ASHLAND — The Ashland Center for Nonviolence (ACN) at Ashland University is welcoming the “Roots Tour: Two Truths in One Heart, Two Peoples in One Land,” a grassroots movement that fosters understanding, nonviolence and transformation among Israelis and Palestinians, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the […]
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Ashland’s Nov. 17 Madrigal Feaste features actors from Lexington, Centerburg
ASHLAND – Tickets are on sale now for the Madrigal Feaste, a beloved and long-standing Christmas tradition at Ashland University. The 49th annual event, presented by the AU Department of Music, will feature four performances from Thursday, Nov. 20, through Sunday, Nov. 23, at Redwood Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. each night, and the […]
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No. 24 Eagles overpower Thomas More for Homecoming victory
ASHLAND — The Ashland University football team gave its Homecoming crowd a treat on Saturday afternoon at Jack Miller Stadium. The 24th-ranked Eagles blew out to a big lead early and coasted through the second half of a 38-14 sun-spanked beating of Thomas More in a Great Midwest Athletic Conference encounter. Cameron Blair threw for […]
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OhioHealth athletic trainers recognized at Ashland University
ASHLAND — OhioHealth athletic trainers at Ashland University have been honored with the “Great Midwest Athletic Conference Athletic Training Staff of the Year” Award for the 2024-2025 season. This is the Eagles’ first time winning the award since joining the league in 2021. The team of seven athletic trainers were led by head athletic trainer Josh […]
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Graduates navigate leap between college to career
ASHLAND — Abigail Sanders is in the midst of a major life transition. A 2024 grad of Ashland University, Sanders started her first teaching job at West Holmes High School at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year. She is learning that working full-time comes with challenges — both inside and outside the classroom. “You […]
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Mayor Matt Miller to deliver AU graduation adddress on May 3
ASHLAND – Matt Miller ‘99, mayor of the City of Ashland, will be the keynote speaker at Ashland University’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 3. The ceremony, which honors both undergraduate and graduate students, will take place at the Niss Athletic Center (905 Moss Hill Drive) and begins at 10 a.m. With plenty of seating […]
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AU’s radio station WRDL to participate in Vinylthon April 12 & 13
ASHLAND — Ashland University’s award-winning, student-run radio station, WRDL, will be participating in the annual Vinylthon celebration on Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13. “This year, Vinylthon is celebrating its 10th anniversary of Vinylthon and WRDL will play 48 hours of only vinyl records,” explained Derek Wood, faculty advisor and general manager of WRDL. “This historic event […]
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Ashland, Mansfield students to display AU capstone projects April 10 to May 3
ASHLAND — The Senior Art and Design Exhibition, which features the capstone experiences for graduating Ashland University art and design students, will run from Thursday, April 10, through Saturday, May 3, at the Coburn Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The exhibition’s opening reception on April 10 will be from […]
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Pickens picks up 200th win as AU women ready for GMAC tourney opener
ASHLAND — There they go again. The 2024-25 Division II college basketball season did not begin the way Ashland University basketball fans have come to expect. The perennial powerhouse faced a bit of a rebuild this winter, and the Eagles lost their season opener, 57-49 to Northwest Missouri State. A 67-42 setback at second-ranked Grand […]
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Dad to stepson’s killer: ‘I hope you die a long, slow & painful death in prison’
ASHLAND — Earl Donley faced the man who killed his stepson Tuesday morning. “I hope you die a long, slow and painful death in prison,” Donley said to Howard Walters in Ashland County Common Pleas Court. “I am not a very strong believer in the afterlife, but you make me hopeful there is a hell,” […]