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The future of engagement arrives at CSU
May 15, 2025
Ava, part of the future of fundraising, arrives at Cleveland State University this week. Powered by artificial intelligence, she is...
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Kristen Reyes quite literally wants to the leave the world a better place. “I believe that we’re all stewards of...
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Posted May 15, 2025 in Articles
Ava, part of the future of fundraising, arrives at Cleveland State University this week. Powered by artificial intelligence, she is the school’s first fully autonomous virtual engagement officer, who will connect with alumni, donors and supporters in new, highly personalized ways. CSU is one of the first universities nationwide to pioneer this shift in operations in partnership with Givzey, a Boston-based digital fundraising and engagement company. Ava will effectively increase the University's reach while delivering customized touchpoints, learning constituents’ interests and guiding them to the causes that align with those values. The move comes as CSU aims to better serve its campus... read more
Posted May 08, 2025 in Articles
CSU President Laura Bloomberg announced in front of hundreds of University donors and supporters at Radiance, CSU’s annual donor event, that the University received its largest gift ever from an individual donor. [image:1] The nearly $15 million... read more
Posted March 28, 2024 in Articles
Giving Day 2024 was one for the record books, crushing last year’s totals and creeping toward the $1 million mark. In the end, 3,242 alumni, donors, parents and friends of the university contributed $819,886 to... read more
Posted September 01, 2023 in Articles
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation has bestowed a landmark grant of approximately $3.3 million upon the Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) and approximately $3.5 million upon Cleveland State University (CSU) to further advance the... read more
Posted May 16, 2023 in Articles
Over 400 CSU donors, supporters and friends packed the university’s Glasscock Family Foundation Ballroom on May 11 to celebrate the power of philanthropy at the 12th annual Radiance event. When the CSU Foundation launched Radiance in... read more
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