University News
IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at ½ÄÏÌåÓý State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
ADVISORY: ½ÄÏÌåÓý Board of Trustees Meeting, May 22
The ½ÄÏÌåÓý Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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 ½ÄÏÌåÓý 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
½ÄÏÌåÓý 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.
½ÄÏÌåÓý 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.
Flashes Go Further to Complete Degrees with ½ÄÏÌåÓý State Scholarships
The Flashes Go Further Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50 million to more than 11,000 ½ÄÏÌåÓý State students since 2021.
IN A FLASH: The Spirit of May 4
This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of ½ÄÏÌåÓý State's history and the university's foundational values.
½ÄÏÌåÓý State Commemorates May 4, 1970
Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the ½ÄÏÌåÓý State community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.
Why Geography and Landscape Matter
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 ½ÄÏÌåÓý Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.
IN A FLASH: The Ways We Remember
Tonight, the annual candlelight walk and vigil continues a 53-year tradition as part of this week's May 4 Commemoration.