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Update on student support services and spaces amid new requirements 

April 24, 2025

As we approach the end of the spring semester and look forward to Fall 2025, I’m writing to update you regarding student support spaces and services within the Division of Student Affairs that are impacted by the “Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act" (Senate Bill 1), new state legislation that will go into effect over the summer. 

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Celebrating Black history with a vision for the future

February 3, 2025

With a packed calendar of events spanning February, the university’s African American Cultural & Resource Center (AACRC) and partners are starting conversations, presenting performances and leading celebrations designed to educate, challenge and inspire.

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Reviving the dream: UC honors MLK with joyful celebrations

January 15, 2025

Through gatherings, music and meaningful discussions, UC’s African American Cultural & Resource Center, UC Health and UC’s Center for Community Engagement invite the campus and broader community to honor the dream while charting a path toward a brighter tomorrow.

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Update on student support services and spaces amid new requirements 

April 24, 2025

As we approach the end of the spring semester and look forward to Fall 2025, I’m writing to update you regarding student support spaces and services within the Division of Student Affairs that are impacted by the “Enact Advance Ohio Higher Education Act" (Senate Bill 1), new state legislation that will go into effect over the summer. 

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Celebrating Black history with a vision for the future

February 3, 2025

With a packed calendar of events spanning February, the university’s African American Cultural & Resource Center (AACRC) and partners are starting conversations, presenting performances and leading celebrations designed to educate, challenge and inspire.

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Reviving the dream: UC honors MLK with joyful celebrations

January 15, 2025

Through gatherings, music and meaningful discussions, UC’s African American Cultural & Resource Center, UC Health and UC’s Center for Community Engagement invite the campus and broader community to honor the dream while charting a path toward a brighter tomorrow.

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UC celebrates the Marian Spencer Scholarship Program with special induction ceremony

December 3, 2024

WLWT segment features a recent induction ceremony for students in UC's Marian Spencer Scholarship Program. The scholarship was first announced in fall 2021 and was made possible by a large donation by 1988 graduate Jim Goetz and university investment. The Spencer Scholarship is for high-achieving Cincinnati Public School graduates and includes full tuition, room and board, a service abroad trip to Tanzania and many more opportunities.

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Creating community on campus

December 2, 2024

In 2021, the Association for Women of Color in Engineering (AWOCE) was formed at the University of Cincinnati with the mission of providing an inclusive space and voice for women-identifying engineers of color. Since then, the student group has built a strong foundation, and it's membership and impact continue to grow.

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University of Cincinnati celebrates International Education Week

November 18, 2024

International Education Week, November 18-22, showcases study abroad around the globe. The annual event is sponsored in the United States by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. At the University of Cincinnati, a slate of student events will celebrate UC’s 4,616 international students, who make up 8.7% of this fall’s record enrollment.

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First-generation students find a home at UC

November 7, 2024

The University of Cincinnati celebrates first-gen students, the Bearcats who are the first in their families to attend college. They bring new perspectives to student life and account for about 1 of every 5 students on campus. Nov. 8 is First Generation College Student Day, celebrated across the nation.

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Adaptive sports are for everyone

October 23, 2024

The University of Cincinnati has launched an adaptive sports program, ensuring every student who wants to participate in some kind of athletic program is able to do so.

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Voices of Injustice share stories of wrongful conviction on a Cleveland stage

October 15, 2024

Ohio Innocence Project at UC Law exonerees Michael Sutton, Laurese Glover, Ruel Sailor and Charles Jackson share a painful journey. The men helped formed the advocacy group Voices of Injustice for those wrongfully convicted. The group's performance, 'The Lynchings Among Us' was featured by public radio's WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio.