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Geauga Campus Dean Angela Spalsbury, Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel and ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State President Todd Diacon

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Visits ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Geauga, Touts Nursing Program as Job Creator

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel visited ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Geauga on June 9 to tour its nursing program with President Todd Diacon and Geauga Dean Angela Spalsbury, Ph.D. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Today was there when Tressel later took part in a roundtable discussion with Geauga County leaders and educators to share ideas on how best to prepare Ohio’s workforce.

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Sophomore architecture student Elise Bolton of South Euclid, Ohio served as an intern for Making Our Own Space in Cleveland in 2024.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Making Our Own Space Program Gives Teens a Taste of Architecture

Summer camps for kids interested in architecture don’t come along often – at least that’s what Elise Bolton’s mother discovered when she searched for one. But then, not a whole lot of 11-year-olds may dream of becoming architects. 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Profiles , Community Impact , Honors College , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Design at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State

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Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State executive vice president and provost, was a keynote speaker at the International Town and Gown Association conference at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State June 3-6, 2025

International Town and Gown Association Came to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State to Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate

More than 280 people attended the 2025 ITGA City & University Relations Conference, which kicked off at the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Student Center ballroom on June 4. Todd Kamenash, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s associate dean of students for conduct & community engagement, chaired the ITGA conference, which had the theme Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate.

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Three blimps over the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Airport.

IN A FLASH: Blimp Spotting

Look, up in the sky! As part of Goodyear’s 100-year anniversary celebration of its iconic blimp, three of the company’s airships could be seen cruising the skies over Northeast Ohio last week. 

Tags: Alumni , ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Airport , Community Impact , Community & Society , College of Aeronautics and Engineering , In a Flash

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Delta Chi Car Smash

IN A FLASH: Mindful Mayem

A ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State fraternity presented its annual car smash in early May to help students de-stress while raising money for cancer research. 

Tags: Student Organizations , Community & Society , Community Impact , In a Flash

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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the AMLCI.

Celebrating 60 Years: Illustrious Past, Innovation for the Future

A star-studded lineup of scientists returned to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï April 25-26 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute.

Tags: Research & Science , Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive , Global Reach

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Jayrelis Capeles gets a hug from her brother, Joshua Ortiz at the 2025 Spring Commencement in the MACC

Mission: Graduation Surprise

When Jayrelis Capeles walked across the stage at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï this spring, she was already brimming with emotion. She had just earned not one, but two degrees — in psychology and sociology — and was celebrating the end of her college journey that began in 2021. But the most unforgettable moment wasn’t the walk or the tassel turn.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Community & Society , Department of Psychological Sciences

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Happy 115th Birthday, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State!

In May, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï observes two historic institutional anniversaries, the first is of their founding as a school and the second is of the college being established as a university. 

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Earth Fest 2025

IN A FLASH: ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Earth Fest

In April, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Earth Fest was part of a full month of events and activities celebrating Earth Day and Earth Month. 

Tags: Research & Science , Community Impact , Community & Society , Student Organizations , Organizational Sustainability , In a Flash

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Lauren Paterson and Marc Myers

The Interview That Turned Into an Inter-Generational Friendship

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State graduate student Lauren Paterson and former teacher Marc Myers were recently featured on WBUR’s ‘Here and Now’ sharing their work together on The Legacy Project.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Community Impact

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