CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland State University students have marched to President Ronald Berkman’s office, demanding to talk to him regarding an anti-LGBTQ flier posted on campus. They were then to meet at the chief diversity officer’s office for a discussion. The flier was posted on campus last week. The flier shows a man hanging from a noose, surrounded […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – At Cleveland State University, classmates typically gravitate to the student center. And on billboards around campus, there are all sorts of fliers. One in particular talked about gays and committing suicide. “This campus is supposed to be a safe space that would make LGBT students safe,” a CSU student said. Some […]

CLEVELAND — 1956 started off as a pretty good year for then 23-year-old Richard Veres. He was a senior in the Fenn College of Engineering, which is now Cleveland State. He had met a pretty girl named Donna who he would eventually marry. And he was sure he had a job lined up with Reliance […]

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland State men’s basketball team will have a new coach on the bench when it takes the court next season. After a loss to Youngstown State at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit brought to an end a 9-22 season in the first round of the Horizon League Championship Tournament last Friday, Gary […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State University wants to add more student housing and may get rid of the Wolstein Center to do so. The university sent out a “Request for Qualifications” to various contractors to get input on the proposal. The first option is to replace the 400,000-square foot area with a smaller facility […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State University has secured naming rights for a new RTA bus rapid transit (BRT) line connecting CSU to West Shore communities. Service is slated to begin in November, RTA and CSU announced Wednesday. The new route will offer commuters an upgraded ride on new, specially-designed vehicles fully branded for […]

  CLEVELAND – The green is turning gold as Cleveland State University turns 50. What started as Fenn College, housed in an old YMCA building, has grown into a thriving university campus in the heart of Cleveland. “It’s no longer a port,” Ronald Berkman, CSU’s president, said. “It’s now a destination.” New buildings have been […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland native and famed boxing promoter, Don King brings a fight card to northeast Ohio. King, along with Mayor Frank Jackson announced a lightweight match at the Wolstein Center on Feb. 21. It’s called “Cleveland Show for People Care: Let’s Do it for Cleveland, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” King says […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A man has been arrested for an attack on a female student on the campus of Cleveland State University. It happened Monday, January 27,  near the administration building. The student says a stranger approached her, asked the victim her name then started kissing her. He then took her cell phone […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On November 19, 2013, Cleveland State University announced that they are receiving a $10 million gift from Donald and Pamela Washkewicz, and The Parker Hannifin Foundation that will catapult the university to the forefront of engineering education, research and innovation. Donald Washkewicz, who grew up in Garfield Heights and earned […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State University has beta tested and today launched a new cutting-edge smartphone app that can identify a user’s location and send police help with the single touch of a button.  CSU is the first campus in the nation to implement the new system, developed by 911Cellular  of Beachwood, Ohio. […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State University started the new school year with a bold health initiative. The campus is going tobacco-free. The new rules for campus take effect Monday, August 26. The new rules prohibit smoking of any kind, anywhere on campus.  This includes dorm rooms, parking lots or even your own car, […]