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Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

New ½­ÄÏÌåÓý graduates smile and celebrate as blue and gold streamers are launched into the air at the end of their commencement ceremony held at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Raises $383 Million in Record-Breaking Fundraising Campaign

½­ÄÏÌåÓý recently concluded its most successful fundraising campaign in its 114-year history. The Forever Brighter campaign ended in June 2024, having raised more than $383.2 million total. 

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Flash, ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s mascot, waves a flag in front of Dix Stadium before a home football game. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State and Cleveland Clinic Enter Multiyear Partnership to Support Student-Athlete Health and Wellness

½­ÄÏÌåÓý and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State student-athlete health and wellness.

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Anthony Claytor raises his diploma during his Commencement ceremony at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý.

Meet Anthony Claytor, the First I PROMISE Program Scholar to Graduate From ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State

In 2020, ½­ÄÏÌåÓý President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State would cover four years of tuition costs and one year of room and board. Now, for the LeBron James Family Foundation’s first I PROMISE class, the hard work these students had put in since third grade is paying off. 

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Valoree Vargo (far left), ½­ÄÏÌåÓý vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, and ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State President Todd Diacon (far right) stand with university donors Larry and Sandy Armstrong (center).

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Secures Two $1 Million Gifts in Support of Global Education

½­ÄÏÌåÓý has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.

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Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. (right), is pictured at the Doula and Community Expo hosted by Birthing Beautiful Communities in April 2024. (Photo provided by Angela Neal-Barnett)

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Awards Additional $300,000 to ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State’s Spirit of Motherhood Program to Combat Infant Mortality and Prevent Preterm Births

½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s Angela Neal-Barnett has been working diligently to build up the Spirit of Motherhood program with the goal of reducing trauma and stress symptoms experienced by its pregnant Black mother participants. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation recently awarded the program another $300,000 to continue its work over the next three years.

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½­ÄÏÌåÓý State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024.

Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit Makes Its Debut

The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.

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Terrie Harris rejoices in receiving her bachelor's degree after studying off and on for 27 years.

‘A Promise Kept’

When she walked across the stage at commencement on Dec. 16, Terrie Harris realized a dream more than 25 years in the making. Life intervened often during Harris’ educational journey, but thanks to ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s regional campus system a diploma was finally hers in December. 

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Giving Tuesday graphic that indicates $2,867,333+ were raised to impact ½­ÄÏÌåÓý students.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State’s Giving Tuesday Raises More Than $2.8M to Support Scholarships and Programs

½­ÄÏÌåÓý supporters once again joined together during the university’s Giving Tuesday campaign to raise more than $2.8 million to support a variety of student scholarships and programs.

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