Success Story
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Named Finalist for Degree Completion Award
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has selected Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ as one of four finalists for the association’s 2020 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Receives Best in Class and Hall of Fame Honors for Supplier Diversity
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ has won a Best in Class award for supplier diversity from the Greater Cleveland Partnership. This marks the third time that the university has received this award. As a multiyear winner of the Best in Class awards, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State is also named to the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Equity and Inclusion Hall of Fame.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Ranks Highest Among Northern Ohio Public Universities on Top Public Schools and Best National Universities Lists in 2021 U.S. News Rankings of Best Colleges
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ shines again in the new 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State is the highest-ranking public university in Northern Ohio on the Top Public Schools and Best National Universities lists in the newly released rankings.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Increases Retention, Achieves Record-High Graduation Rate and GPA
They’re back! Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ students have begun their fall 2020 classes, and official enrollment figures include many highlights.
Join Us for Homecoming 2020 and Parents and Families Appreciation Week
Now that the fall semester at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State is in full force, we are excited to announce that two of our most anticipated traditions will be held during the month of October. (Photo from Homecoming 2019)
Changing Families and Futures: Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Receives Five-Year Grant Renewal for TRIO Student Support Services Program
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ a $2.6 million, five-year TRIO Student Support Services program grant. The program serves students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds and students with diverse learning and physical abilities.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Nursing Researcher Awarded $1.5 Million, Three-Year Grant to Advance Nurse Education Within Integrated Care Settings
The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded a $1.5 million, three-year grant to Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ College of Nursing research faculty member Jim Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC (principal investigator) and his team.
They’re Back! Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Students Move Into Residence Halls
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ students began moving into residence halls on the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Campus on Aug. 19, as part of a phased-in process that will continue over five days.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State to Celebrate Its Newest Graduates With Virtual Commencement on Aug. 15
The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ alumni family will grow by nearly 1,300 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement. The accomplishments of the Summer Class of 2020 will be recognized with a virtual commencement recognition ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 15.
Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., and Taléa R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., Blazing Historical Trails at Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., and Taléa R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., recently entered the annals of university history. On May 1, 2020, Hylton became the first Black person in the university’s history to hold the title of vice president for student affairs. And on July 1, 2020, Drummer-Ferrell was appointed dean of students, making her the first Black woman to be named to the position.
