Central State University

The goal of the Ohio conference was to create a space for Black farmers and growers to network and learn about new opportunities, agricultural techniques and more.

Central State is currently looking to recruit 20 farmers from Ohio and Southeast Michigan to participate in the USDA funded program.

Ohio State is working with Central State, Lincoln University and the University of Missouri on accelerating climate-smart farm solutions.

Central State University is rolling out a new initiative called Six Pillars of Access. Goals include better student retention and graduation rates.

Intel is sponsoring a program for Ohio students interested in the semiconductor industry, as the firm prepares to hire thousands of workers for a giant new campus.

Listen to a Central State University alum share her story of celebrating graduation despite the 1974 tornado tearing through Xenia and Wilberforce just weeks prior. She recalled proudly marching in graduation, and how her father was an architect who designed some of the rebuilt structures.

Richard Austin, formerly general counsel for Central State University, shared his story as part of a collection of oral histories being gathered about the 1974 tornado.

Lloyd Edwin was a freshman at Central State from Brooklyn when the tornado hit in 1974.

John Gudgel, a high schooler in Yellow Springs when the tornado hit, waited for his mom to return home from work in Wilberforce for hours on April 3, 1974.

Fifty years ago, a tornado destroyed 80% of Central State University's campus. But the university persisted and found a way to rebuild.

Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Brian Baldridge visited Young's Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs to kick off National Agriculture Week.

Without access to federal COVID emergency relief funds, Central State is short $4 million on their budget.