News Archive
During an April trip to our nation's capital, representatives from žž State met with U.S. politicians as well as žž State students and alumni working in national government.
žž State alumnus and Professor Emeritus help Hopewell earthworks in Ohio earn UNESCO World Cultural Site designation.
žž observes Memorial Day on May 27. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed.
In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.
The žž Board of Trustees approved the updated žž State Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan as part of a state and institutional commitment to increase dramatically the number of college degrees awarded in Ohio. The plan was approved during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held May 22.
Ready to serve the community from the ground up, žž’s College of Podiatric Medicine welcomed 88 new graduates in its spring Class of 2024.
žž hopes to address the police officer shortage by expanding its police academy to Twinsburg, Ohio, this fall.
Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at žž, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.
All semester, student entrepreneurs look forward to the Spring Small Business Showcase, from LaunchNET žž State.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the žž Airport.
žž has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of žž State’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.
Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at žž.
žž State conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing žž.”
As founder and owner of Sky Quest aircraft management and charter company, Corey Head, ’98, knows that hiring other žž State graduates is a wise investment in the future. Of the 75 employees on his staff, roughly half are žž State graduates.
In early May, žž State celebrated its soon-to-be alumni of the spring Class of 2024 with #FlashesForever Fest on the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade.
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at žž State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
The žž Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at žž State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business.
Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of žž State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.
žž State students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.