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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, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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!

Giving Tuesday graphic that indicates $4,959,366+ were raised to support causes across ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's eight-campus system.

Members of the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï community joined together to cause a ripple effect of change reaching far beyond ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, raising more than $4.9 million to support scholarships and programs across the university for its Giving Tuesday 2024 campaign.

Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Associate professor Daniel Palmer, Ph.D.

Pictured are the 2024 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Alumni Award winners at the awards ceremony, held Sept. 27 during Homecoming weekend at the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Hotel and Conference Center in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, Ohio. (Photo credit: Andrea Hallgren)

Sponsored by the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Today
Dog Days of Summer 2024

Each August, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s mascot, waves a flag in front of Dix Stadium before a home football game. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State student-athlete health and wellness.

Anthony Claytor raises his diploma during his Commencement ceremony at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï.

In 2020, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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), ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, and ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State President Todd Diacon (far right) stand with university donors Larry and Sandy Armstrong (center).

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï 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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.

Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Illustration of five lit birthday candles with phrase "A Birthday Wish for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State"