President Barack Obama shared a light moment with CSU students Donald Jackson, Chris Brabenec and Nate Palsa during a visit to the MAGNET shop on the CSU campus.

In recognition of CSU's 50th anniversary, executives from GE committed $500,000 towards full-tuition scholarships targeted for CSU students majoring in science, technology, engineering or math.

A new memorandum of understanding between CSU and Tel Aviv Universitycalled for the two institutions to establish mutually beneficial educational and research activities, including student exchange programs, faculty exchange programs, joint degree programs and joint research programs.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Connie Schultz was the keynote speaker at CSU’s first Women’s Leadership Symposium. A capacity crowd filled the Student Center’s Glasscock Family Ballroom for the event, whose theme was “Be Amazing.”

Common headlined a concert at the Wolstein Center to cap CSU's 50th anniversary celebration.

A report by the Brookings Institution ranked CSU in the top three among Ohio's four-year public universities in categories related to career earnings, placement into high-paying career paths and loan repayment rates.

The Cleveland Foundation awarded a $5.5 million grant to the NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health, which recruits and trains medical students who reflect the socioeconomic background and cultural makeup of their communities to address and eliminate health disparities.

CSU received a $350,000 grant from the Lubrizol Foundation for the renovation of the Chemical Engineering Laboratory in CSU's Washkewicz College of Engineering.

Established with a $1 million grant from the KeyBank Foundation, the new KeyBank Foundation Scholars Program will provide instructional coursework, additional engagement with academic advisors, relationship-building activities and guidance in securing scholarships and on-campus employments for students who come to CSU from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

Moo-Yeal Lee, Ph.D., and Chandra Kothapalli, Ph.D., of the Washkewicz College of Engineering were awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for stem cell research to improve testing for toxic compounds that could harm the development of the human brain.

CSU led U.S. universities for increases in research spending, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Almanac of Higher Education. Between fiscal years 2004 and 2013, CSU was No. 1 in the nation for greatest increases in total research spending and greatest increases in federal research dollars spent, up 298 percent and 684 percent, respectively. During the same period, CSU ranked No. 12 among U.S. universities for greatest increases in corporate research dollars spent.

Cleveland State University earned the 2015 Excellence and Innovation Award in the category of Student Success and College Completion from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, a Washington, D.C.-based association that represents more than 400 public higher education institutions.

CSU "is making the most of its location in the heart of Cleveland with its 'We put a lot of Cleveland into Cleveland State' campaign, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.

CSU formally dedicated its new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College. A $3.6 million gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation and the Mandel Supporting Foundations established the college. It serves as the academic home of more than 500 students enrolled in the University Honors and University Scholars programs at CSU. “This is an investment in the better world we all want,” Morton Mandel said at the dedication ceremony..

The Veteran Student Success Program at CSU earned national recognition for its commitment to helping military veterans succeed in college as well as in their future careers. For the seventh consecutive year, CSU was named a “Military Friendly School” by Victory Media, publisher of the annual Guide to Military Friendly Schools. CSU also was featured in the Military Times 2016 “Best for Vets: Colleges” rankings, published in Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times.