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In keeping with the commitment to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will hold a virtual May 4 51st Commemoration this year. The virtual commemoration will feature a video premiering at noon on Tuesday, May 4, that focuses on the nine wounded students: Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald Mackenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps and Douglas Wrentmore.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of two new institutes – the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute and the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute – during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held March 10.

The future of storytelling is constantly changing, but Â鶹ÊÓƵ is connecting students to the university through new communication avenues. One platform rising in popularity and mass-consumption that colleges like Â鶹ÊÓƵ are taking advantage of is podcasts.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Nursing and Cleveland Clinic Akron General are joining forces to offer an adult/adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certificate program beginning this fall. This collaborative one-year program was created to address the regional and national shortage of SANE-certified registered nurses, especially in rural areas. 

The Auxiliary at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital recently donated $25,000 to Â鶹ÊÓƵ at Trumbull’s Nursing program. The gift will establish a new scholarship endowment that will provide support to nursing students from Trumbull and Mahoning Counties. The volunteer organization was established in 2017. It supports health and wellness initiatives within the local community. Proceeds from The Gift Shop at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital made the donation possible.

COVID-19 has come with its fair share of obstacles, especially for students. Luckily, for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community, access to computer software is not one of them. Students, faculty and staff can now access an on-campus computer lab remotely using the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Virtual Private Network or VPN.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has partnered with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins since 2018, allowing this nationally recognized hockey team to work closely with the university and providing professional and recreational aid to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community. The partnership includes multiple facets that focus on future Golden Flashes, current students and alumni alike. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been designated as a First-gen Forward Institution by the Center for First-generation Student Success for its commitment to improving the experiences and advancing outcomes of those who are first in their families to attend college.

When University Dining Services Chef Joshua DeDeaux was a little boy growing up in New Orleans, he would bring a brown wooden step stool into his mother’s kitchen to help her cook some of the family’s favorite meals. As DeDeaux’s love of cuisine grew, his grandfather, who was French Creole, and his grandmother, who was British and Native American, also proved to be inspirational to his decision to become a chef.

During this year's Black History Month, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is highlighting Black trailblazers who were advocates for underrepresented students, faculty and staff as well as the first to make beneficial changes to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.