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Cleveland State University Points of Pride
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law graduates who took the Ohio bar exam for the first time in July 2007 achieved a 90 percent pass rate – the second-highest pass rate among all nine Ohio law schools.
A 33-member partnership led by Cleveland State University was awarded $23.8 million from the State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Program to establish a Wright Center of Innovation for Ohio on Cleveland State’s downtown campus. The Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering — a statewide network of industry, higher education, and government agencies – will provide over $51 million in matching funds to operate a “one-stop shop” for industry working on integrating sensor systems into their products.
Cleveland State was named a University Transportation Center (UTC), a designation that brings $2 million in federal funding over a four-year period for research, curriculum development, outreach training and safety programs, scholarships and more. Cleveland State’s UTC will focus exclusively on the critical issue of work zone safety and protecting highway workers.
Cleveland State was designated a Confucius Institute by the Chinese government, making it one of only two Confucius Institutes in Ohio and 31 in the nation. The designation entitles the University to receive funds for use in training Chinese language teachers.
Cleveland State is ranked 10th among the nation’s top 20 Specialized Research Universities focusing on business, education and social sciences in the third annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index compiled by Academic Analytics and reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Building Blocks for the Future, Cleveland State’s $200-plus million master plan, is changing the face of campus and downtown Cleveland while creating a vibrant living and learning community in the heart of the city. New or renovated buildings including a recreation center, apartment-style student housing, a restaurant, an administration center, a College of Graduate Studies building, and more. Soon to come: a student center and a College of Education and Human Services building.
Cleveland State was awarded $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to work in partnership with residents of Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood to fight obesity.
Cleveland State has Northeast Ohio’s only forensic program that prepares nurses to care for crime victims, collect evidence and assist criminal investigators.
Cleveland State and the Cleveland Clinic’s ongoing partnership includes research in molecular medicine that is helping to improve early detection of disease.
Cleveland State’s Diversity Management program is celebrating 10 years of success as a unique program that develops cultural competence in leaders to increase productivity and global competitiveness. The program is the first in U.S. and the only one of its kind.
College of Science graduates in physical therapy, school psychology, and speech pathology had 100 percent pass rates on their national certification examinations.
A partnership between the Key Foundation, the Cleveland State University Foundation and the Nance College of Business will allow business students to gain real-world experience in investments and portfolio management through a $300,000 Student Managed Investment Fund, boosting their academic credentials and career opportunities.
Supported by $600,000 in scholarships from the National Science Foundation, Cleveland State is improving the region’s work force by graduating students with science, technology, engineering and math degrees.
When recognizing faculty excellence, the Fulbright Scholar Award is an internationally known benchmark. For the 2005-06 academic year, Cleveland State ranked first in the state – tied with The Ohio State University - and second in the nation with seven prestigious Fulbright Scholar Awards. Only Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University had more, with eight awards.
Dr. Angelin Chang, internationally acclaimed concert pianist and an assistant professor of piano at Cleveland State University, won a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra. She won for her piano solo performance of Olivier Messiaen's “Oiseaux Exotiques" (Exotic Birds) with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, conducted by John McLaughlin Williams, who also won the Grammy. The piece was performed in Cleveland State’s Drinko Hall and was recorded and engineered by Cleveland State audio engineer David Yost.
Robert Abelman, professor of communication, was honored for his research on gifted children and television with his third Mensa Education and Research Foundation Award for Excellence. He’s the only three-time recipient of this prestigious award.
Valentin Boerner, assistant professor of biological sciences, received the prestigious Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Foundation. This award supports young scientists whose work promises insight into the causes of human birth defects.
Cleveland State faculty member Karen O’Loughlin was honored as Outstanding Physical Therapist of the Year by the Ohio chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association.