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Community Impact

Darrel Jones earned his bachelor's degree from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State after a 25-year prison sentence.

Changing Lives Through Education and Hope

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State has been awarded a new Department of Justice reentry grant to make college enrollment and other support available for people starting over after incarceration. 

Tags: Student Life , Community Impact , Community & Society

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Bowling balls at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Surplus Store

Having a Ball at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Surplus Store

The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Surplus Store helps the university liquidate assets in a sustainable and responsible way while offering unique items at low prices. 

Tags: University News , Community Impact , Organizational Sustainability , Community & Society

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Summit Professor of Learning Technologies Rick Ferdig on a hunting trip in Washington

Hunting Down Hunger in Northeast Ohio

Summit Professor of Learning Technologies Rick Ferdig serves as coordinator for the Northeast Ohio chapter of the nonprofit Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry, born out of one man’s mission to “transform a God-given resource of deer and livestock into food for those in need.â€

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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Chris Wick (left) and David Hassler (right) stand in front of the Wick Poetry Center’s Poets for Science exhibition at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ 2023 Conference and Bookfair.

Planned Gift Endows Executive Director Position at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Wick Poetry Center

The Wick family has a long history of philanthropy at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University that began in 1984 when brothers Bob and Walt Wick first established scholarships to support undergraduate poets at the university. This most recent gift of $1 million brings the family’s total lifetime commitment to the university to more than $3.5 million.

Tags: Legacy , University News , Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement , Arts & Culture

Alumni and Giving

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Farmers' Market inside the DI HUB

IN A FLASH: Final Fall Farmers’ Market

The final Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Farmers' Market of the fall semester moves indoors, inside the DI Hub, on Nov. 14.

Tags: Student Life , DI Hub , Community Impact , Town-Gown , Community & Society , Student Recreation and Wellness Center , Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State of Well-being

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Native American dancers at The Transforming Educational Praxis through Dialogue with Indigenous Perspectives Conference at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State

Native American Heritage Month at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University is celebrating Native American Heritage Month with events throughout November. 

Tags: Community Impact , Community & Society , Arts & Culture

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President Diacon at the Freeze Out Game 2023

IN A FLASH: Flashes at the Freeze Out

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University President Todd Diacon joined the Marching Golden Flashes and fans at Dix Stadium to cheer on our team at the annual Freeze Out Game. 

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , President , Student Life , Community Impact , Community & Society , Sports , Football , Marching Golden Flashes , Dix Stadium

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Air Force ROTC Cadets planting daffodil bulbs

IN A FLASH: A New Tradition for a Living Memorial

Planting bulbs on Daffodil Hill has become part of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's annual Veteran's Day Commemoration. 

Tags: May 4 , Veterans Day , Center for Adult and Veteran Services , Community Impact , Community & Society , University News , University Communications and Marketing , ROTC

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Death doula Kacie Gikonyo

How Covid Created a New Career Path for Kacie Gikonyo

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State alumna and former nurse Kacie Gikonyo has founded the Death Doula Collective, a nationwide group for death doulas, and plans to establish her own death doula school in the Cleveland-Akron area to provide clinical hands-on training.

Tags: College of Nursing , Community Impact , Profiles , Healthcare

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