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The Air Force Reserve served as an Official Corporate Partner for the ’23-24 school year and returns this fall as an Official Corporate Partner for the current ’24-25 school year at �鶹ӰԺ State.

�鶹ӰԺ proudly announces a new Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the National Security Agency (NSA). This strategic partnership aims to enhance and improve STEM education. Through this agreement, NSA will offer valuable training and mentoring to �鶹ӰԺ State personnel in science and technology fields.

A groundbreaking interorganizational initiative led by �鶹ӰԺ's College of Public Health aims to identify and address the most pressing needs of the LGBTQ+ community in Greater Cleveland.

�鶹ӰԺ and the University of Akron School of Law (Akron Law) recently finalized a Juris Doctor degree partnership program to create a seamless, sequential system for students to obtain a bachelor’s degree from �鶹ӰԺ State and a Juris Doctor degree from Akron Law in only six years.

�鶹ӰԺ at Ashtabula and Cleveland Clinic are partnering to offer an associate degree program in respiratory therapy at the hospital’s main campus  in Cleveland later this year. The program provides access for participants to train for the in-demand profession of respiratory care. It also supports career growth for program graduates and practicing respiratory therapists with a path to admission for the online Bachelor of Science degree in respiratory care offered by �鶹ӰԺ State Ashtabula.

�鶹ӰԺ has established a new partnership with Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law to offer students two pathways to obtain a bachelor’s degree from �鶹ӰԺ State and a law degree from CSU in six years. The new 3+3 program will shorten the length of time typically needed to complete both degrees.

�鶹ӰԺ has partnered with Greater Akron community organizations to conduct the first comprehensive and specific LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment (CNA). Efforts of this assessment focus on producing a better-informed public health system and improving the health and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community members.

�鶹ӰԺ’s College of Nursing and Cleveland Clinic Akron General are joining forces to offer an adult/adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certificate program beginning this fall. This collaborative one-year program was created to address the regional and national shortage of SANE-certified registered nurses, especially in rural areas. 

�鶹ӰԺ State has partnered with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins since 2018, allowing this nationally recognized hockey team to work closely with the university and providing professional and recreational aid to the �鶹ӰԺ State community. The partnership includes multiple facets that focus on future Golden Flashes, current students and alumni alike. 

�鶹ӰԺ and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York.