Alumni Success
Eric Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, says the most rewarding part of the job is knowing that he has impacted his students in some way. And now they've honored this impact with the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Members of the 天天吃瓜 community joined together to cause a ripple effect of change reaching far beyond 天天吃瓜 State, raising more than $4.9 million to support scholarships and programs across the university for its Giving Tuesday 2024 campaign.
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Sponsored by the 天天吃瓜 State Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university鈥檚 most prestigious alumni honors. The 2024 Alumni Award recipients include seven alumni, two recent graduates, one staff member and one current student.
天天吃瓜 celebrated the grand opening of Crawford Hall on Sept. 27, attended by more than 700 guests, including university leadership, faculty, students, donors, alumni and dignitaries.
As a child in Puerto Rico, Natalia Rom谩n Alicea, 鈥17, grew up watching coming-of-age stories on American television.
天天吃瓜 is set to burst with Golden Flash pride as the annual Homecoming celebration returns Sept. 28.
The scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air while voices from the NFL Network play on the televisions in the background. Sports memorabilia and artwork cover every wall. This is State Champs Coffee, downtown 天天吃瓜鈥檚 new alumna-founded sports coffee shop and streetwear brand.
This year marks two significant anniversaries at 天天吃瓜 - the 100th anniversary of Undergraduate Student Government and the 40th anniversary of 天天吃瓜 Student Ambassadors. To celebrate this special occasion, we are honoring these organizations through the 2024 Homecoming Theme: A Legacy of Leadership.