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Political Science Professor Awarded MAC Outstanding Faculty Award

Congratulations to Julie Mazzei, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Political Science (in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University) for being awarded the 2021 Mid American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success. Mazzei is one of only 12…

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Down and Out And Back Up: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Ashtabula Student Nick Pizzi Turns His Life Around

In March 2015, Nick Pizzi hit rock bottom. After receiving his third DUI, he decided to stop drinking. But unfortunately, it was too late. Four months later, before his daughter’s eighth birthday, Pizzi was sentenced to one year in the Ashtabula County jail, where his life would change forever for the positive. On May 14, 2021, he will pick up his bachelor's degree diploma during the 72nd Commencement Ceremony at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University at Ashtabula.

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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Recognized Nationally for Programs to Assist Students First in Their Families to Attend College

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University has been designated as a First-gen Forward Institution by the Center for First-generation Student Success for its commitment to improving the experiences and advancing outcomes of those who are first in their families to attend college.

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Meeting the Moment: How The American Academy Kept Students on Track in Brazil During COVID-19

Behind the scenes last spring, American Academy faculty and staff worked swiftly and efficiently to convert the program to remote learning.  

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Meet the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Class of 2024

More than 21,200 people applied to be part of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Class of 2024, and 3,819 can now consider themselves to be Golden Flashes.

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Bennett's Jersey From Historic Moment Now on Display at Basketball Hall of Fame

The jersey Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Kalin Bennett wore in his first game is now on display at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State women’s basketball players and graduating seniors Ali Poole, Sydney Brinlee and Megan Carter smile with their caps and gowns. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Student-Athletes Complete Record-Setting Spring Term in Classroom

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.

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Finding Her ‘Fit’ at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State to Make an Impact

Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State and becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.

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Flash Forward

Turning Dreams into Reality Just before her final semester at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, Tyshaia Earnest, BS ’20 stood on a stage in New York City alongside seven other finalists at the Fashion Scholarship Fund Gala. That evening, she emerged as the top scholar out of nearly 650 applicants, taking home the $…

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Flash Forward

Making College Count John McDermott, BBA ’20, an accounting major and scholarship recipient from Cleveland’s west side, is the first in his family to continue his education beyond middle school. Though his family did not emphasize schooling, he realized the value of an education because of po…

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