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‘This Is What It’s All Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’: Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Welcomes New Golden Flashes at High-Energy Convocation
Inside the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s newest students filled the arena with the kind of energy that makes the start of a college career feel real.
Welcome Back, Flashes! Your Golden Experience Begins Now
It’s Aug. 19, a sunny, 80-degree day in Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ, Ohio, and some of the nearly 6,000 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ students who will be living on campus are starting to arrive with their families – carrying boxes and bags, and a whole range of emotions with them. From first-year students leaving the nest to upperclass students who came out to help new students move in, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Today was there to get a glimpse of one of the most exciting days on campus.
Golden Experience Begins With Move-In
First-year students arrived Wednesday to a campus buzzing with welcome—parent cars lined up, moving carts stacked high, and volunteers from Movers and Groovers ready to help families haul everything from clothes and mirrors to shelves and stools.
He Asked. The Governor Said Yes.
For Nathan Smith, the first lesson came before he met Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Ask. The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State student and newly elected student body president of the university’s Undergraduate Student Government spent three hours alongside the governor at the Ohio State Fair – an opportunity he says grew out of the confidence and relationships he built during his first two years at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State.
IN A FLASH: Commencement Caps
Some kept it simple, some went all out. As more than 1,000 students crossed the stage for Summer 2026 Commencement, the fashion choice of the moment was the decorated cap.
Summer Commencement Welcomes 1,010 New Graduates
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s alumni family grew by more than 1,000 new graduates from its eight-campus system as the university held its summer commencement ceremony on Aug. 8.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Honors New Graduates at Summer 2026 Commencement
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ will welcome more than 1,000 new graduates to its alumni family during summer commencement on Aug. 8. The ceremony, held at 10 a.m. at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, will confer 1,010 degrees across associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and educational specialist levels.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Introduces Campus Visit Scholarship, Eliminates Application Fee for Ohio Undergraduate Students
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State is introducing a $1,000 scholarship for domestic, prospective first-year undergraduate students who visit in person and enroll at the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Campus and eliminating the undergraduate application fee for all domestic, Ohio residents – two new steps to make a college education more accessible and affordable.
Nursing Graduate's Resilience Inspires Class of 2026
When Achante Pascute stepped to the podium as Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ at Trumbull’s student commencement speaker, she opened with a joke.
DC CAP Scholars Graduate Ready to Lead
At Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s University College, the CommUNITY Lab serves as a space where connection, growth and opportunity intersect, especially for graduating seniors like Ronshai Jones, Ariana Wallace and Yeshe Mulugeta. For these three, the journey to graduation has been defined by leadership, resilience, and the unwavering support of the DC College Access Program.
