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2017: The Year in Review
Enjoy our year-end roundup of engaging highlights from the home of Engaged Learning!
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CSU welcomed a record-setting freshman class, dedicated Donald E. Washkewicz Hall and Campus International School and ranked among the top public universities in the U.S. for upward mobility and impactful research.
January 2017
Designed to enhance collaborative learning with a high-tech twist, the Rawson Learning Commons in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law were made possible by a $500,000 gift from longtime CSU benefactors Judy and Robert Rawson.
For the third consecutive year, the Online Accelerated Master of Business Administration at CSU’s Monte Ahuja College of Business was ranked in the Top 50 nationally and No. 1 in Ohio by U.S. News & World Report.
Research led by CSU geneticist Valentin Börner shed new light on how cells actually function and could have major implications for our understanding of how errors in cellular development can lead to birth defects and cancer. Findings were published in the prestigious journal Science.
February 2017
The Pratt Center enhances educational opportunities at CSU for youth who have aged out of foster care. It's named in honor of the late Charleyse Pratt, founding director of CSU's Sullivan-Deckard Scholars Opportunity Program. The center was established with a $1 million gift from Barbara and Frank Sullivan.
Checkout the articles from Cleveland.com and Crain's Cleveland Business.
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A story in The Washington Post cited CSU's student success initiatives.
March 2017
Students and others took to Twitter to talk with CSU President Ronald M. Berkman during his first Twitter chat.
CSU, University Hospitals and Cuyahoga Community College announced a new collaboration to establish a comprehensive workforce development pathway to proactively address the impending shortage of nurses in Northeast Ohio. See more about the collaboration on Cleveland.com and Crain's Business Cleveland.
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Sanjay Putrevu was appointed dean of the Monte Ahuja College of Business. Cleveland.com covered the announcement.
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Lee Fisher, former lieutenant governor of Ohio and attorney general of Ohio, was appointed dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Watch his interview with FOX 8.
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The inaugural Arts and Humanities Alive! Festival, presented by CSU in partnership with Playhouse Square and other community collaborators, brought luminaries from the worlds of literature, music, theater, dance and more to town. Check out the highlights here.
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A new CSU/Cleveland Clinic collaboration will offer enhanced access to bachelor’s degrees for working nurses and address the nursing shortage in Northeast Ohio. Cleveland.com covered the announcement.
November 2017
Joseph Mead, assistant professor in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, and master of public administration candidate Marissa Pappas co-authored a New York Times op-ed on nuisance laws.
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CSU held Fall Commencement on December 17. Check out the highlights here.
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