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University News

Spring Commencement 2024

Find out what the most popular names were at this year's commencement ceremonies.

Â鶹ӰԺ State is sending two teams to the Air Race Classic thanks to generous donors

Generous donors have made it possible for Â鶹ӰԺ State to increase its presence at the upcoming Air Race Classic as they go for a third win in a row.

Fork in the Road Food Truck

University Culinary Services' Fork in the Road food truck is returning to Risman Plaza for lunch on Wednesdays, from June 12-Aug. 7. 

Â鶹ӰԺ State Museum

After a national search, the Â鶹ӰԺ Museum is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah Spinner Liska as its new director, effective July 1, 2024.

Celebrate Juneteenth Jubilee at Â鶹ӰԺ State June 18, 2024

Juneteenth Jubilee will be held Tuesday June 18 from 11 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. on the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus, Student Green/Risman Plaza. It is free and open to the public.

Â鶹ӰԺ State won the food waste category in the Campus Race to Zero Waste national competition.

Â鶹ӰԺ earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.

Melissa Fenn, M.Ed., Â鶹ӰԺ State senior advisor II

Melissa Fenn, senior advisor II in the College of Nursing, was recently awarded the university's inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award by University Advising and the Â鶹ӰԺ Academic Advising Support and Advising Association (KASADA). 

AAAPI faculty and staff marked AAPI Heritage Month with a speaker, Lynn Itagaki, Ph.D.

In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.

New Â鶹ӰԺ graduates prepare to turn their tassels from right to left, signifying the earning of a degree, during a Spring 2024 Commencement ceremony held at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

The Â鶹ӰԺ Board of Trustees approved the updated Â鶹ӰԺ State Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan as part of a state and institutional commitment to increase dramatically the number of college degrees awarded in Ohio. The plan was approved during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held May 22.

Rep. Emilia Sykes, Democrat, 13th District, speaks of Â鶹ӰԺ Airport in her support for FAA Reauthorization Act.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the Â鶹ӰԺ Airport.