ASHLAND – The opening reception for the Senior Art + Design Exhibition, featuring the capstone experiences for graduating Ashland University art students, will be Tuesday, April 26, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Coburn Art Gallery, located inside the Center for the Arts. This year’s exhibition includes graphic design, illustration, digital art, painting and […]
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AU surpasses fundraising goal, sets its sights on $100 million
Ashland University’s comprehensive, five-year fundraising initiative, entitled “The Campaign for Every Individual,” has well surpassed the initial fundraising goal of $50 million, with more than $84 million given so far making it the most successful fundraising effort in the university’s 144-year history. The university has received 17,082 gifts and amassed 4,455 new donors in the […]
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Bat Boy: The Musical, set for AU’s Hugo Young Theatre Feb. 17 to 20
ASHLAND – The department of theatre at Ashland University continues its 2021-22 theme of “Finding Your Place in the World” by presenting “Bat Boy: The Musical” Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 17 to 20. All performances will take place at the Hugo Young Theatre, with the Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows starting at 7:30 p.m. and […]
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Wall Street Journal rates Ashland’s MBA program No. 2 in Ohio
ASHLAND – Adding a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree to one’s résumé typically brings a quick return on investment, a recent Wall Street Journal analysis confirmed. And, the study’s debt-income ratio statistic indicates that is especially true for graduates of Ashland University’s M.B.A. program. While many have to borrow money for a graduate-level education, […]
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4 Richland County grads selected as Ashbrook Scholars
ASHLAND – Vincent Cope, a recent graduate of Lexington High School, Quinn Wright, a recent graduate of Crestview High School, Cecilia Fonseca, a recent graduate of Madison Comprehensive High School, and Geordan Wheitner, a recent graduate of Shelby High School, have been selected to be Ashbrook Scholars, according to an announcement by the Ashbrook Center […]
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Ashland Poetry Press publishes lyrical meditation on slavery in the North
ASHLAND — 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 […]
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Ashland University football coaching legend Fred Martinelli dies
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally reported by Ashland University. 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. He was 92 years old. Martinelli was the Eagles’ head football coach for 35 seasons, and served […]
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Eagle Investment Group: Real-life experience for university credit
ASHLAND – There’s no right or wrong in the trading room on the first floor of the Ashland University College of Business and Economics. “Essentially,” said Assistant Professor of Finance Dennis Witherspoon, “I’m their coach.” And Witherspoon’s “team” is the Eagle Investment Group, a student-led, student-run organization that manages roughly $1.8 million of the University’s […]