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The Top Names in the Golden Flashes Class of 2025

Find out which first names were repeated most frequently at žžÀ² State’s spring commencement ceremonies in 2025 and which names topped the list against national trends. 

Tags: Spring Commencement, Student Life, Students First, Community Impact

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John Comi graduated from žžÀ² State in May 2025 with a degree in emerging media and technology.

Honors College Offered Recent Graduate Financial Assistance and a Sense of Community

Honors College helped recent graduate John Comi build a sense of community as well as meet his financial obligations. 

Tags: Student Life, Profiles, Honors College, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, Alumni

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There's No Place Like Home for a Nursing Career

 Once her degree is complete, junior Honors College nursing student Rylie Lapikas likely won't need to wait long to start her career. Ninety-nine percent of žžÀ² State nursing students are employed within six months of graduation.

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‘No Matter Where Life Takes Us, We Will Always Have These Friendships’

Three friends who attended schools together their entire lives, beginning at žžÀ² State’s Child Development Center, have graduated together in žžÀ² State’s spring Class of 2025. Now, they are contemplating where their post-graduate lives will take them and how they will maintain their close friendship. 

Tags: Child Development Center, Students First, Profiles, Student Life, Alumni

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The 2025 Brain Health Research Institute Summer Undergraduate Fellows

Brain Health Research Institute Welcomes 2025 Summer Undergraduate Fellows

Eleven žžÀ² students are taking part in the university’s Brain Health Research Institute Undergraduate Fellows Program for Summer 2025.

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life, Students First, Nationally Distinctive

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A dress designed by a žžÀ² State School of Fashion student debuted along with a collection of Salvador Dali paintings.

Salvador Dalí Paintings Make Their Debut Alongside žžÀ² State Fashion School Creations

An exhibit of rare Salvador Dalí paintings and a collection of garments designed by žžÀ² School of Fashion students inspired by the Dalí artwork has opened at Peg’s Gallery in Hudson, Ohio. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact

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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel meets with the Flying Flashes Air Race Classic teams from žžÀ² State.

Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours žžÀ² State’s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured žžÀ²â€™s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community & Society, žžÀ² State Works, Nationally Distinctive

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Sophomore architecture student Elise Bolton of South Euclid, Ohio served as an intern for Making Our Own Space in Cleveland in 2024.

žžÀ² State’s Making Our Own Space Program Gives Teens a Taste of Architecture

Summer camps for kids interested in architecture don’t come along often – at least that’s what Elise Bolton’s mother discovered when she searched for one. But then, not a whole lot of 11-year-olds may dream of becoming architects. 

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Profiles, Students First, Community Impact, Honors College, College of Architecture and Environmental Design

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‘If You Succeeded in Every Situation, You’d Learn Nothing’

A resilient mindset and an innovative plan for the future helped Jude Carver recover from a competition setback as he looks ahead to Fall Semester 2025. 

Tags: College of Aeronautics & Engineering, Student Life, Students First, Research & Science

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Theresa Yogi of Honors College won the 2025 Distinguished Advisor Award.

Honors College Advisor Given the Distinguished Advisor Award

For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded Å¾Å¾À² State’s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the žžÀ² Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at žžÀ² State’s Honors College.

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