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From Failing Grades to a Master’s Degree, How ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Helped a Student Get Back on Track

Kellie Miley is the first to admit, when she graduated from Rootstown High School in 2008, she was not ready for college. In high school, she barely cracked a book yet managed a 3.2 grade point average (GPA).

Getting by with little effort changed when she started as a freshman at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï. By the end of the year, Ms. Miley found herself academically dismissed for poor grades.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï hospitality management senior Ashley Foster (right) spent a week working with Food Network celebrity chef Cat Cora (left). (Photo provided by Ashley Foster)

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Student Realizes Dream of Working With Celebrity Chef

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï senior Ashley Foster has known since third grade that she wanted a career as a chef.

The 20-year-old hospitality management major got a little closer to her dream over the summer when she spent a week training with celebrity chef Cat Cora at the chef’s headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State President Beverly J. Warren poses with 2018 Homecoming King Jordan Euell and Queen Jennifer Uren on the field at Dix Stadium.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Celebrates 100 Years of Homecoming

The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï fight song blared down Main Street, the city of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes, and the entire campus boomed with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State pride.…

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Celeste Dawson credits ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s EXCEL program for making the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus feel like a second home.

EXCEL Helps Student Find Her Fit

Celeste Dawson had made up her mind. She was not going to attend college and that was her final decision. 

Her story could have ended there, but the support of her parents and a program at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï opened up a new chapter in her life – one filled with opportunities she never imagined.

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Junior running back Jo-el Shaw following his first of three touchdowns.

FlashFAST Football Debuts at Home With 54-14 Win

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State was flat out dominant in a 54-14 victory over Howard University Saturday in its 2018 home opener at Dix Stadium. Behind six rushing touchdowns, the Golden Flashes out-gained the Bison on the ground 355-65.

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The annual Black Squirrel Festival offers ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students a chance to learn about student organizations, explore different university departments and learn more about the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï community.

37th Annual Black Squirrel Festival Features Student Organizations, Vendors, Food and Freebies

A ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï tradition for 37 years, the annual Black Squirrel Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 7, from noon-5 p.m. on the Student Green and Risman Plaza. The Black Squirrel Festival, which is hosted by the Flash Activities Board, attracts more than 3,000 students, faculty and staff…

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A College of Business Administration graduate show off her glasses while in line to enter ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies on Aug. 18

The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï held its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus conferred 1,325 degrees.

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A ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï student proudly displays an award certificate during the university’s Lavender Graduation ceremony, which honors the achievements of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally students.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Ranked High as an LGBTQ-Friendly Campus

An inclusive campus acknowledges and respects diversity, and offers a welcoming environment for all community members regardless of their differences.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2018 spring fashion show.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Fashion School Receives Top Honors in the Nation and Midwest

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is once again ranked high among the nation’s elite, according to .

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Professor James Tyner Receives a 2018 Faculty Excellence Award

Their remarkable work takes place in studios, classrooms, laboratories and outdoors. They have been published in prestigious journals, authored books and received significant research grants. Now, they add a new honor to their list of notable achievements. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï President Beverly …

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