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����ֱ�� 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 ����ֱ�� State University.”

As founder and owner of Sky Quest aircraft management and charter company, Corey Head, ’98, knows that hiring other ����ֱ�� State graduates is a wise investment in the future. Of the 75 employees on his staff, roughly half are ����ֱ�� State graduates.  

In early May, ����ֱ�� State celebrated its soon-to-be alumni of the spring Class of 2024 with #FlashesForever Fest on the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade. 

Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at ����ֱ�� State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates. 

The ����ֱ�� State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at ����ֱ�� 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. 

Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of ����ֱ�� State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.

����ֱ�� 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.

Meet A.J. Scilla, a junior public relations major with a passion for sports photography. Originally from Mars, Pennsylvania, Scilla currently resides in Savannah, Georgia, working for the Savannah Bananas.  

����ֱ�� State University students can tap into their inner poet with Wick Weekly, a distinctive program hosted by the Wick Poetry Center. Whether students are down bad for someone or are looking for a way to process current events (like a certain singer's new album), poetry can open up a door to a world where students can create and explore.

Ahead of university-wide commencement ceremonies, the annual Lavender Graduation ceremony honors the achievements of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally (LGBTQ+) students at ����ֱ�� State University

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.

The Flashes Go Further Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50 million to more than 11,000 ����ֱ�� State students since 2021.

A professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, said his recent visit to ����ֱ�� State University enabled him to experience his research into the May 4, 1970, ����ֱ�� State shootings in a whole new way.

This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of ����ֱ�� State's history and the university's foundational values. 

Watch as President Diacon visits the May 4 Visitor's Center and reflects on the legacy of May 4.

Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the ����ֱ�� State community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.

Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by ����ֱ�� State University Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.

The environment is something that many people take for granted. But it affects us all. Some recent ����ֱ�� State University students spent the semester putting environmental issues front and center.