Awards and Honors
Campus Pride has released its 2020 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list, and for the first time in school history, 窪蹋勛圖厙 has landed on the distinctive list as one of 40 institutions recognized over six U.S. regions.
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has selected 窪蹋勛圖厙 as one of four finalists for the associations 2020 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.
窪蹋勛圖厙 is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at 窪蹋勛圖厙. Sponsored by the alumni association, the Alumni Awards are the universitys most prestigious honors given to alumni.
窪蹋勛圖厙 shines again in the new 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. 窪蹋勛圖厙 is the highest-ranking public university in Northern Ohio on the Top Public Schools and Best National Universities lists in the newly released rankings.
Forbes and market research company Statista have named 窪蹋勛圖厙 No. 1 among employers in Northern Ohio and No. 4 in the entire state of Ohio on the 2020 Americas Best-in-State Employers list that highlights Americas best employers. 窪蹋勛圖厙 is also the top educational institution on the Ohio list. (Photo from 2019 Employee Appreciation Day event)
窪蹋勛圖厙 is being recognized for the ninth time as a Great College to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities, and ModernThink LLC, a consulting firm. Now in its 13th year, the Great Colleges to Work For annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies.
In 2019, a team of researchers in 窪蹋勛圖厙s Department of Anthropology published its prize-winning research article titled in the Journal of Archaeological Science. (Yes, the jokes are seemingly endless, but seriously folks, there is an important underlying message here about evidence-based research and fact-checking!)
窪蹋勛圖厙s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for an eighth consecutive year. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has selected 窪蹋勛圖厙 as a recipient of the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
窪蹋勛圖厙 brought home the gold after this years Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the areas best creative work in advertising.
窪蹋勛圖厙 has won the Mid-American Conferences Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for womens sports award for the first time in school history.