University News
Best of the Best: Melissa Fenn Wins Inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award
Melissa Fenn, senior advisor II in the College of Nursing, was recently awarded the university's inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award by University Advising and the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Academic Advising Support and Advising Association (KASADA).
May Is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Time for Celebration and Education
In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Board of Trustees Approves Updated Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan, Sets Fall Tuition
The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Board of Trustees approved the updated Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan as part of a state and institutional commitment to increase dramatically the number of college degrees awarded in Ohio. The plan was approved during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held May 22.
Rep. Emilia Sykes Mentions Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Airport in her Support of FAA Reauthorization Act
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Airport.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Confers Honorary Degree Upon Alumnus Willard Jenkins
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University.â€
IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
ADVISORY: Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Board of Trustees Meeting, May 22
The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business.
IN A FLASH: A Celebration of Graduates
Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.
Pandemic Graduates 2024: Starting College in 2020 Took Grit and Resiliency
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Celebrates Its Newest Graduates With Spring Commencement Ceremonies
In total, 5,182 degrees will be conferred this spring, consisting of 1,011 associate degrees, 3,092 bachelor’s degrees, 903 master’s degrees, 164 doctoral degrees and 12 educational specialist degrees.