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Pictured are the 2025 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Award winners at the awards ceremony, held Oct. 10 during Homecoming weekend at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio. (Photo credit: Scott R. Galvin)

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Honors 10 Alumni Award Recipients During Homecoming Weekend

51³Ô¹ÏÍø recognizes alumni who are making a difference with its Alumni Awards. Sponsored by the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Association, these awards are the university’s most prestigious alumni honors.

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Homecoming 2025.

IN A FLASH -EXTRA: Four-Legged Flashes at Homecoming

Cute and cuddly animal companions joined in the celebration of Flash the Mascot's birthday at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Homecoming 2025.

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Cabaret performance

Roe Green Creates New Support Fund for the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre With $1 Million Gift

The new fund will support university and Porthouse productions, the hiring of assistant directors, guest choreographers and guest artists, the hosting of master classes and the awarding of artistic merit-based scholarships to students. Students who receive such scholarships will be known as Roe Green Scholars.

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Alumni and Giving

Thurman Munson's widow, Diane and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Sports announcer Jeff Kurtz.

IN A FLASH: Honoring A Legendary Alumnus

Legendary baseball great and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumnus, Thurman Munson was honored with a statue and dedication ceremony at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Schoonover Stadium. 

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Coach Herb Page greets alumni of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's golf program

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Golf Alumni Unite for Weekend Celebration

More than a hundred former student-athletes, donors and professional golfers recently gathered for a special Golf Alumni reunion. Coach Herb Page, who led the Golden Flashes golf program from 1977 to 2019, and recently led the effort to endow the program, had the idea to bring alumni together to celebrate the thriving Golden Flash golf community.

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Alumni and Giving

Thurman Munson Statue Unveiling

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Unveils Statue of Baseball Legend Thurman Munson

51³Ô¹ÏÍø unveiled the first full-size statue of baseball legend Thurman Munson, honoring the former Yankees captain and university alumnus who died in a plane crash at the height of his career.

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Aurillo

Lisa Aurilio, ’87, MSN ’99, MBA ’11

Inspired by her mother’s nursing career, Lisa Aurilio, ’87, MSN ’99, MBA ’11, knew early on that her passion for science and connection with people made nursing the perfect path.

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Alumni and Giving

New Member and Officers Announced for the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Association National Board of Directors

James Bailey, of Hudson, Ohio, has been appointed the Foundation Board representative for the Alumni Association National Board of Directors. James returns to the Board after serving as the president from 2017-2019. He is the senior vice president and managing director of PNC Institutional Asse…

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Alumni and Giving

Golden Flashlings

Golden Flashlings

This football season, we’re celebrating the smallest members of our 51³Ô¹ÏÍø family with a brand-new social media tradition: Golden Flashlings!Whether they bark, crawl, toddle or just look adorable in blue and gold, we want to see the next generation of Golden Flashes showing their team spirit. Sh…

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Alumni and Giving

John Comi graduated from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in May 2025 with a degree in emerging media and technology.

Honors College Offered Recent Graduate Financial Assistance and a Sense of Community

Honors College helped recent graduate John Comi build a sense of community as well as meet his financial obligations. 

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