News Archive
51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Golden Flashes baseball team started their 2026 season strong with a series win over the University of Tennessee Volunteers followed by two additional series wins.
In an era where social media connections replace face-to-face interactions and political divisions seem insurmountable, one 51³Ô¹ÏÍø professor has found an antidote: bringing college students and older adults together through simple, meaningful human connection.
When we first met Julia Michalak, a senior in the Physical Education and Sport Performance program, in November 2025, she shared how the dread she felt going to gym class as a kid became the driving force behind her decision to become a physical education teacher. Now, as she prepares to graduate in May, we check back in – this time with Michalak and the two professors she credits with keeping her inspired along the way.
Mwatabu Okantah, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies, was recently featured on WKYC-TV discussing how Black United Students helped turn Negro History Week into Black History Month in 1970, years before it became nationally recognized.
Former students, colleagues and educators from well beyond 51³Ô¹ÏÍø are remembering Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., for his transformative teaching and significant contributions.
Meet Lettie Friona, a senior integrated social studies major with a concentration in history and minors in classics and mild to moderate special education from Steubenville, Ohio, whose leadership positions have helped shape her experience at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
On a November afternoon in Merrill Hall, six women walk into a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø classroom. They're not guest lecturers with advanced degrees. They're currently incarcerated at the Northeast Reintegration Center in downtown Cleveland.
"Something Rotten," presented the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø School of Theatre and Dance opened on Feb. 20 and runs through Mar. 1.
Delrecco Gillespie, senior professional studies major and member of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s men's basketball team, was recently featured in a recent NCAA article that detailed how setbacks like injury and grief fueled Gillespie’s drive to play as if it were his last chance to be on the court.
Poets and scientists from across the country – including current U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze and other award-winning authors – will converge at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in November for the first-ever Poets for Science Gathering.
For many 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students, college is about more than just getting a degree. It is about building something meaningful to take with them beyond graduation. Sometimes it’s a well of knowledge; sometimes it’s their first stream of revenue. Student entrepreneurs across campus are turning ideas into income. This is the story of five 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student entrepreneurs.
Many students walk past the Pepsi Leadership Center without thinking twice about it, unaware that inside, Fridays are more than just a celebration of the end of the week; they're being redefined. No business attire. No speeches. Just music and meaningful conversations defining what leadership looks like on campus.
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student's plan to study abroad this spring also gave the opportunity to fulfill a longtime dream.
The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø baseball team captured a 9-5 victory over #13 Tennessee on Sunday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, clinching their first series win over a ranked opponent in the Jeff Duncan Era and their first since 2012.
In the middle of this winter at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, first-year finance major Mason Pranevich realized just how cold it could get and how unprepared some students were for the weather. Pranevich used his own savings to purchase 200 pairs of winter gloves to help keep his fellow Golden Flashes warm.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Regional Campuses were the focus of President Todd Diacon’s Feb. 19 Talking With Todd town hall-style Teams meeting with the campus community.
The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11 a.m. on March 4 in the Center for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement on the Kent Campus.
Solon High School art educator Jennifer Thompson, MA ’03, BA ’95, credits 51³Ô¹ÏÍø with teaching her that art education isn't just about creating — it's about building critical thinking, empathy and self-expression skills that students carry into every career.
In December 2025, Francis Rubagumya, 37, walked across the stage at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's commencement with a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language — and a plan to take every lesson he had learned back to the country he loves Rwanda.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø honors the memory of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and remembers his visits to our campuses over the years.