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Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Volunteer students loading boxes of food into the Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement mobile unit

Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable food and toiletry items!

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Dog Days of Summer 2024

Each August, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State welcomes alumni and their canine companions to campus for one of the most anticipated events of the year, the "Dog Days of Summer." 

New Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University graduates smile and celebrate as blue and gold streamers are launched into the air at the end of their commencement ceremony held at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University recently concluded its most successful fundraising campaign in its 114-year history. The Forever Brighter campaign ended in June 2024, having raised more than $383.2 million total. 

Flash, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s mascot, waves a flag in front of Dix Stadium before a home football game. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State student-athlete health and wellness.

Anthony Claytor raises his diploma during his Commencement ceremony at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University.

In 2020, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State would cover four years of tuition costs and one year of room and board. Now, for the LeBron James Family Foundation’s first I PROMISE class, the hard work these students had put in since third grade is paying off. 

Valoree Vargo (far left), Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, and Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State President Todd Diacon (far right) stand with university donors Larry and Sandy Armstrong (center).

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.

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Illustration of five lit birthday candles with phrase "A Birthday Wish for Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State"

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. (right), is pictured at the Doula and Community Expo hosted by Birthing Beautiful Communities in April 2024. (Photo provided by Angela Neal-Barnett)

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Angela Neal-Barnett has been working diligently to build up the Spirit of Motherhood program with the goal of reducing trauma and stress symptoms experienced by its pregnant Black mother participants. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation recently awarded the program another $300,000 to continue its work over the next three years.

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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024.

The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.

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Terrie Harris rejoices in receiving her bachelor's degree after studying off and on for 27 years.

When she walked across the stage at commencement on Dec. 16, Terrie Harris realized a dream more than 25 years in the making. Life intervened often during Harris’ educational journey, but thanks to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s regional campus system a diploma was finally hers in December.