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The �鶹����Ƶ Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. on Oct. 23. The sole purpose of the special meeting is to consider a proposed Memorandum of Understanding between �鶹����Ƶ and the �鶹����Ƶ State United Faculty Association, Tenure-Track Faculty Unit. 

For much of �鶹����Ƶ State's history, the state of Ohio was the university's primary funder. That era is gone, and it ended quietly, over decades, without many Ohioans noticing.

�鶹����Ƶ is mourning the death of Brother Rogério Renato Mateucci, rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) in Brazil and a close friend of the �鶹����Ƶ State community.

We've shown you the evidence and the experience. Now comes the harder question: How do institutions survive when everything changes? 

Forget the old-school college open house. More than 2,000 prospective students and families from 13 states will experience �鶹����Ƶ during Preview KSU on Friday, Oct. 16, through an arena kickoff, hands-on demonstrations and a day exploring college life. High school seniors who attend and later enroll will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

A �鶹����Ƶ State degree transforms lives. But that transformation doesn't happen by accident. It happens because of what occurs the moment a student arrives — comprehensive support that guides them from first visit to first job.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded �鶹����Ƶ a five-year, $1.3 million TRIO Teacher Preparation Student Support Services grant to support undergraduate students preparing to enter the teaching profession. 

�鶹����Ƶ celebrated Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 3, with a theme honoring a century of student journalism. This year's theme, "Every Flash Has a Story," marked the 100th anniversary of The �鶹����Ƶ Stater, and former staff members of the student newspaper served as Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals.

This year’s Homecoming theme, “Every Flash Has a Story,” marks the 100th anniversary of The �鶹����Ƶ Stater, and former staff members of the student newspaper will serve as Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals on Oct. 3.

Matthew R. Geis has been named �鶹����Ƶ’s vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, President Todd Diacon announced Thursday. Geis will start on Nov. 1.

�鶹����Ƶ’s Board of Trustees opened the 2026-2027 academic year hearing President Todd Diacon report that the university ended Fiscal 2026 with a balanced budget and no draw on reserves, and that inflation-adjusted public university tuition in Ohio has dropped 13% since 2005.

�鶹����Ƶ remains northern Ohio’s top-ranked public university in the U.S. News & World Report 2027 Best Colleges rankings, with four undergraduate programs also ranking among the nation’s top 200.

Six �鶹����Ƶ scholars gathered to explore how Dolly Parton became one of America's most influential cultural figures — not just as a musician, but as a peacebuilder, educator and philanthropist.

�鶹����Ƶ opened the 2026 Fall Semester with its largest incoming architecture class in 25 years and its largest nursing class in a decade, continued national recognition for affordability and financial strength, and a new initiative built to help every incoming student thrive from day one — all while remaining the largest public university in northern Ohio.

The �鶹����Ƶ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, in Room 247 at the Design Innovation (DI) Hub on the �鶹����Ƶ Campus. 

�鶹����Ƶ will be closed Sept. 7 to observe Labor Day. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on Sept. 8.

�鶹����Ƶ 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.

David Costello, Ph.D., professor in �鶹����Ƶ State’s Department of Biological Sciences, will use AI and 50 years of river data to help locate critical minerals like copper, cobalt and manganese for a U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission award.

�鶹����Ƶ State is introducing a $1,000 scholarship for domestic, prospective first-year undergraduate students who visit in person and enroll at the �鶹����Ƶ Campus and eliminating the undergraduate application fee for all domestic, Ohio residents – two new steps to make a college education more accessible and affordable.

As you may have noticed, it is hazy outside today and air quality is a concern. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) has issued an Air Quality Alert for the entire state of Ohio.