Education Roundtable
Featuring Faculty Michael Tefs, Ed.D. and Terri Jewett, M.Ed.Share
In this roundtable conversation, Ashland faculty from the College of Education reflect on what it means to prepare future teachers and school leaders, and what four years in these programs builds in the students who go through them.
Their discussion moves through the field experiences that put undergraduates in real classrooms across four semesters, the synchronous online graduate programs where current principals work toward superintendent licensure, the partnerships with school districts and educational service centers that keep the curriculum tied to what schools actually need and the legacy of teacher preparation that superintendents across Ohio recognize on sight. Along the way, they keep returning to what makes this place different: faculty who teach toward the whole student, programs that produce practical, classroom-ready teachers and a heart for the work that Ashland graduates carry with them into every district they serve. For students still asking what this pathway is really about, this is a window into the people and the process behind it.
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An Ocean Away and Right Where They Belong
NICK ROBERTS, HEAD MEN’S SOCCER COACH, AND TOM WOODWARD, STUDENT, FORWARDMarch 5, 2026In this conversation, Head Men’s Soccer Coach Nick Roberts and Sophomore Tom Woodward talk about crossing an ocean to pursue the game they love, what it takes to build something from the ground up and why the people around them have mattered more than anything else along the way.
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The Culture that Outlasts the Scoreboard
DOUG GEISER, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, AND JACK TALKINGTON, STUDENT, LINE BACKERMarch 5, 2026In this conversation, Doug Geiser and Jack Talkington discuss the chain of people who believed in them, the standard set by those who came before and the pursuit of a legacy that outlasts any season.
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