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Willard Jenkins receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.â€

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Spring Commencement 2024

Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates. 

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The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. 

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Karamu 2024

Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.

Kaitlyn Werner of Bonita California and her peers who started college in 2020 will graduate in 2024 after enduring the COVID-19 Pandemic

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.

A new ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø graduate smiles as she holds her diploma during her commencement ceremony.

In total, 5,182 degrees will be conferred this spring, consisting of 1,011 associate degrees, 3,092 bachelor’s degrees, 903 master’s degrees, 164 doctoral degrees and 12 educational specialist degrees.

The Flashes Go Further Scholarship Program offers funding to help thousands of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students complete their degrees.

The Flashes Go Further Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50 million to more than 11,000 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students since 2021.

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May 4 Commemoration 2024

This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's history and the university's foundational values. 

Dean Kahler, shot and paralyzed on May 4, 1970, rings the Victory Bell at the 54th Commemoration of the shootings.

Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.

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Chris Post speaks at Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series

Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.