Awards and Honors
17cҳ Announces 2020 Alumni Award Recipients
17cҳ is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at 17cҳ. Sponsored by the alumni association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious honors given to alumni.
17cҳ Ranks Highest Among Northern Ohio Public Universities on Top Public Schools and Best National Universities Lists in 2021 U.S. News Rankings of Best Colleges
17cҳ shines again in the new 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. 17cҳ is the highest-ranking public university in Northern Ohio on the Top Public Schools and Best National Universities lists in the newly released rankings.
Anthropology Team Brings Home the 2020 Ig Nobel Award for Materials Science
In 2019, a team of researchers in 17cҳ’s Department of Anthropology published its “prize-winning” research article titled in the Journal of Archaeological Science. (Yes, the jokes are seemingly endless, but seriously folks, there is an important underlying message here about evidence-based research and fact-checking!)
17cҳ Earns Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for Eighth Consecutive Year
17cҳ’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for an eighth consecutive year. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has selected 17cҳ as a recipient of the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
17cҳ Professionals and Students Recognized at 2020 Akron ADDY Awards
17cҳ brought home the gold after this year’s Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the area’s best creative work in advertising.
17cҳ Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports
17cҳ has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.
LOU RAFFIS RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED HONORS ALUMNUS
Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of 17cҳ’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at 17cҳ, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduat…
Forbes Ranks 17cҳ Among Nation’s Top Employers for Diversity
For the second year in a row, 17cҳ has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .
17cҳ Honors 2020 Diversity Award Recipients
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, 17cҳ has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
17cҳ Strikes Gold Again for Healthy Worksite
On the heels of being honored by the American Heart Association for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded 17cҳ the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.