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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Today has been following a group of six Golden Flashes for the 2024-25 academic year, chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group of students is at various places in their ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï academic careers and will share their experiences throughout the year as they take part in our distinctive programs, research and global experiences.  The last time we checked in with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï nursing major Rylie Lapikas, the academic year was progressing smoothly. She was enjoying her clinical work and teaching yoga at the Re...

Ethelyn VonHelmers Fitzsimmons was hired as a temporary employee of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï on July 2, 1951, and worked as a secretary in the Office of the President. She was hired full time on May 14, 1953. Before leaving ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State on Dec. 1, 1971, she had worked for three university presidents: George Bowman, Robert White and Glenn Olds. Fitzsimmons recently celebrated her 110th birthday and graciously welcomed ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Today to her home for an interview about her 20-and-a-half years working at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State.Worldwide, there are 203 people verified to be 110 years old or older. People who...

Congratulations to Kayon Hall, assistant professor in the Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs program, for being named a 2025 John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellow.Kayon's work, The Quiet Holds Us: A Sensory Archive of Black Immigrant Life, is an interdisciplinary, multimedia project that reimagines black immigrant life beyond narratives of spectacle and survival.Look for more on this interesting project in the weeks to come....