Every summer the department of Facilities Management and Planning work to make the campus better in every conceivable way before students return in the fall. 2012 was no exception. But this year was something...
Ashland University’s Rick Ewing, vice president of facilities management, has a reputation for keeping his department and his spending on or underbudget. It seems to be a reputation that isn’t attached...
The eagles in front of the buildings on campus are a quintessential part of the Ashland University culture. There is no doubt that anyone reading this article in print has seen at least one of these eagles....
On these fall rainy days, they act like nature's umbrellas, shielding the surrounding plants from the drizzle. Everything about them is huge, even the fact that they're a huge hit on campus. Those giant...
As many students emerged Monday morning gaping at the waterlogged campus, the crews of Facilities Management and Planning were hard at work trying to combat the flooding and water damage around campus....
Since the merger with MedCentral last year, plans have been in development to construct a state of the art medical education facility on the MedCentral campus. Starting last August, Facilities Management...
This semester's Student Speak Up buzzed with a multitude of issues, ranging from the usual Internet troubles to improving retention rates. One of the first problems mentioned pertained to the poor quality...
Anyone walking to the Center of the Arts or Schar might have noticed that there is now an empty space where Miller Hall used to be. Facilities Management and Planning Vice President Rick Ewing reported...
The AU marching band is unable to have music rehearsals in its band room in the Dwight Schar Athletic Complex. When the original plans for the marching band's indoor practice room in the new athletic complex...
Buried deep in the basement of Founders Hall is a room full of giant servers and computers. Hundreds of cables run throughout the room connecting Ashland University to the outside world, via telephone...
Miller Hall, the oldest building on Ashland University's campus, will be demolished over Christmas break to make way for a new academic building. After debating the pros and cons of renovation versus demolition...
Many questions were directed towards Cat Geletka, director of residence life, at last week's Student Speak-Up, including worries about problems in halls, overcrowding in dorms and 24/7 visitation rights....
