The Ƶ alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. Ƶ will hold its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Ƶ Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The Ƶ Campus will confer 1,325 degrees, including 834 bachelor’s degrees, 410 master’s degrees, 68 doctoral degrees and 13 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,487 students will graduate from Ƶ State this summer, including those rec...
Ƶ at Geauga has a long-standing tradition of a Dean’s Advisory Board. The members of this board give of their time and talents to advise & connect Dean Spalsbury and her staff for the betterment of our students. Recently they went one-step further by giving of their treasures as well. They established the Ƶ Geauga and Regional Academic Center, Advisory Board Scholarship. “The scholarship will be for one student from the Burton campus and one student at the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg,” said Rich Frenchie, volunteer Advisory Board chair.&...
There are a few guaranteed things in Geauga County. Like it will snow, probably a lot, maple sugaring is a holiday here, and the Great Geauga County Fair is a Labor Day weekend tradition. This year Ƶ at Geauga will be hosting a pre-fair tailgate on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Burton campus. We are inviting current KSU at Geauga students and ALL KSU alums that live in Geauga County to join us from 11a.m. – 1p.m. at the Burton Campus for close parking, burgers and dogs, fun games, a visit from Flash the mascot, some great photo ops AND a FREE ticket to t...
Two days and 50 miles. That is how long it will take kayakers to paddle the Cuyahoga River from Ƶ to Ƶ State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative for the 5th annual Crooked River Commute. The event is intended to promote the river as a shared asset for education, recreation, and sustainability. The kayakers will leave from Heritage Park in Ƶ on Friday, Aug. 10, and celebrate their return to Cleveland by paddling into the Cleveland Flats neighborhood on Saturday, Aug. 11. The flotilla of 18 kayakers is expected to arrive at the Cleveland Metroparks Merwin...
An inclusive campus acknowledges and respects diversity, and offers a welcoming environment for all community members regardless of their differences. Ƶ is making strides in creating a more inclusive campus and the university’s efforts are being recognized nationally.Ƶ State has been ranked 4.5 out of 5 on the Campus Pride Index, the premier national benchmarking tool for creating safer and more LGBTQ-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. The university moved up from a 3.5 score last year. “The increase in our Campus Pride Index rating means t...
An inclusive campus acknowledges and respects diversity, and offers a welcoming environment for all community members regardless of their differences. Ƶ is making strides in creating a more inclusive campus and the university’s efforts are being recognized nationally.Ƶ State has been ranked 4.5 out of 5 on the Campus Pride Index, the premier national benchmarking tool for creating safer and more LGBTQ-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. The university moved up from a 3.5 score last year. “The increase in our Campus Pride Index rating means t...
The Ƶ Honors College is proud to announce that Honors College student and political science major, Megan Swoger, has been named by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) as a 2018 Portz Scholar. As a member of the graduating class of 2018 this past spring, Megan created and submitted her thesis entitled “Analysis of the Prevailing Practice of FGM in Ghana: Are domestic laws and international treaties effective in the eradication of FGM within the state?” Megan based her thesis upon two trips to Ghana where she collected data firsthand for her research pr...