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President Diacon says he plans to bring his prior experience to his new role and vision as president, he recently told Crain’s Cleveland Business.

Last year, �鶹ӰԺ celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of �鶹ӰԺ State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

�鶹ӰԺ State’s Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university’s values and to build and maintain relationships that foster success with faculty, administration and staff.

Cavs Legion Gaming Club (GC), the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has teamed up with �鶹ӰԺ Esports in a unique new partnership designed to help grow and strengthen the local gaming community in Northeast Ohio, as well as promote the university’s newly launched collegiate esports program. 

Diacon expressed his desire to increase enrollment, keep �鶹ӰԺ State affordable, continue a strong relationship with the city of �鶹ӰԺ, honor the legacy of May 4 and advance the university’s Gateway Master Plan for redeveloping the front of campus.

Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the �鶹ӰԺ at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.

The �鶹ӰԺ alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. �鶹ӰԺ State will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the �鶹ӰԺ Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

Student activism and giving voice to students will be the topics of two keynote speakers who are headlining the upcoming 2019 Educators Summit at �鶹ӰԺ titled “May 4, 1970 Then & Now: Voices for Change."

A primary goal of �鶹ӰԺ State is to engage the communities in which its eight campuses are located to fuel research, foster partnerships and economic development. “As the county’s public university, our role is to transform the community and to transform lives. We are impacting the future and helping to better Stark County,” Seachrist said. “We are the incubator for tomorrow’s ideas today.” 

Working in cooperation with the  (LAU), 20 interior design students – 10 from �鶹ӰԺ's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and 10 from LAU in Beirut – spent nine days in New York City, the design capital of North America, for a workshop.