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Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

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 State Raises $383 Million in Record-Breaking Fundraising Campaign

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. 

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

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and Cleveland Clinic Enter Multiyear Partnership to Support Student-Athlete Health and Wellness

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.

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

Meet Anthony Claytor, the First I PROMISE Program Scholar to Graduate From ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State

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. 

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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 State Secures Two $1 Million Gifts in Support of Global Education

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.

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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)

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Awards Additional $300,000 to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Spirit of Motherhood Program to Combat Infant Mortality and Prevent Preterm Births

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’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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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024.

Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit Makes Its Debut

The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’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.

‘A Promise Kept’

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 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s regional campus system a diploma was finally hers in December. 

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Giving Tuesday graphic that indicates $2,867,333+ were raised to impact ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï students.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Giving Tuesday Raises More Than $2.8M to Support Scholarships and Programs

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï supporters once again joined together during the university’s Giving Tuesday campaign to raise more than $2.8 million to support a variety of student scholarships and programs.

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