Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
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!
Members of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University community joined together to cause a ripple effect of change reaching far beyond Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State, raising more than $4.9 million to support scholarships and programs across the university for its Giving Tuesday 2024 campaign.
Sponsored by the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious alumni honors. The 2024 Alumni Award recipients include seven alumni, two recent graduates, one staff member and one current student.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.