Profiles
From College Credit Plus to Ph.D. Candidate
When Kendall Myers first arrived at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Stark as a College Credit Plus student, she knew she had an interest in biology. What she could not have predicted was just how far that passion would take her.
Nursing Graduate's Resilience Inspires Class of 2026
When Achante Pascute stepped to the podium as ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Trumbull’s student commencement speaker, she opened with a joke.
Show, Don't Tell
Graduating senior Joe Conti's documentary pulls back the curtain on ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Digital Media Production major. His behind-the-scenes look at DMP follows students and faculty from the classroom to the field to the editing booth, offering incoming students and curious viewers an authentic taste of what the program delivers.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Research Links Iron, Zinc Deficiency to Lake Erie Algal Blooms
A new study led by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s David Costello finds that trace metals — not just nitrogen and phosphorus — frequently limit biological productivity in freshwater streams, with implications for waterways across Northeast Ohio and beyond.
A Few Parting Words From Julia Michalak
We catch up with senior physical education and sport performance major Julia Michalak between student-teaching classes during her final semester at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State. In a brief Q&A-style interview reflecting on her trials and triumphs from the past four years, Michalak offers some wise words for her younger self and for future Golden Flashes.
‘I Feel Like the Luckiest Person in the World’
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Grounds Manager Rebekkah "Bekkah" Berryhill came to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State to get a teaching degree. What she learned while working as a student groundskeeper helped her find her passion and lasting happiness in the outdoors.
‘Perseverance Is Going to Have to Be Part of the Process’
Laura Davis, Ph.D., co-founder and first director of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s May 4 Visitors Center, was recently named a Woman of the Year by the Summit County Historical Society. Davis was a first-year student at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State on May 4, 1970, and she shares her journey to becoming an activist and what people today can learn from America’s history of protest.
Sydney Brown is Just Getting Started
When Sydney Brown arrived at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï as a first-year student from Avon, Ohio, she didn't wait to get started. She walked into the TV2 newsroom — now ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Stater TV — and introduced herself. That instinct to show up, dive in and tell stories has defined every semester since.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Junior Jasmine McCulley Joins Team USA for World Twirling Championships
For most of her life, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State junior visual communication design major Jasmine McCulley, has built her identity around community, the arts and competition, whether through The Touch of Gold Twirlers or competitive baton twirling. Sixteen years after she first picked up a baton, she will represent Team USA this August in Paris at the IBTF World Competition.
Faculty filmmakers win Oscar-qualifying festival for short film featured at Cleveland International Film Festival
A short film co-directed by two ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï faculty members is eligible to submit to the Academy after winning Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscar-qualifying St. Louis Film Festival- and is now being featured at the Cleveland International Film Festival.