Ashland University to Host Final Senior Art Exhibition

4/20/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will host its final senior art exhibition starting April 29.
The third and final senior art exhibition of the year will open with a reception on Thursday, April 29, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and will run until May 14. The exhibition will feature the following senior art students: Vern Osborne, a fine arts major from Ashland; Laura Arthur, a fine arts major from Ashland; Ashley Roberts, an art…

Ashland University Theatre presents its first annual Theatre Gala

4/19/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --The Ashland University Department of Theatre and its chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honorary, will hold their first annual Theatre Gala on Saturday, May 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in Hugo Young Theatre in the Center for the Arts.
The evening will celebrate this year's theatrical season with light desserts, a special performance by the Drop of a Hat Players, and a presentation by AU alumna Aretta Baumgardner.…

Ohio Senate President to Address Ashland University Graduates

4/15/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --Ashland resident and Ohio Senate President Bill Harris will address this year's Ashland University graduates. Harris will speak at the 10 a.m. commencement ceremony on May 8, which will include both undergraduate students and those earning graduate degrees.

Weather permitting, the commencement service will be held on Jones' Terrace on the front lawn of Founders Hall. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in…

Ashland University to Host Chemistry Camp for Middle School Students

4/15/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --Ashland University will host Chemistry Can Be Fun Camp, a laboratory experience for middle grade students entering grades 7-9, offered with the Institute for Chemical Education.

Sessions will be held June 21-24 from 9 a.m. to noon each day at Ashland University's Kettering Science Center.

This camp is for students with an interest in science who can work at grade level and at a moderately independent level. Students…

Ashland University Department of Music presents end-of-semester performances

4/15/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --The Department of Music at Ashland University presents two end-of-semester performances in the Center for the Arts. Both performances are free and open to the public.
"Variable Winds" a joint performance by the Ashland Area Community Concert Band and the University Concert Band, conducted by Leonard Salvo, will be performed on Sunday, April 25, at 4 p.m., in Hugo Young Theatre.

The program for the Ashland Area Community…

Faculty Member in Ashland University's MFA Program Runner-up for Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

4/14/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --Angie Estes, a core poetry faculty member in Ashland University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA) program, has been named runner-up for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her poetry collection, "Tryst."

Dr. Stephen Haven, director of the MFA program, said Estes, who was hired at Ashland University in the spring of 2008 during the first year of the MFA program, teaches year round in the program.

 "She…

Ashland University Department of Music presents Three End-of-Semester Performances

4/13/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --The Department of Music at Ashland University will present three performances in the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts. All events are free and open to the public.
On Sunday, April 18, Melanie Gardner, flute, will perform her senior recital at 4 p.m. Assisted by Rose Zuber, piano, with guest artist Lyndsey Riegel, flute, Gardner's program will include "Concerto in G Major" by Stamitz; de Frumerie's "…

Ashland University to Host Accent on Women

4/12/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --Accent on Women, Ashland University's third annual women's day on campus, will be held on May 7.

Area residents are invited to join Ashland alumnae, spouses of trustees, mothers of current students and other friends of the University for a day of short educational sessions on a variety of topics, running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Morning breakout sessions set for 9:15 a.m. will include "Finding Your Inner Child & Your…

Evansville Couple Donates to Ashland University's "Bringing Spirit to Campus" Campaign

4/11/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --An Evansville couple, Bob and Lisa Jones, have donated $250,000 to Ashland University for the construction of the new Athletic Complex at the University. The "Study Room" located in the end zone facility is named in their honor.

Bob and Lisa Jones are both 1979 graduates of Ashland. Bob has since served as a trustee of the University from 2000 to 2009 and was named Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in 2006.

Wooster Businessman Donates to Ashland University "Bringing Spirit to Campus" Campaign

4/9/10 ASHLAND, Ohio --Wooster businessman Jack Miller has made a naming gift to Ashland University for the construction of the new Athletic Complex at the University and the new football stadium as part of the complex is named in his honor.