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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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Betsy

Lisbeth (Betsy) Justice, ’70, MA ’83, Ph.D. ’08

Betsy Justice, ’70, MA ’83, Ph.D. ’08, LSW, found her home in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ and has dedicated her life to creating a strong, supportive community for all

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Reaching New Heights in Advanced Air Mobility

As a follow-on to the highly-successful 2022 "Manufacturing for EV Mobility" Conference, the Smart Manufacturing Cluster of NEO, in partnership with Manufacturing Works and Team NEO, and hosted by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, will present another exciting opportunity, focusing on a yet more targeted marke…

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Roe Green, MA ’80, who will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, is pictured in the lobby of the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State.

Alumna Roe Green to Receive Honorary Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Doctoral Degree

The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Board of Trustees has approved awarding Roe Green, MA ’80, a Doctor of Humane Letters, an honorary degree recognizing her contributions to the university and her advocacy for the arts not only in Northeast Ohio, but also across the nation and around the world.

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U.S. Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, ’07, Strives to Deliver Meaningful, Bipartisan Results for the People of Ohio’s 13th District

 In 2022, U.S. Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, ’07, became the first Black person elected to represent Ohio’s 13th Congressional District. For eight years, Sykes served as the state representative for House District 34, including three years as the leader of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus. Now serv…

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