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Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Volunteer students loading boxes of food into the Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement mobile unit

Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable food and toiletry items!

Giving Tuesday graphic that indicates $4,959,366+ were raised to support causes across Â鶹ÊÓƵ's eight-campus system.

Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community joined together to cause a ripple effect of change reaching far beyond Â鶹ÊÓƵ, raising more than $4.9 million to support scholarships and programs across the university for its Giving Tuesday 2024 campaign.

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Associate professor Daniel Palmer, Ph.D.

Pictured are the 2024 Â鶹ÊÓƵ Alumni Award winners at the awards ceremony, held Sept. 27 during Homecoming weekend at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio. (Photo credit: Andrea Hallgren)

Sponsored by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious alumni honors. The 2024 Alumni Award recipients include seven alumni, two recent graduates, one staff member and one current student.

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Dog Days of Summer 2024

Each August, Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomes alumni and their canine companions to campus for one of the most anticipated events of the year, the "Dog Days of Summer." 

New Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduates smile and celebrate as blue and gold streamers are launched into the air at the end of their commencement ceremony held at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ recently concluded its most successful fundraising campaign in its 114-year history. The Forever Brighter campaign ended in June 2024, having raised more than $383.2 million total. 

Flash, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s mascot, waves a flag in front of Dix Stadium before a home football game. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for Â鶹ÊÓƵ Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ student-athlete health and wellness.

Anthony Claytor raises his diploma during his Commencement ceremony at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

In 2020, Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that Â鶹ÊÓƵ would cover four years of tuition costs and one year of room and board. Now, for the LeBron James Family Foundation’s first I PROMISE class, the hard work these students had put in since third grade is paying off. 

Valoree Vargo (far left), Â鶹ÊÓƵ vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Todd Diacon (far right) stand with university donors Larry and Sandy Armstrong (center).

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.

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Illustration of five lit birthday candles with phrase "A Birthday Wish for Â鶹ÊÓƵ"