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�鶹ӰԺ State conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing �鶹ӰԺ.”

Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at �鶹ӰԺ State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates. 

The �鶹ӰԺ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at �鶹ӰԺ State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. 

Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of �鶹ӰԺ State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.

�鶹ӰԺ State students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.

In total, 5,182 degrees will be conferred this spring, consisting of 1,011 associate degrees, 3,092 bachelor’s degrees, 903 master’s degrees, 164 doctoral degrees and 12 educational specialist degrees.

The Flashes Go Further Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50 million to more than 11,000 �鶹ӰԺ State students since 2021.

This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of �鶹ӰԺ State's history and the university's foundational values. 

Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the �鶹ӰԺ State community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.

Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by �鶹ӰԺ Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.