CSU celebrated its 50th anniversary with events that drew thousands. It also received a $3.6 million donation to create an honors college and was honored for its community engagement. A study found CSU accounts for over 6,700 jobs and $679 million in economic impact. The university also saw success with initiatives in healthcare, STEM education, and more.

2. CSU celebrated its 50th
anniversary in high style,
complete with a parade
and block party that drew
5,000 people.

3. The CSU Presidential Forums
brought thought leaders to
campus for enlightening
discussions on health care,
business innovation, STEM
education and more.

4. The Jack, Joseph and
Morton Mandel
Foundation and the
Mandel Supporting
Foundations awarded $3.6
million to CSU to create the
Jack, Joseph and Morton
Mandel Honors College.

5. CSU received the
Community Engagement
Classification from the
Carnegie Foundation, an
honor bestowed for
exceptional community
connectivity.

6. CSU accounts for 6,739 jobs
and $679 million in
economic impact,
according to a new report
from the Levin College of
Urban Affairs.

7. CSU’s Graduation Incentive
Plan caught the attention of
national media:
• The Washington Post
• CNN
• Bloomberg Business

8. Opening in 2015, the
Center for Innovation in
Medical Professions will
house the NEOMED-CSU
Partnership for Urban
Health.

9. The National Science
Foundation-funded
Operation STEM program at
CSU is delivering impressive
results, with precalculus
passage rates increasing 30
percent on average.

10. CSU students won first
place in the American
Institute of Chemical
Engineers Student Design
Competition for devising a
method for manufacturing
flu vaccine.

11. The Kennedy Center
American College Theater
Festival brought 1,200
theater students and
faculty from eight states to
the CSU Arts Campus at
Playhouse Square.

12. Fall 2014 Valedictorian
Adam Davenport helped to
rebuild a Cleveland
neighborhood rooted in
sustainable living as project
manager for a local
community development
organization.

14. During a visit to the
MAGNET shop at CSU,
President Barack Obama
shared a laugh with CSU
mechanical engineering
students.
Joshua Gunter | Northeast Ohio Media Group

15. Cleveland Mayor Frank
Jackson met with CSU’s
Deckard Family Civic Fellows.
The program provides a
$5,000 scholarship and a
golden opportunity to work
at City Hall.

16. Speakers at the first
TEDxClevelandStateUniversity
examined four stages of
creativity: preparation,
incubation, illumination and
verification.

17. RTA’s Cleveland State Line
connected CSU’s downtown
campus to Cleveland’s West
Side via a new fleet of buses.