University News
Rep. Emilia Sykes Mentions °µÍø½ûÇø Airport in her Support of FAA Reauthorization Act
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the °µÍø½ûÇø Airport.
°µÍø½ûÇø Confers Honorary Degree Upon Alumnus Willard Jenkins
°µÍø½ûÇø conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing °µÍø½ûÇø.â€
IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at °µÍø½ûÇø as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
ADVISORY: °µÍø½ûÇø Board of Trustees Meeting, May 22
The °µÍø½ûÇø Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at °µÍø½ûÇø’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business.
IN A FLASH: A Celebration of Graduates
Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of °µÍø½ûÇø's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.
Pandemic Graduates 2024: Starting College in 2020 Took Grit and Resiliency
°µÍø½ûÇø students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.
°µÍø½ûÇø Celebrates Its Newest Graduates With Spring Commencement Ceremonies
In total, 5,182 degrees will be conferred this spring, consisting of 1,011 associate degrees, 3,092 bachelor’s degrees, 903 master’s degrees, 164 doctoral degrees and 12 educational specialist degrees.
Flashes Go Further to Complete Degrees with °µÍø½ûÇø Scholarships
The Flashes Go Further Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50 million to more than 11,000 °µÍø½ûÇø students since 2021.
IN A FLASH: The Spirit of May 4
This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of °µÍø½ûÇø's history and the university's foundational values.
°µÍø½ûÇø Commemorates May 4, 1970
Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the °µÍø½ûÇø community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.