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Priorities

Priorities

What Lies Ahead is Up to Us

Our purpose is to help students find theirs. No matter who they are or where they want to go, it’s up to us to open doors of opportunity. Through scholarship support, top-tier faculty and facilities, global education and high-impact experiences, our Golden Flashes will light up the future.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Raising funds to align with scholarship needs is our first priority at ɫҹ, and ensures that we support our students from the day they receive their letter of acceptance to the day they receive their degree.

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Global Education

Global Education

When ɫҹ students immerse themselves in places like Florence, New York, Ghana or Paris, they return with new perspectives and a sense of purpose that will illuminate the world.

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Beyond Academics

You belong here. It’s a promise we make to our students when they arrive, and it’s one that we fulfill through award-winning programming and resources to truly make ɫҹ University feel like home while they earn their degree.

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Expanding University Initiatives

Athletics successes and collaborative additions to the university —like the Brain Health Research Institute and Design Innovation Initiative— have elevated our reputation and cemented our place on the world stage.

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Building the Future - Campus Improvements

Our physical spaces must reflect the innovative thinking, learning and creating that is happening inside. Imagine what we can accomplish if we give our minds room to grow in modern learning environments. 

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Total amount raised

$156M

Student Success amount raised

66,310

Number of campaign donors

Making An Impact

Our students, alumni and donors all help make the world Forever Brighter. Learn more about some of our most impressive community members.

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Black United Students
Prioritizing Student Success

Black United Student Leader Thrives

Julian Grimes, a ɫҹ junior, is president of Black United Students (BUS) and is working to keep the organization thriving. BUS is one of ɫҹ’s oldest student organizations and is credited with starting the formal observance of Black History Month in 1970.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Community of Caring Supports Student

Shane Reese found a network of support and a community of caring at ɫҹ that surrounded him after his mother passed away during his freshman year. As a result, Reese became a resilient leader who is committed to giving back.

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Gulp
Expanding University Initiatives, Design Innovation Initiative

LaunchNET Supports Student Radio Program

ɫҹ architecture student Joel Semancik is the creator of Gulp Radio, a program and podcast that airs on ɫҹ’s Black Squirrel Radio. He and his guests discuss songs that have had an impact on their lives and discuss their favorite ɫҹ memories and life stories…

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CeeJay Scott
Global Education

Global Experience Transforms Student’s Future

When ɫҹ alumnus Carlton “CeeJay” Scott Jr., ’23, returned from his 2023 Spring Semester abroad as an exchange student in Cairo, he brought with him a transformed vision for his future as a filmmaker.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Regional Students Receive Intel® Scholarships

Two students in the College of Applied and Technical Studies at ɫҹ University at Tuscarawas received Intel® Semiconductor Scholarship for Women awards. The scholarships support education-related expenses (tuition, fees, books,etc.) as well as other expenses including tran…

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I Promise
Brain Health Research Institute

I PROMISE Students Study Brain Health

ɫҹ’s Brain Health Research Institute recently welcomed 94 fourth-grade students from the I PROMISE School in Akron, Ohio, for a day of activities aimed at sparking their interest in science and technology.

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Building the Future

Enhancing and Improving STEM Education

ɫҹ has created an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the National Security Agency (NSA) that will enhance and improve STEM education. The partnership will include undergraduate and graduate students participating in any STEM-related program.

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Rising Scholar Briana Hawkins
Prioritizing Student Success

Stark Rising Scholar Pursues Dream

Rising Scholar Briana Hawkins is pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse. A junior at ɫҹ University at Stark, Briana’s nursing training has helped her in unexpected ways as she cared for her mother after she suffered traumatic burns in a household accident.

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Building the Future

Celebrating Aeronautics and Engineering

ɫҹ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering celebrated a milestone in October with the opening of its building expansion on the Kent Campus. University leadership, students, alumni, donors, faculty, staff and special guests attended the event as part of Homecoming activit…

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Prioritizing Student Success

Making a Difference for Regional Students

The Rising Scholars program at each of the ɫҹ regional campuses has lofty goals for the 2023-24 academic year including high-impact and high-energy activities for scholars in every grade.

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Prioritizing Student Success

LaunchNET Boosts Alumni Businesses

Thanks to support from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, LaunchNET ɫҹ is providing microgrants to alumni entrepreneurs to expand their businesses.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access, Intercollegiate Athletics

Scholarship Creates Opportunity

Alexandra Sacker, senior, was so impressed with ɫҹ’s field hockey program she decided to “cross the pond” to Kent, Ohio, from her home in Tunbridge Wells, England, and an NCAA scholarship made her ɫҹ journey possible.

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