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Peer Educators Bridge the Gap in Student Mental Health Support

For many students at º£½ÇÔ­´´, 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.

Tags: Students First , Student Life , Health , Community & Society , Division of Student Life

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‘I Love This,’ How Summer Advantage Helped a First-Gen Student Find Her Path

When Yeshe Mulugeta arrived at º£½ÇÔ­´´, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™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.

Tags: Students First , Student Life , Community & Society , Division of Student Life

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º£½ÇÔ­´´ students walk across campus on a fall day. (Photo credit: Bob Christy)

It's º£½ÇÔ­´´'s Day of Giving

Be the hero in someone's story. April 14 is º£½ÇÔ­´´'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. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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Building a Career – And a Life – In New York City Fashion

A 2024 graduate from º£½ÇÔ­´´'s School of Fashion shares an update about her life after º£½ÇÔ­´´ and beginning her exciting career in New York City. 

Tags: School of Fashion , NYC Fashion , Alumni , Nationally Distinctive , Community & Society

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IN A FLASH: Preparing For Disaster

When disaster strikes: Students at º£½ÇÔ­´´ at Trumbull received real world disaster training through a partnership with a local hospital.

Tags: º£½ÇÔ­´´ at Trumbull , º£½ÇÔ­´´ College of Nursing , experiential learning , Community & Society , Community Impact

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Where They Were on May 4, 1970

A future º£½ÇÔ­´´ president and a past º£½ÇÔ­´´ 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.

Tags: May 4 , Community & Society , Community Impact , faculty

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City of Cleveland and º£½ÇÔ­´´ Launch Initiative to Strengthen Police-Community Trust

º£½ÇÔ­´´ 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 º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s Community Engaged Research Institute.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Department of Sociology and Criminology , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , College of Sciences and Humanities

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NASA Employee and º£½ÇÔ­´´ Alumnus Aimee Crane

From º£½ÇÔ­´´ to the Moon: Alumna Helps NASA Tell the Artemis Story

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 º£½ÇÔ­´´ graduate is among those who helped make the moment possible.

Tags: Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive

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2026 Post-Paddy's Cleanup Volunteers

Community Spirit Inspires º£½ÇÔ­´´ Student Volunteers in Post-Paddy's Cleanup

In the spirit of community, º£½ÇÔ­´´ student volunteers picked up litter and trash around Kent neighborhoods following the annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration.

Tags: Undergraduate Student Government , Center for Student Involvement , Town-Gown , Community Impact , Community & Society

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Ohio Senate Votes Unanimously to Name Highway for Trumbull Graduate Jacob Derbin

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.

Tags: Community Impact , Community & Society

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