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Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Library Science program.

Lou Holtz, ’59, one of the most successful college football coaches of all time, proudly received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump in December. 

Holtz is the only coach in the history of collegiate football who took six different teams to a bowl game, won five bowl games with different teams and had four college teams ranked in the final Top 20 poll. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University and a master's degree in arts and education from Iowa. Read about Holtz’s Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State experiences excerpted from a 2010 interview:      

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Giving Tuesday 2020 raised more than $2.2 million to support students as they endeavor to earn their degrees. 

Despite the economic impact of COVID-19, alumni, friends, faculty and staff came together to raise $2.3 million to support more than 2,300 students.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Giving Tuesday campaign raises funds to keep students on track to graduation, like the students pictured here who are safely participating in their class while adhering to the university’s COVID-19 guidelines.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State launched its month-long celebration of philanthropy, Giving Tuesday, on Nov. 9 and highlighted a fundamental belief that â€œFlashes Take Care of Flashes.â€

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Campus

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University was recently notified of a security breach at one of our vendors, Blackbaud. According to Blackbaud, data accessed by the cybercriminal may have contained public information such as name, title, date of birth, spouse, phone numbers, gender and addresses. Blackbaud has reported that no other information was compromised.

Members of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.

The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.