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����Ӱҵ University has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of ����Ӱҵ’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.

Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at ����Ӱҵ University.

����Ӱҵ 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 ����Ӱҵ University.”

As founder and owner of Sky Quest aircraft management and charter company, Corey Head, ’98, knows that hiring other ����Ӱҵ graduates is a wise investment in the future. Of the 75 employees on his staff, roughly half are ����Ӱҵ graduates.  

In early May, ����Ӱҵ celebrated its soon-to-be alumni of the spring Class of 2024 with #FlashesForever Fest on the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade. 

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

����Ӱҵ����Ӱҵ University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at ����Ӱҵ’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. 

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

����Ӱҵ 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.

Meet A.J. Scilla, a junior public relations major with a passion for sports photography. Originally from Mars, Pennsylvania, Scilla currently resides in Savannah, Georgia, working for the Savannah Bananas.  

����Ӱҵ University students can tap into their inner poet with Wick Weekly, a distinctive program hosted by the Wick Poetry Center. Whether students are down bad for someone or are looking for a way to process current events (like a certain singer's new album), poetry can open up a door to a world where students can create and explore.

Ahead of university-wide commencement ceremonies, the annual Lavender Graduation ceremony honors the achievements of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally (LGBTQ+) students at ����Ӱҵ University

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.

����ӰҵFlashes Go Further Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50 million to more than 11,000 ����Ӱҵ students since 2021.

A professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, said his recent visit to ����Ӱҵ University enabled him to experience his research into the May 4, 1970, ����Ӱҵ shootings in a whole new way.

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

Watch as President Diacon visits the May 4 Visitor's Center and reflects on the legacy of May 4.

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