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Art League exhibition award winners announced
05/17/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University announced award winners in its regional juried exhibition featuring 22 members of the Ashland Community Art League. The juror for the exhibition was professor and fine artist Priscilla Roggenkamp from Alliance. Announced at Friday’s opening reception were $450 in awards, including Best in Show for Peggy Stover’s watercolor painting titled Yellow Blue; first place for Marty Bossler…
Hall of Famer Dr. Fred Martinelli passes away at 92
05/15/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Dr. Fred Martinelli, who led Ashland College/University's football program and athletic program to new, successful heights from the late 1950s into the 1990s, has died at 92. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 12 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 220 Sandusky St., Ashland. Martinelli was the Eagles' head football coach for 35 seasons, and served as Ashland's athletic director for a near-quarter century.
Coburn hosts juried exhibition of Ashland Community Arts League works
05/11/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University on Friday, May 14 will open a regional juried exhibition featuring 49 works created by the members of the Ashland Community Arts League. The works on view include painting, ceramics, photography, fiber arts, printmaking, glass, drawing and mixed media. A opening reception from 6-7:30 p.m. is free and open to the public. The exhibition will be on view through July 23. Exhibiting…
"Asterisk" classes celebrated at in-person AU commencement
05/08/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – These were the classes worthy of a special asterisk. The 499 undergraduate students and 201 graduate students who filled the rows of socially distanced chairs Saturday at Jack Miller Stadium at Ashland University represented the Classes of 2020 and 2021. “I think of what you have endured over the last year or more,” President Carlos Campo told students in each of the two ceremonies. “You’ll truly be forever known as ‘that’…
Archers are "Eagles for Life" with library bearing their name
05/07/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – In mid-December, Bob Archer called Ashland University President Carlos Campo and Vice President for Institutional Advancement Margaret Pomfret with some very pointed questions about the Campaign for Every Individual. One week later, on Dec. 28, he met them on campus. Pomfret recalled Archer, a long-time Ashland resident and member of the University’s Board of Trustees, “had envelopes…
AU Marketing students learn the value of paying it forward
05/05/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – Two local nonprofits were the beneficiaries of two groups of Ashland University students’ foray into philanthropy The Coffee Growing Community, the charitable arm of Goldberry Roasting Co., and No Pawz Left Behind, each received $1,000 this week, the outcome of the efforts of students in Dr. Chris Mahar’s Marketing Management class. The funds will be used to defray the cost of an export license for coffee farmers in the Sierra…
AU Communication Honor Society inducts new members
04/28/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Lambda Pi Eta has inducted 79 Ashland University students into its Alpha Alpha Rho chapter. Lambda Pi Eta is the National Communication Association’s official honor society at four-year colleges and universities, with more than 500 active chapters. LPH became a part of the National Communication Association in 1988, and the association's official honor society in July 1995. It is a member of the Association of College Honor…
Ashland University Spring Choral Concert to be held at Brookside Park
04/27/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Spring Choral Concert will be performed Sunday, May 2, at 4 p.m. in the Myers Memorial Bandshell at Brookside Park in Ashland. The concert is free and no tickets are required, though audience members will be expected to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. The performance will go on rain or shine. Because the COVID-19 restrictions, this is the University’s only live choral performance this year…
Ashland University’s Accent Room to remain closed
04/26/2021 ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University’s Accent Room, a public restaurant serving the community and the Ashland campus since 1972, will not reopen following COVID-19 restrictions, according to AU officials. “The Accent Room, which had been open to the public since Myers Convocation Center was built in 1972, was closed in March of last year because of COVID-19 and the plan right now is not to reopen it,” said Matthew Portner, executive director of…
New Physician Assistant Studies program earns provisional accreditation
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University’s new Physician Assistant Studies program passed a significant milestone en route to its Fall 2021 debut with news that the program has been granted provisional accreditation status by the commission that oversees PA education in the United States. Initial work and program planning began in 2018 to ensure the success of the program. The first cohort of 24 students will begin the program this fall, attending classes…
