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When Matthew E. Likens, ‘75, returned to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï April 15 for the Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Series, he brought students a candid look at the realities of leading a startup. Students got to see the highs, the failures and the lessons learned across decades in global business.

Fern Mallis, known as the "Godmother of American Fashion," can still recall the pivotal moment that helped shape her career and pave a path for tremendous success. It was 1991, and she was about to begin her role as the executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).

The Earth Day Bash 2026 at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's brought together ecologically minded Golden Flashes and members of the community to celebrate Earth Day.

Now officially approved as an experiential learning class, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program allows accounting students to provide free tax preparation services to community members while gaining hands-on experience that extends far beyond the classroom.

Campus grounds leaders are working to salvage trees removed due to storm damage, disease, the Main Street construction and other causes, transforming them into a resource for future academic and beautification projects.  

The CARES Center celebrated its 5-year anniversary on Tuesday, April 14 with an open house that highlighted the accomplishments of the center over the last five years while providing opportunities for tours of the center, complete with birthday cake, refreshments and CARES Center swag.  

A $1.8 million gift from the Bedford Falls Foundation will fund 150 scholarships for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State nursing students over three years, addressing the national nursing shortage.

During I Heart Travel Week, students had the opportunity to learn more about education abroad, celebrate current students and past students who have studied abroad and engage with international activities on campus.  

For many students at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, talking about mental health or wellness can feel intimidating. But for those who connect with Certified Peer Educators, those conversations often start with something simple: another student who understands.

When Yeshe Mulugeta arrived at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Summer Advantage Program provides first-generation students with the award-winning support needed to overcome academic challenges and move forward with confidence. It helped turn things around for Mulugeta.

Be the hero in someone's story. April 14 is ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's 24-hour Day of Giving, part of Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong celebration of all the ways Golden Flashes support our blue and gold communities. 

A 2024 graduate from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's School of Fashion shares an update about her life after ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and beginning her exciting career in New York City. 

When disaster strikes: Students at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Trumbull received real world disaster training through a partnership with a local hospital.

A future ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï president and a past ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State administrator were serving at universities in Dayton and Texas on May 4, 1970, and had to find ways to manage student protests in reaction to the shootings.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï and the City of Cleveland have launched a new research and training initiative aimed at strengthening trust, collaboration and accountability between the Cleveland Division of Police and city residents. The project is supported by a $20,000 grant from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Community Engaged Research Institute.

As four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft speed toward the moon on the Artemis II mission — the first crewed lunar voyage in more than 50 years — a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï graduate is among those who helped make the moment possible.

In the spirit of community, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State student volunteers picked up litter and trash around ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï neighborhoods following the annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration.

The Ohio Senate voted unanimously on March 25 to designate a stretch of Interstate 480 in Cuyahoga County as the Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway, honoring the Euclid police officer who was killed in the line of duty in May 2024.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï has earned the Military Friendly^® School designation for 2026-2027, its 17th consecutive year. Marine Corps veteran and ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State senior Richard Hlavaty shares how ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s veteran support services have shaped his academic and professional journey.

Thanks to nearly $2.3 million in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State is training and endorsing K-12 teachers in computer science instruction across every grade level and subject area. The teachers arriving in these courses are not who you might picture. And what they leave with has started to surprise even their instructors.