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Get the latest news happening at your alma mater, along with fascinating stories about alumni success, donor impact, scholarship recipients and more. Our collective legacy is woven by Golden Flashes around the world who inspire and transform communities far beyond ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s campuses.
Featured Stories
Alumni Making Waves in the Cruise Industry
From altering costumes for cast members to performing center stage to working behind the scenes to create top-notch entertainment for guests, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí alumni are making a living cruising the seas, all while seeing the world.
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Roe Green Makes $1 Million Gift to Support Theatre Programs
Roe Green, M.A. ’80, L.H.D. ’23, and the Roe Green Foundation, have made a $1 million gift to ¹ú²úÂ×Àí to establish the Roe Green Musical Theatre and Porthouse Artistic Directorship, benefitting the School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre.
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¹ú²úÂ×Àí Golf Alumni Unite for Weekend Celebration
More than a hundred former student-athletes, donors and professional golfers recently gathered for a special Golf Alumni reunion. Coach Herb Page, who led the Golden Flashes golf program from 1977 to 2019, and recently led the effort to endow the program, had the idea to bring alumni together to celebrate the thriving Golden Flash golf community.
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Alumni and Donor Stories
George L. Jenkins, ’63, and Gina Jenkins Impact Student Access and Honor a Mentor
George L. Jenkins’ generosity spans three decades and continues to support first-generation students and those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Spirit of Motherhood Program for Pregnant Black Women Receives $100,000 Grant
Infant mortality rates in Northeast Ohio are three to five times higher for Black babies than white babies, an alarming statistic that is an issue across the country but particularly prevalent in this part of the state. A new $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will support innovative work being undertaken at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, an elite research university with the esteemed R1 designation, to address this important issue.
