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�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� graduate Pacifique Niyonzima, who as a child survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, is now back living in Rwanda leading �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s outreach efforts there.

As the first Black woman to graduate from �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

Renato “Ren” Camacho of North Canton, Ohio, has been appointed to the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Camacho, who currently serves as president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Airport, brings expertise in both economic development and aviation to the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Board.

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires created hazy scenes like this on campus last week. 

A group of �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.

Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape. 

On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down the long-standing policy of affirmative action in college admissions on the grounds it violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Professor Christopher Banks, Ph.D., J.D., said the high court already had tipped its hand that the court was “positioned to jettison” the policy, so the ruling was not surprising. 

For the second year in a row, students from �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City have taken part in an international exchange to continue their research on food production, cultural preservation and economic inclusion. 

The �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Board of Trustees approved resolutions that advance programs for students studying aeronautics during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held June 28 on the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Campus.

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State's flight team takes first-place honors for the second consecutive year in an air race for women pilots.

The �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Blossom Art Intensives welcome students and artists to campus to create art and learn from artists from around the world. 

Every summer, �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State hosts an immersive experience in fashion for high school students.

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe. 

Victoria Lorenzon and Holly Csaszar are proud to count themselves among an increasing number of women flight instructors at �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Airport.

Several �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� students who were studying at the Paris American Academy in Paris are currently on their way home after an explosion occurred  in the building where the academy is located on Wednesday. Some of the students have decided to stay in Europe.

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Vice President, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics  has named  as the seventh head softball coach in program history.

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s Porthouse Theatre has kicked off the 2023 season with Broadway classic, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” which runs through June 24. This Stephen Sondheim, Broadway classic merges the energy and wit of vaudevillian performance with the 2,000-year-old comedies of Roman playwright Platus.

While aeronautics has long been a fixture at �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�, with the advent of a new career field called “Advanced Air Mobility,” the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies – and job opportunities – in this space today. 

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� observed Juneteenth this weekend with a Juneteenth Jubilee.