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‘I Love This,’ How Summer Advantage Helped a First-Gen Student Find Her Path

When Yeshe Mulugeta arrived at ºÚÁÏÉç, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. ºÚÁÏÉç’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.

Tags: Students First , Student Life , Community & Society , Division of Student Life

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ºÚÁÏÉç students walk across campus on a fall day. (Photo credit: Bob Christy)

It's ºÚÁÏÉç's Day of Giving

Be the hero in someone's story. April 14 is ºÚÁÏÉç'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. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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Building a Career – And a Life – In New York City Fashion

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

Tags: School of Fashion , NYC Fashion , Alumni , Nationally Distinctive , Community & Society

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Nursing students at ºÚÁÏÉç at Trumbull in decontamination gear.

IN A FLASH: Preparing For Disaster

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

Tags: ºÚÁÏÉç at Trumbull , ºÚÁÏÉç College of Nursing , experiential learning , Community & Society , Community Impact

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Where They Were on May 4, 1970

A future ºÚÁÏÉç president and a past ºÚÁÏÉç 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.

Tags: May 4 , Community & Society , Community Impact , faculty

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A sign that reads "Cleveland" is shown in the foreground with the city of Cleveland, Ohio, appearing in the background. (Photo credit: Derek Galperin, ºÚÁÏÉç)

City of Cleveland and ºÚÁÏÉç Launch Initiative to Strengthen Police-Community Trust

ºÚÁÏÉç 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 ºÚÁÏÉç’s Community Engaged Research Institute.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Department of Sociology and Criminology , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , College of Sciences and Humanities

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NASA Employee and ºÚÁÏÉç Alumnus Aimee Crane

From ºÚÁÏÉç to the Moon: Alumna Helps NASA Tell the Artemis Story

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 ºÚÁÏÉç graduate is among those who helped make the moment possible.

Tags: Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive

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2026 Post-Paddy's Cleanup Volunteers

Community Spirit Inspires ºÚÁÏÉç Student Volunteers in Post-Paddy's Cleanup

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

Tags: Undergraduate Student Government , Center for Student Involvement , Town-Gown , Community Impact , Community & Society

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Ohio Senate Votes Unanimously to Name Highway for Trumbull Graduate Jacob Derbin

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.

Tags: Community Impact , Community & Society

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Before becoming a student at ºÚÁÏÉç, Richard Hlavaty served in the U.S. Marine Corps. One of his two combat tours was in Afghanistan (pictured). (Photo provided by Richard Hlavaty)

‘What Makes ºÚÁÏÉç Friendly to Veterans Is That the Support Is Real and Personal’

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

Tags: Community & Society , University News , Community Impact , Center for Adult and Veteran Services , Division of Student Life

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