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Campus grounds leaders are working to salvage trees removed due to storm damage, disease, the Main Street construction and other causes, transforming them into a resource for future academic and beautification projects.  

The CARES Center celebrated its 5-year anniversary on Tuesday, April 14 with an open house that highlighted the accomplishments of the center over the last five years while providing opportunities for tours of the center, complete with birthday cake, refreshments and CARES Center swag.  

A $1.8 million gift from the Bedford Falls Foundation will fund 150 scholarships for �Ը������� nursing students over three years, addressing the national nursing shortage.

During I Heart Travel Week, students had the opportunity to learn more about education abroad, celebrate current students and past students who have studied abroad and engage with international activities on campus.  

For many students at �Ը������� University, talking about mental health or wellness can feel intimidating. But for those who connect with Certified Peer Educators, those conversations often start with something simple: another student who understands.

When Yeshe Mulugeta arrived at �Ը������� University, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. �Ը�������’s Summer Advantage Program provides first-generation students with the award-winning support needed to overcome academic challenges and move forward with confidence. It helped turn things around for Mulugeta.

Be the hero in someone's story. April 14 is �Ը�������'s 24-hour Day of Giving, part of Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong celebration of all the ways Golden Flashes support our blue and gold communities. 

A 2024 graduate from �Ը������� University's School of Fashion shares an update about her life after �Ը������� and beginning her exciting career in New York City. 

When disaster strikes: Students at �Ը������� University at Trumbull received real world disaster training through a partnership with a local hospital.

A future �Ը������� University president and a past �Ը������� administrator were serving at universities in Dayton and Texas on May 4, 1970, and had to find ways to manage student protests in reaction to the shootings.

�Ը������� University and the City of Cleveland have launched a new research and training initiative aimed at strengthening trust, collaboration and accountability between the Cleveland Division of Police and city residents. The project is supported by a $20,000 grant from �Ը�������’s Community Engaged Research Institute.

As four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft speed toward the moon on the Artemis II mission — the first crewed lunar voyage in more than 50 years — a �Ը������� University graduate is among those who helped make the moment possible.

In the spirit of community, �Ը������� student volunteers picked up litter and trash around Kent neighborhoods following the annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration.

The Ohio Senate voted unanimously on March 25 to designate a stretch of Interstate 480 in Cuyahoga County as the Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway, honoring the Euclid police officer who was killed in the line of duty in May 2024.

�Ը������� University has earned the Military Friendly^® School designation for 2026-2027, its 17th consecutive year. Marine Corps veteran and �Ը������� senior Richard Hlavaty shares how �Ը�������’s veteran support services have shaped his academic and professional journey.

Thanks to nearly $2.3 million in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education, �Ը������� is training and endorsing K-12 teachers in computer science instruction across every grade level and subject area. The teachers arriving in these courses are not who you might picture. And what they leave with has started to surprise even their instructors.

Lauren Cohen, a senior journalism major from Twinsburg, Ohio, has already made an impact during her internship, producing many front-page stories for the Akron Beacon Journal and Signal Akron. 

Around 200 students from �Ը�������'s College of Nursing explored opportunities with visiting hospitals and healthcare facilities at the Spring 2025 Nursing Job and Career Fair.

Journalism is not often perceived as an emotionally challenging career, but journalists can experience any number of traumatic stress symptoms from stories that they cover, especially those involving death or human suffering. These are the topics Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at �Ը������� University, explores in her new podcast “Informed Reporting,” which launched March 16.  

Networking, a gallery exhibit and a new director were all part of a celebratory event at �Ը�������'s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative on Feb. 24.