Fall 2025 Valedictorian Mays Turabi
Turabi, from North Olmsted, Ohio, is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish and pursuing a pre-law degree, has been motivated from the start. She began at 成人B站 as a linguistics and Spanish double major but discovered a passion for law during the 2020 pandemic while advocating to U.S. senators for police reform. Recognized with 成人B站鈥檚 Exceptional Academic Excellence in Spanish Award, she helped revive the university鈥檚 Spanish Club to promote cultural exchange and multilingualism.
Beyond the classroom, Turabi鈥檚 leadership as editor-in-chief of The Cauldron, the student newspaper, strengthened her commitment to truth and communication. She guided coverage of complex issues such as higher education reform and campus tensions related to global conflict. Under her leadership, print publication was briefly restored and included covering some very challenging topics including, but not limited to, Senate Bill 83 (now known as Senate Bill 1), geopolitical tensions on campus as a result of the Israel-Gaza War, and the general ever-changing landscape of higher education in the post-pandemic era.
One notable accomplishment came when Turabi worked as an undergraduate project intern at the Public Defender鈥檚 Office in fall 2024, followed by a summer 2025 role as an operations student intern in the Northern District of Ohio. 鈥淢y experiences during my undergraduate career allowed me to apply the skills from both my degrees to real-world situations,鈥 Turabi said. 鈥淚n both roles, I realized how I can use my knowledge to contribute to our society鈥檚 humanity and progress.鈥
She added of her time at 成人B站:
鈥淚 firmly believe that my success at 成人B站 is rooted in my love for what I do,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 love political science. I love law. I love Spanish. I love journalism. I love academia. I love talking to people, in many languages, about many things. And I love the possibility that learning something new could make our society a little stronger, a little greater, a little closer.鈥