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Students Explore Personal Stories Through Their Authentic Voices

Students in the School of Media and Journalism are exposed to hands-on class experiences that give them the opportunity to explore their identities through storytelling.

Recent graduates Gabby Jonas, ’23, and Reegan Saunders, ’23, both had the opportunity to craft and share deeply personal stories during their college careers.

Connecting to the Community Through Food

����Թ� education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day. 

“It was very helpful, because we’re going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,” Heestand said. “We don’t need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.” 

How Will Senate Bill 83 Affect ����Թ� State’s Students, Staff and Faculty? 

Senate Bill 83, the Ohio Education Enhancement Act, is a far-reaching bill that includes a proposal for rules aimed at ending mandated diversity training. 

One of the First: The Ed.D. Program with Mackenzie Simmons

The Doctor of Education degree in Interprofessional Leadership in the College of Education, Health and Human Services is an online program that promotes the study of leadership from an interprofessional perspective and can be completed in three to four years. Mackenzie Simmons was one of the first graduates from the program.

����Թ� State Students Place in the 'Pulitzer Prizes of Collegiate Journalism'

Four ����Թ� State students and alumni were recognized among the best in collegiate journalism for the 2022-23 academic year, placing in the Hearst Journalism Awards competition.

The are known as the “Pulitzer Prize of Collegiate Journalism,” and recognize outstanding student work in categories spanning writing, multimedia, audio, television and photojournalism.

‘Our Students Graduating Today Are Tough. They Do Not Live in an Ivory Tower.’

“There is in Ohio, among some state elected officials, a growing ivory tower accusation being leveled against our state’s public universities and against, quite frankly, ����Թ�,” President Todd Diacon said.

Celebrate Another Trip Around the Sun for ����Թ� State

On May 18-19, the university community will celebrate ����Թ�’s 113th birthday with its annual Day of Giving. 

����Թ� State Works

While ����Թ� State graduates leave the university well-prepared to work in their fields nationally and internationally, their impact across the Northeast Ohio region—and the entire state—cannot be understated.

PORTHOUSE THEATRE PRESENTS ITS 2023 SEASON BEGINNING JUNE 9

Porthouse Theatre, ����Թ�’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, invites you to LOL all summer long as it presents its 55th season during the summer of 2023 with "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "The Marvelous Wonderettes" and "The Prom."

IN A FLASH: Tassels - Flipped!

With a flip of a tassel, ����Թ� State's Spring Class of 2023 transformed from students to alumni. 

Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at ����Թ� with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies. 

Before he leaves the ����Թ� Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at ����Թ� State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

����Թ� State English and Dance Double Major Graduates Today; Shares Her Incredible Experience with Dancing Wheels

Angelina DiFranco started dancing when she was just three years old and wearing a diaper under her leotard.