AU's Coburn Gallery and Art Club will offer its next "Art Saturday” for children 7 to 12 years old on November 15 from 10:00 a.m. to noon in Room 346 in the Center for the Arts. The class will explore the abstract sculptor Louise Nevelson and ask students to create a 3-D assemblage sculpture using recycled materials. Cost is $5.00 which will benefit Shop With A Cop, a local charity. Advance registration is required. MORE...
Ashland University Department of Theatre invites high school students to discover their passion at a theatre experience opportunity on Saturday, Nov. 8, beginning at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to any high school student interested in learning more about theatre at Ashland University. Registration is due by Nov. 1 with limited spaces available at Ashland.edu/Theatre. MORE...
Shared between the Philosophy and Religion departments, the Ethics Minor trains students to be more ethically diverse and aware of their global responsibilities. Consisting of only 15 hours, almost EVERY MAJOR can benefit from this opportunity and add the Ethics minor with as little as ONE additional course beyond their core requirements. It's a value-added, low to no cost minor! MORE...
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We are seeing growing interest among Ashland science students in the field of occupational therapy. Practitioners in this field "treat injured, ill, or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities", according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which forecasts above average job growth in the field. Chelsea Kaminski ('13) is in the Master of OT program at Chatham University while Elizabeth Mantkowski ('13) is currently in the OT program at Cleveland State University. MORE...
by Gary Levine
The Coburn Art Gallery will present its annual fall Senior Art Exhibition featuring paintings by Karly Beuck (Lodi) in a series titled “Strength: Inferiority Not Consented.” The series presents Greek women out of their mythical contexts and challenges their stories by changing the character’s typical demeanor found in myth into one to be revered and respected in today’s society. An opening reception will be held Nov. 6 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and will kick-off the exhibition which will run through Dec. 14.
Sometimes students ask me what political theology means. It's a class I love to teach so I thought I'd share the long description I came up with when I proposed the course. MORE...
Ashland University Theatre is proud to be selected by New York's Farm Theater as one of three universities to participate in a College Collaboration project. Last spring the Farm Theater commissioned emerging playwright Lindsay Joy to write a new play in communication with students. The universities will produce the original script throughout this academic year with Ashland presenting the premiere performance of In the Event of My Death directed by Scott Hudson. Tickets are now on sale for performances on October 30, 31, November 1, 6, 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, November 2 at 2 p.m. in Hugo Young Theatre. MORE...
Mark your calendars! Coburn Gallery is hosting an art department student artwork sale on November 6 and 11.
By Myles Werntz
by Sharleen Mondal, Assistant Professor of English
This weekend was an amazing weekend for the DOCS program! The Sport Communication Club (SCC) gave AU students and football program their first pep rally on campus in, what we were told, was nearly two decades. On Friday, five students traveled to Franklin University in Columbus to present at the 78th Annual Ohio Communication Association Conference (OCA). MORE...
Led by Dr. Scott Garlock, Professor of Music, the award-winning Ashland University Jazz Orchestra (AUJO) will present a joint concert with the College of Wooster Jazz Ensemble on Tuesday, October 14 in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center’s Eagles Nest at 7:30 p.m. MORE...
The Ashland Center for Nonviolence at Ashland University is sponsoring an art contest as well as an essay contest for students in Ashland and Richland counties. The Art Contest is for grades K-8 in both counties, while the Essay Contest is for high school students as well as Ashland University students. The deadline for entries for both contests is Dec. 19, 2014. MORE...
The current Coburn Gallery exhibition features works by 29 AU Art Department alumni artists.
Ashland University’s Fall Choral
Concert slated for Sunday, October 12 at 4 p.m. in the Jack and Deb
Miller Chapel features three University vocal ensembles including the
Ashland University Choir, Ashland University Women’s Chorus and Ashland Area Chorus. The performance is free and open to the public. MORE...
If you asked for my opinion, I’d have to tell you that I would prefer to walk a mile on hot Legos before I’d ever choose to run a marathon. But others aren’t so wary of long distances. In 1992, massive groups of indigenous and Native Americans began to run. MORE...
During the summer of 2014 I had the opportunity to intern at the Ohio Lottery Commission’s headquarters in downtown Cleveland, working in the Human Resource Department. My time at OLC made me realize how much I want to work in Human Resources once I graduate. MORE...
Join us in the Ashbrook Center (8th Floor of the AU Library) for a discussion of President Obama's new anti-terror strategy featuring Dr. Peter Mansoor from the Ohio State University. Food and drinks will be provided. 
The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium Committee announces the Call for Abstracts for the Sixth Annual College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium. This event will highlight the research, scholarly, and creative activities of students throughout the College of Arts and Sciences, and will be held Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 16, 2015. MORE...
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." 