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Professors Chris Knoblock and Dana White have collaborated on a new feature film

Faculty filmmakers win Oscar-qualifying festival for short film featured at Cleveland International Film Festival

"Magan's Fare," a short film co-directed by two ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï faculty members, was just listed on as one of seven short films from Scott Feinberg's predictions for the Oscars for Best Live Action Short. 

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State student Nathan Smith (center) walks with Ohio first lady Fran DeWine (left) and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (right) at the Ohio State Fair.

He Asked. The Governor Said Yes.

For Nathan Smith, the first lesson came before he met Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Ask. The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State student and newly elected student body president of the university’s Undergraduate Student Government spent three hours alongside the governor at the Ohio State Fair – an opportunity he says grew out of the confidence and relationships he built during his first two years at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State.

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Michael and Dan Jaszczak

Twenty-Eight Years Later, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Tradition Comes Full Circle for Father and Son

For nearly three decades, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's ceremonial mace has led thousands of graduates into commencement, symbolizing the authority, history and traditions of the university. On Aug. 8, it will also tell a deeply personal story.

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Air Race Classic Students

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Flight Teams Showed Their Best Judgment When the Skies Wouldn't Cooperate

Two ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï flight teams pushed through six of the nine legs of the 2026 Air Race Classic before a stretch of stubborn, unpredictable weather brought their race to an early end. 

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2026 graduate Kendall Myers with Dean James Hannon, Ph.D.

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.

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Achante Pascute

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.

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Joe Conti's Behind the Frame student documentary about DMP

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.

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Professor Dave Costello works with biology students in the Cuyahoga River

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.

Tags: Profiles , Biology

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State senior Julia Michalak

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. 

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Bekkah Berryhill at the Veteran's Day bulb planting.

‘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. 

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