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,” […]
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News Man Weekly: Ashland U. prof appears on History Channel TV show
MANSFIELD – The 31st episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped with a Hollywood flair. In this week’s edition, Richland Source Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell talks with Ashland University history Professor John Moser about his recent travels to Los Angeles to appear on “History’s Greatest Mysteries” on the History Channel. Moser, the […]
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Stevenson’s conference-record 5 TDs help AU clinch outright GMAC crown
EDITOR’S NOTE: For more coverage on this game, log on to the Ashland University athletics department website at this link. ASHLAND — Ashland, Ohio is where the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Champions reside. Ashland University’s football team clinched an outright league title via a 44-30 thumping of Kentucky Wesleyan at Jack Miller Stadium on Saturday […]
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Crow Fest 2024 open through Nov. 9 at Mansfield Art Center
MANSFIELD — Visitors have less than two weeks to view nearly 200 crow-inspired art pieces in the Mansfield Art Center. The third annual Crow Fest show features paintings, sculptures, interactive art and more. The art center hosted its opening day on Saturday and announced awards for 10 pieces, gifting the artists glass pumpkins from the […]