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      In this video, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University President Beverly Warren delivers a Thanksgiving message to the university community as she celebrates her first Thanksgiving at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State. Students, faculty and staff also share what they are thankful for this holiday season.

PBS news anchor Gwen Ifill will join Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University to mark its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with the dedication of the May 4 Visitors Center. The center, which tells the May 4 story set against the political and cultural changes of the 1960s, will be dedicated Saturday, May 4, with other traditional commemorative events beginning Friday, May 3.

Film director and producer Oliver Stone will join Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University to mark its 43rd annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with the dedication of the May 4 Visitors Center. The center, which tells the May 4 story set against the political and cultural changes of the 1960s, will be dedicated Saturday, May 4, with other traditional commemorative events beginning Friday, May 3.

Scholar of the MonthDeepraj MukherjeeAssistant ProfessorCollege of Business AdministrationÑý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Stark2012-present Deepraj Mukherjee is an assistant professor of economics in the College of Business Administration at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Stark. His research focuses on international trade, development, macroeconometrics and cross-cultural issues.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University students Samantha Phillips, a junior athletic training major from Euclid, Ohio, and Essien Cobham, a senior mathematics and computer science major from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio, were at the right place at the right time to save a life, but it almost didn’t happen.  On Nov. 4, Phillips had planned to walk outside to enjoy the sunny and unusually warm fall day, but at the last minute, she decided to cut through the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Student Center. She is glad she did.

An education-abroad trip to China this past summer got Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University student Garmai Matthew started on the path to actualizing her dream of promoting sustainable fashion. Matthew, an economics major with an international business and Chinese minor, along with five other Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students collaborated on research projects with students from Hebei Normal University in the Shijiazhuang Province of China during a three-week, field-experience trip.

For Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.  â€¨ 

Scholar of the Month D. Blake Stringer Assistant Professor College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology 2013-present

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s efforts to help students succeed and graduate resulted in a big payoff for Northeast Ohio. The university accounted for the largest increase in the number of new graduates among colleges and universities in the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of Summit and Portage Counties, Ohio, contributing largely to the region’s win of a $1 million prize from CEOs for Cities’ Talent Dividend Prize national competition.