Category Archive: Asbury University

Asbury University has its commencement ceremonies today, and 54 Jessamine Countians are receiving degrees. The graduate and professional-studies ceremony was in Hughes Auditorium at 10 a.m.; the traditional undergraduate ceremony was at 2 p.m. at the Luce Center. Below are the Jessamine County graduates. Degree-completion students Wilmore: Timothy Wallace Bickert, bachelor of science, management and …

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A dean at Asbury University is leaving to go to Eastern Kentucky University. Dr. Verna Lowe, currently the dean of graduate and professional studies at Asbury University in Wilmore, will be dean of the EKU College of Education. Lowe has worked at Asbury for 31 years, including 17 years as chair of the education unit …

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We’re in the middle of Asbury University’s Engaging Culture Weekend, with the crowning Highbridge Film Festival set to take place tomorrow night. Yesterday, events included a session with Jon Akers, executive director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety, and a 90-minute performance from the music department featuring nearly 200 students in six ensembles. You …

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By Kelly McKinney kmckinney@jessaminejournal.com Each year, a group of Asbury University students jump, flip  and dance as a way to help others. They are the school’s tumbling team, which, in addition to performing at schools and other organizations across the country free of charge, performs two shows each April at the university. The team performed …

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I got an email yesterday from Bryan Garrett, a sophomore at Asbury University who is also the official photographer for Asbury athletics. He took this photo at Asbury during the thunderstorms Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. I thought it was pretty cool.