Ashland University Department of English and Foreign Languages

08/20/2026

08/13/2026

Coming this fall: Film Studies Minor!
The Department of English and Foreign Languages is offering a new minor in Film Studies. Please share with any prospective students who may be interested. Click on the link to view the required courses and electives, many of which count for Core.

FILMSTUDIES.MINOR Program | Ashland University Catalog

05/09/2026

Congratulations to today’s graduates in English, Integrated Language Arts, and Creative Writing

05/06/2026

Congratulations to Department of English and Foreign Languages Alumna Morgan Steffen being awarded Highland High School Teacher of the Year!
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03/19/2026

Join us on Monday, 3/30 for a screening of Writer/Director Harrison Browne's new short film PINK LIGHT. Mr. Browne will introduce the film and there will be a Q&A following the screening.

Harrison Browne is a retired professional athlete turned actor, writer, and filmmaker. He most recently appeared in the hit Canadian series Heated Rivalry and has appeared in 17 film and television productions. He is the writer/director of the TIFF50 short film, PINK LIGHT, which he successfully financed though Kickstarter and the support of fans. PINK LIGHT is loosely based on Harrison’s life experience at college, and in the world of competitive sports.

Prior to his career as an author, actor and filmmaker, Harrison Browne was a professional hockey player. He was the appointed Inclusion Leader for the NWHL advisory board and special ambassador for the National Hockey League’s Hockey Is For Everyone initiative. Through his efforts, Harrison was recognized in 2016 by The Hockey News as one of hockey’s 100 Top People of Power.

Event co-sponsored by Eagles for PRIDE and the Departments of English, Communications, Theatre, and Journalism and Digital Media

11/06/2025

10/20/2025

Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21st, in Ronk Lecture Hall at 3 p.m.

10/09/2025

Don't miss this visiting author on October 22nd! Ian Stansel is a novelist, short story writer, filmmaker, and the Director of Creative Writing at the University of Louisville. Bring your writing-related questions to Ronk Auditorium in two weeks!

Visit Stansel's website with the link below!
https://www.ian-stansel.com/

09/06/2025

"Read how one English major became a lifelong community leader, and how Ashland continues to shape her family’s story." Congratulations to a superstar department alumna, Amy Hochstetler Daubenspeck!

From a dorm room in Clayton Hall to the President’s office at the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce, Amy Hochstetler Daubenspeck ’92 has never stopped pouring into the community that shaped her.

Her experience at Ashland University gave her confidence, friendship and purpose. And now, her son begins his own journey at Ashland, just down the road from the home they share.

Read how one English major became a lifelong community leader, and how Ashland continues to shape her family’s story.

📖 https://advancement.ashland.edu/accent_stories/amy-daubenspeck/

05/02/2025

We'll see you at graduation! 💜💛