| Ashland University | |
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| Motto | "Accent on the Individual" |
| Established | 1878 |
| Religious affiliation | The Brethren Church |
| President | Frederick Finks |
| Academic staff | 200 |
| Students | 6,500[1] |
| Location | Ashland, Ohio, United States |
| Campus | 135 acres (0.55 km2) |
| Colors | purple and gold |
| Mascot | Tuffy Eagle |
| Website | http://www.ashland.edu/ |
Ashland University , ranked in the top 200 colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report’s National Universities category for 2012, is a mid-sized, private , non-profit university that is located in Ashland, Ohio.
The University offers 73 undergraduate majors and nine pre-professional programs. The majors include toxicology/environmental science and entrepreneurship, which are unusual for an institution of its size. In addition, it offers most traditional liberal arts majors as well as a wide range of majors in business and education. The education program, which offers pre-K through doctorate level courses, is one of the largest among independent and state institutions in Ohio. Academic programs are enhanced by an Honors Program and the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs.
The University consists of four Colleges—the College of Arts and Sciences, the Schar College of Education, the Dauch College of Business and Economics, and the Schar College of Nursing—and a large Graduate School offering degree programs in Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of American History and Government (MAHG), Master of Education (M. Ed.) and Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) programs. In addition, Ashland Theological Seminary, a division of Ashland University, offers a doctor of ministry degree as well as a number of master's degrees.
Located in Ashland, Ohio, the university consists of a 135-acre (0.55 km2) main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. It was founded in 1878 and is affiliated with the Brethren Church. Judeo-Christian values are the foundation of the educational and social environment of the university.
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The academic programs of the College of Arts and Sciences are housed in seven buildings across the campus. The Kettering Science Center, home to the Departments of Biology/Toxicology and Chemistry/Geology/Physics, was renovated and expanded in 2006 and includes laboratories and specialized equipment rooms for teaching and research in biological, computer, and physical sciences as well as a 2,500-square-foot (230 m2) greenhouse. The Center for the Arts includes the Hugo Young Theatre, studio theatre, Don Coburn Art Gallery, studios for WRDL-FM and TV-2, the Elizabeth Pastor Recital Hall, and is home to the Departments of Art, Music, Theatre and Communication Arts. The Center for the Humanities in Bixler Hall houses the Departments of English, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, the Writing Studio, and the Ashland Center for Nonviolence. The Department of Religion is in the Rinehart Center for Religious Studies, and the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences is in the Kates Center. Patterson Technology Center houses the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science as well as the Office of Information Technology and the Center for English Studies. Andrews Hall is home to the Departments of History/Political Science, Criminal Justice/Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, and Nursing.
The Richard E. and Sandra J. Dauch College of Business and Economics building, which includes the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurial Studies wing, opened for classes in January 2004. This 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) building serves as the home for business administration, economics and MBA programs and features a trading room with Wall Street style workstations and wall-mounted displays with market news for Ashland University’s student investment group, an executive education center, computer labs, tiered lecture hall and product development lab.
The two-story, 52,000-square-foot (4,800 m2) Dwight Schar College of Education building opened in March 2006 and is home to the undergraduate teacher education program as well as the master of education program and doctor of education program. The building features 12 classrooms, four seminar rooms, 60 faculty and staff offices, several commons or meeting areas, a media center, peer teaching studio with one-way viewing mirror and 165-seat lecture hall. The building’s two-way interactive distance learning capability allows the College to do live broadcasts from several locations inside the facility.
The Ashland University College of Nursing evolved from a hospital-based diploma program that was established in 1919 by the Mansfield General Hospital.
Founded in 1997 under MedCentral and acquired by Ashland University in 2010, the College of Nursing is a private institution of higher education offering programs of study leading to the baccalaureate degree in nursing. Together, the rich tradition of the School of Nursing and now the College of Nursing has served the communities of North Central Ohio for more than 85 years. The College of Nursing currently boasts more than 1,500 nursing alumni who are leaders in their profession.
Ashland University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Individual programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the National Association of Schools of Music, the American Association of Theological Schools, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the Council on Social Work Education, the American Chemical Society, the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
U.S. News & World Report has placed Ashland University in the National University level institutions in the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Reports' America's Best Colleges survey.[4]
The university enrolls a total of 6,100 students, 2,100 of whom are full-time undergraduate students. 76% of students are from Ohio. There are 200 faculty, and 80% hold the highest degree in their field. The student to faculty ratio is 15:1. More than 50 percent of the students are in graduate level programs.
Ashland University participates in NCAA Division II for athletics. Athletic teams are known as the Eagles and participate in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.[5] Ashland's colors are purple and gold.[6]
The University has recently constructed a $23 million athletic complex that features a 5,200-seat football stadium; a 1,000-seat stadium for track and field and soccer, and a state-of-the-art training facility.
Ashland offers athletic scholarships in 10 men’s and 10 women’s sports – with the men competing in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, swimming and wrestling, and the women competing in basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. Ashland students have won more than 650 All-America honors, 56 national championships and one Sullivan Award. Ashland also has been ranked in the Division II Sears Directors’ Cup standings.
The Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs is a conservative academic center at Ashland University, dedicated by Ronald Reagan on May 9, 1983. One emphasis of the Center is promoting the study of American history, government, politics, and constitutional interpretation for young people, teachers, and academic scholars.
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