NBC's "Today" show broadcast live from East Fourth Street in Cleveland during the RNC -- and Magnus and the CSU Cheer Team were there to welcome Al Roker and friends.
Sirius XM interviewed CSU President Ronald M. Berkman about the RNC's impact on Cleveland.
CSU student Paul All worked the RNC and posted updates via Snapchat.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was on campus to address the Ohio College Republican Federation.
The inaugural TEDxClevelandStateUniversitySalon featured a panel discussion on "21st Century Democracy" with Lee Fisher, Ed Horowitz and Richard Perloffof CSU, as well as Sharon Broussard of cleveland.com and Lee Weingart of LNE Group.
CSU President Ronald M. Berkman welcomed TEDxSalon attendees with a quote from President Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
Discussion of American democracy flaws and fixes was covered by the Cleveland Jewish News.
At the TEDxSalon, CSU's Lee Fisher did an interview with NET TV from New York City.
...and CSU's Ed Horowitz spoke to television crews from Tunisia and Brazil.
A crew from Attessia TV in Tunisia interviewed CSU's Sarah Rutherford about the Get Out the Vote exhibit in the Galleries at CSU.
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation was on campus for an RNC policy forum on "How the Next Administration Can Foster Innovation, Boost Productivity, and Increase U.S. Competitiveness."
The Conservative Thought and Environmental Sustainability Forum at CSU's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law examined how conservative principles can shape public policy to address environmental challenges.
Richey Piiparinen of CSU's Center for Population Dynamics talked with the BBC (at the 14:48 mark) about Cleveland's strengths and weaknesses.
Campus International School and MC2STEM High School, which are partnerships between CSU and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, were highlighted by The Hechinger Report.
“No student who is qualified to go to a university should be denied a chance to attend on the basis that they can’t afford to pay," CSU President Ronald M. Berkman told Matt Krupnick, whose Hechinger Report article on Donald Trump's proposal to link student loans to employability was picked up by The Huffington Post.
President Berkman also did an interview with a TV crew from CP24 in Toronto:
CSU Associate Professor Debbie Jackson took part in a PBS NewsHour panel on "Rethinking High School."
Texas Congressman Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, was a keynote speaker at the RNC Cybersecurity Forumheld at CSU's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law:
At CSU's Levin College of Urban Affairs, the Republican Main Street Partnership hosted a conversation about the importance of elected officials in urban areas, featuring Ohio Congressman Michael Turner; Mayor Mike Cornett of Oklahoma City; Mayor Betsy Price of Fort Worth, Texas; and John Lettieri of Economic Innovation Group.
The YMCA panel at CSU explored youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
CNET plugged the Cleveland Historical app, developed by CSU's Center for Public History + Digital Humanities.
CSU student Maryam Assar shared her impressions of the convention with USA Today.
CSU student volunteers got in on the RNC action:
To kick off the RNC, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited by local students who participated in the Red, Write & Blue Challenge, administered by CSU’s Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education:
CSU's Office of Civic Engagement, Policy Matters Ohio and Spotlight on Poverty presented a discussion on "Opportunity, Poverty and National Policy"in CSU's Waetjen Auditorium, moderated by Juana Summers of CNN and Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters Ohio. Among the panelists were Ronnie Dunn of CSU, John Corlett of the Center for Community Solutions, Colleen Cotter of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Baldemar Velasquez of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Jimmy Kemp of the Jack Kemp Foundation and Jim McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates. The Blade covered the story here.
CSU alumna and Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge hosted a town hall meeting on voting rights in the CSU Student Center, where the panelists included fellow alumni Mike Brickner of the ACLU and Ohio State Representative Stephanie Howse, as well as Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina. Mother Jones and the Washington Blade covered the event.
Congresswoman Susan Brooks of Indiana, Congresswoman Mimi Walters of California and Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor spoke at the Women2Women forum at CSU's Levin College of Urban Affairs, moderated by Sarah Chamberlain of the Republican Main Street Partnership:
CSU Associate Professor Ed Horowitz and students soaked up the scene on East Fourth Street:
BillMoyers.com tapped the expertise of Richey Piiparinen of CSU's Center for Population Dynamics, whose research also was cited in an Agence France-Presse story that ran in the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
"I think most people are concerned with what is a 'brokered convention,'" Thomas Humphrey, interim chair of the CSU Department of History, told KITVof Honolulu.
C-SPAN interviewed CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law alumna Elizabeth Bonham, a staff attorney with ACLU of Ohio, about protesters' rights.
Dr. Cornel West and the Roots were headliners at the "Keep the Promise" rally and concert at CSU's Wolstein Center. Cleveland.com and Wired.com covered the rally.
CBS News interviewed Ohio City restaurateur and CSU alumnus Sam McNulty for a segment on Cleveland's comeback.
Amy Hanauer, executive director of Policy Matters Ohio, wrote an op-ed for cleveland.com in advance of the "Opportunity, Poverty and National Policy" panel at CSU.
Poppy Harlow of CNN spoke to CSU students Juliana Kosik, Holly Jackson and Kira Foster about issues on the minds of women voters:
CSU-branded kiosks around town welcomed visitors to Cleveland.
GoodCall took a look at CSU's RNC plans.
Cleveland "is on parallel, almost paradoxical tracks. . . . We are getting worse, and we are getting better," Richey Piiparinen of CSU's Center for Population Dynamics told USA Today.
WEWS profiled Celia Head, one of 600+ students who rose to the Red, Write & Blue Challenge issued by CSU’s Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education.
Mark Souther, associate professor of history at CSU, provided context for a Politico piece about Public Square.
The Associated Press and Inside Higher Ed picked up the news of no CSU classes on campus during the RNC.
More than 600 Northeast Ohio students in grades 1 through 8 submitted artwork and essays to the Red, Write & Blue Challenge, administered by CSU’s Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education:
Smithsonian.com reprinted a Belt Magazine article about the 1924 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, including photos from the Cleveland Memory Project in CSU's Michael Schwartz Library.
CSU's decision not to hold classes on campus during the RNC caught the attention of Cleveland.com.
The "Get Out the Vote" exhibit opened at The Galleries at CSU. Scene covered the exhibit.
CSU students are working on a Center for Economic Development study on the economic impact of the RNC, reported cleveland.com.
The Chronicle of Higher Education quoted CSU Chief of Police Gary Lewis in a story about RNC preparedness.
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