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Coronavirus response coordinator appointed
ASHLAND, Ohio -- The safety of our students, faculty and staff is our highest priority. To help the university navigate our ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response, AU has appointed Elise Riggle as the new coronavirus response coordinator. Reporting to the vice president for Student Affairs, the CRC serves as the coordinating hub for all University response protocols underway at our main campus and other educational sites. While each site has…
AU ranked among top regional universities by U.S. News & World Report
09/14/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has once again been recognized as a top regional university in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Colleges edition. AU appears twice in the rankings, in the top third top among regional universities in the Midwest and also in the top third on the Midwest regional universities list for social mobility. AU earned the 51st spot in the 12-state Midwest region. The publication defines “regional universities” as…
COBE Career Day is a virtual success
09/10/20 ASHLAND, Ohio – Students from Ashland University’s Dauch College of Business & Economics didn’t let the logistical challenges of a pandemic keep them from getting some valuable face time Tuesday with representatives of a dozen different companies from around the region. The annual COBE Career Day saw 300 AU students take part in both large and small sessions to hear from representatives of Northwestern Mutual, Parker Hannifin -- Downtown YMCA,…
Ashland University MBA partners with DoorDash for subscription services amid virtual learning
09/09/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio - Ashland University MBA Programs announces a partnership with DoorDash to provide meals for students amid virtual learning. Ashland University is providing all its One-Year International MBA students with a $500 DoorDash credit and free DashPass subscription. Students enrolled in the 1-Year International MBA Program usually attend in-person classes every Saturday where they are provided with breakfast and lunch. In this current…
Kappa Sigma Chapter at Ashland University earns national award
09/03/20 ASHLAND, Ohio—The Kappa Sigma chapter at Ashland University has been awarded a Kappa Sigma Founders’ Award of Chapter Excellence as one of the fraternity’s top chapters in North America. The Founders' Award of Chapter Excellence is the benchmark award in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, recognizing outstanding Chapter management, achievement, and program development in all areas of operation. Only 30 chapters received the FACE award within Kappa Sigma in…
AU is one of the Princeton Review’s "Best in the Midwest"
08/27/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has been named as one of the 158 best colleges in the Midwest for 2020 by The Princeton Review. The University is listed in the Best in the Midwest section of the education services company’s “2020 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website feature that posted earlier this month at: www.princetonreview.com/bestMWcolleges. The website feature salutes a total of 655 colleges that The Princeton Review recommends…
AU Art and Design, Coburn Gallery to open “Women of Resilience” exhibition Aug. 31
08/26/20 ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Ashland University Coburn Art Gallery and the Department of Art and Design announce the opening of Women of Resilience: An invitational exhibition projecting aspects of women’s resilience through visual art, on view from Aug. 31- Oct. 1. The exhibition was curated by Priscilla Roggenkamp, Patricia O’Neill Sacha and Judith Sterling and includes the works of 22 women artists: Clare Murray Adams, Ruthie Akuchie, Kathleen Browne,…
AU alumnus Hull, Bay Corp. doing their part to fight COVID-19
ASHLAND, Ohio -- When Brooks Hull joined his brother, Larry, to form Bay Corp. in Westlake 40 years ago, they knew they were pioneers in the then-emerging field of fittings and connections for the medical gas industry. Hull, an Ashland University alumnus (1970) and a former trustee, took the reins of the company after his brother’s untimely death in 1985 and led it through years of sustained growth before selling it in 2013 to his nephew, his brother’s son (…
Archer Challenge accepted -- and now met
08/05/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – In less than a year, supporters of Ashland University have risen to the challenge issued to them by AU Trustee Bob Archer and his wife, Jan. In September of 2019, the Ashland couple challenged donors to make gifts totaling $1 million to support the University’s facilities and grounds. In turn, the Archers would make a dollar-for-dollar match. The $1 million mark was surpassed recently when the couple agreed to match an endowment…
AU MBA Program to participate in virtual study tours
08/05/2020 ASHLAND, Ohio – The Ashland University MBA Program announces the participation of virtual study tours in partnership with International Study Programs and is the first Ohio MBA program to offer this opportunity. In these unprecedented times, Ashland University is adapting and innovating to continue to provide MBA students with world-class opportunities. The virtual study tour provides students with a best-in-class consulting experience, engaging…
