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Senior Honors students look to the stage as Provost Melody Tankersley addresses them at the 2023 Senior Honors Luncheon.

A RECAP: The 37th Annual Senior Honors Luncheon

On Saturday, April 22, 2023, the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Honors College recognized graduating seniors at its annual Senior Honors Luncheon. This event congratulated Honors College members for their upcoming graduations in the spring, summer, and fall of 2023. Seniors were able to unwind as they met with staff and alumni to applaud their accomplishments. Attendees of the luncheon also heard from Denise Harrison, recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award and Gary F. Bengier, recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award.

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A new Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State graduate crosses the stage and proudly holds her diploma during the advanced degree ceremony.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Celebrates Its Newest Graduates With Spring Commencement Ceremonies

The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University alumni family will grow by about 5,500 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies. 

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Lillian Kuri will lead the Cleveland Foundation as its 10th president and CEO, starting Aug. 1, 2023.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Alumna to Lead the Cleveland Foundation

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University alumna Lillian Kuri has been unanimously elected as the Cleveland Foundation’s 10th president and CEO.

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NYC Fashion watch party

Live in New York - The Annual Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Fashion Show

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's NYC Fashion campus hosted a livestreamed watch party of the Fashion Show in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. 

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Distinguished Honors Alumni 2023 Award

Honors College 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Honored

The 37th Annual Senior Honors Luncheon was held on Saturday, April 22, 2023 in the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Ballroom to recognize seniors graduating in the spring, summer and fall of 2023. This ceremony also provides an opportunity for the Honors College to recognize alumni who have served the col…

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Help Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Celebrate Another Trip Around the Sun

Help Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Celebrate Another Trip Around the Sun

Our university turns 113 on May 19, and we are celebrating with our second Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Day of Giving! Join us and help light the path forward for our students by supporting scholarships. All donors who make a gift of $50 or more will receive a Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State luggage tag to help you travel in blue and …

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Alumna Gail Pavliga

Gail Pavliga: Psychologist, Professor, Politician

Gail Pavliga, ’91, MA ’98, Ph.D., is a good listener, a quality that has been the common thread throughout her life as a student, mother, therapist and, most recently, state representative for Ohio House District 72.Pavliga didn’t plan to be a politician. When she first enrolled at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, she w…

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Roe Green May 2018

Audio: On the Go With Roe

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University alumna Roe Green admits she’s counting down the days to May 12. That’s the day she’ll both deliver the spring commencement address and receive a special honor after the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Board of Trustees approved awarding her a Doctor of Humane Letters, an honorary degree.

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Josh Wilder, a 2016 graduate of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's College of Podiatric Medicine, competes on "Survivor." (Screenshot from "Survivor" on CBS)

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Alumnus Hopes to Outwit, Outplay and Outlast His Competition on ‘Survivor’

Dr. Josh Wilder, who received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Podiatric Medicine in 2016, looks to outwit, outplay and outlast the other contestants on Season 44 of â€œSurvivor.â€

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Alumni gathered for a glow in the dark egg hunt.

An ‘Eggcellent’ Adventure at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State

Nearly 150 Golden Flashes hopped down the hills of Front Campus for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s first-ever alumni glow-in-the-dark egg hunt, Bunnies and Brews, on Friday, March 31. Alumni and friends enjoyed some festive music as they searched for more than 1,700 glowing eggs with excitement to see if they chose a…

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