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Mwatabu S. Okantah

Opinion: Will America Finally Get It?

Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Department of Pan-African Studies, shares his perspective as someone who first arrived at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State in September 1970 as a student. Nearly 50 years later, he is an associate professor at the university.

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Mike Daniels, interim director of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Student Multicultural Center (SMC)

Opinion: Entertaining the Humanity of America

Is this America? Where popular culture is largely represented by Black culture? Where musicians, artists, and athletes can be praised and celebrated for their talents, but criminalized for their skin color? Mike Daniels shares his insight. 

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Members of the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Esports team compete in the finals of a League of Legends tournament held at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Becomes a Founding Member of New Esports Collegiate Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced Wednesday a historic esports venture with a newly created independent esports conference – Esports Collegiate Conference – to facilitate and foster high-quality gaming competition among collegiate esports teams. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï is among the 12 founding members of the new esports conference. 

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Photo collage of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State women's teams

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students walk to and from class.

University, Student Leaders Reflect on Whether George Floyd Protests Will Spur Sustained Change

University and student leaders share their personal insights into America's current unrest and whether protests will lead to lasting change. 

Tags: University News , Center for Peace and Conflict Studies , Black United Students , Featured Story

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Tayjua Hines, president of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Black United Students, speaking at a George Floyd protest in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï.

Opinion: Now Is the Time to Speak Up, Use Your Platform and Enact Change

Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.

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Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., interim vice president of the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Opinion: Diversity of Protests Offers Renewed Commitment to Social Justice Advocacy

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.

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Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Opinion: Addressing Racial Injustice Is in the Interest of All Americans, Says Neil Cooper, Ph.D., Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, says civil disturbances of the kind witnessed since the death of George Floyd represent moments of opportunity for societies.

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Cleveland Police Patrolman Kevin Jones is captured shedding a tear by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State photography student Sylvia Lorson.

Journalism Student's Photograph Gaining National Attention

A ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State women’s basketball players and graduating seniors Ali Poole, Sydney Brinlee and Megan Carter smile with their caps and gowns. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Student-Athletes Complete Record-Setting Spring Term in Classroom

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.

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