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Community Impact

Fashion show at Ronald McDonald house

​Students, faculty and alumni from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s world-renowned School of Fashion sent some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show that benefitted Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.  

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Summer Job and Internship Fair 2024

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students who are thinking ahead for summer attended the Summer Job and Internship Fair on the second floor of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Student Center.

Members of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Football Team visit the I Promise School in Akron.

Golden Flashes football team members spent a recent afternoon visiting with students at the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, where they checked out the school’s facilities and spent time reading to youngsters. 

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LGBTQ students and allies painted The Rock

Members of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's LGBTQ+ community and their allies used The Rock to share a call for kindness. 

MLK Family Event at King Kennedy Community Center

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative engaged families and the community through an MLK-themed event at Ravenna's King Kennedy Center. 

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Decorated door at DeWeese Health Center

On-campus flu vaccine clinics help keep Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students, faculty and staff healthy throughout the flu season. 

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State alumna Michelle Abrahamson Robell

After a few stops and starts, alumna Michelle Abrahamson Robell found her purpose in a fulfilling (and award-winning) career as a teacher.

An image of a healthy Black mother and child.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, in conjunction with University Libraries, on Feb. 6 will host a movie screening and panel discussion for Black History Month addressing the increasing infant mortality rate among African Americans in Northeast Ohio. 

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Ribbon-cutting for the new track at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Fieldhouse

There was an official ribbon-cutting for the new, high-tech running track that installed at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Field House this summer. 

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Work continues on the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Ice Arena

Work continues on the renovations and improvements to the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Ice Arena.