Award and Honors
U.S. News & World Report has named three Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2022. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online Graduate Education Programs and Best Online MBA Programs rankings.
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has selected Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ as one of four finalists for the association’s 2020 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.
Forbes and market research company Statista have named Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ No. 1 among employers in Northern Ohio and No. 4 in the entire state of Ohio on the 2020 America’s Best-in-State Employers list that highlights America’s best employers. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡is also the top educational institution on the Ohio list. (Photo from 2019 Employee Appreciation Day event)
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Director of Public Safety and Police Chief Dean Tondiglia was honored with the university’s 2019 Diversity Trailblazer Award for his years of promoting inclusion and diversity within public safety.