advisory board of the Social Capital Campaign," he said. Like many others in our nation, I believe that renewed civil discourse and emphasizing our shared values can lead to…
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…
AU offers its first Institute for International Insight
05/27/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- This summer, Ashland University is offering its first Institute for International Insight. Attendees will experience languages, customs, courtesies, and perspectives from other cultures, while cultivating people skills across international boundaries and discovering the motivations behind multiple points of view. Sponsored by the Ashland University ACCESS Program, sessions will be held July 12-16 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Each…
Ashland Poetry Press publishes Mills's lyrical meditation on slavery in the North
05/27/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio --- Although nearly always thought of as the nickname for New York City’s financial district, Wall Street started out as just that – a wall. And it was built largely with early 17th-century slave labor, stretching from river to river and thought by Dutch settlers to be a good way to keep out not only the natives, but the English as well. Within just decades, though, Wall Street was the site of the first slave market in what by…
Kids can explore other cultures, while never leaving Ashland
05/25/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University ACCESS program will offer local experiences in other cultures for children and teens this summer. All international day camps offered in Ashland will be held at 930 Claremont Avenue from 9 a.m.- noon. Drop off will be at 8:50 a.m., and pick up will be at noon. The cost for each camp is $150. Each camp will offer an immersive cultural experience. Children and teens can get a taste of Brazil with instructor…
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…
