Kates construction forces change in backup location
By Glenn Battishill
March 7, 2013
It was announced earlier this year that Kates Gymnasium would be getting a much needed renovation. Kates will be getting new bleachers, lights and a new floor as well as many other essential updates. However, these renovations have left the spring commencement planning committee in a jam while they try ...
Graduation applications now available online
By Corinne Doubek
October 18, 2012
Graduation applications for students wishing to complete their career at Ashland University at the beginning of May, are due very soon: Nov. 1. Luckily for seniors, the process has gotten a whole lot quicker and easier. This year marks the first of many to come of applications being online. Instead o...
Where that 75 Dollars goes
By Tom Julian
November 17, 2011
While Ashland University seniors are concerned with counting credits and meeting their final institutional requirements, they have also shown great concern with the fee included in a graduation application. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous that Ashland University does not take the fee out of our tui...
Graduation Woes: AU’s four-year graduation rate is 42 percent
By Lindsay Cameron
September 29, 2011
Ashland University is considering reducing the number of credit hours needed to graduate in light of a dismal four-year graduation rate. Currently AU students need to complete 128 hours to graduate, more than most private colleges and universities in Ohio. University officials are considering reducing...
Commencement information
By Jamie Neal
September 1, 2011
You're standing in line in your cap and gown, waiting for your turn to walk across stage and receive your long awaited college degree with your proud loved ones watching from their seats. The only problem: you forgot to turn in a piece of paper or a grade and now you are pulled out of line to wait u...
Sherrod Brown to speak at graduation
By Justine Ackerman
April 28, 2011
As the school year comes to a close, one final guest will step foot on Ashland's campus. Senator Sherrod Brown will be the commencement speaker at the 2010-2011 spring graduation. "Senator Sherrod Brown has been an advocate of higher education for a long time," President Dr. Fred Finks said. "He has...
Graduating seniors vote on spring ceremony location
By the Collegian Staff
January 27, 2011
Seniors may be walking across a different stage this year for graduation. The May 2001 Commencement ceremony may be changing locations, depending on the results of an ongoing student survey. The Commencement Committee - a group consisting of faculty and staff, administrators and student representatives - is ex...
Graduating on the 50-yard line?
January 27, 2011
An email was sent to all graduating seniors last week requesting that they take a survey about where the May 2011 Commencement ceremony should be held. With the completion of the Jack Miller Stadium this past summer, there has been "some discussion" about possibly changing the location of commencement...