Daniel R. Flowers, president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, gave the address at Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark’s 44th Annual Spring Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 12 at Umstattd Performing Arts Hall in Canton. More than 190 candidates were awarded their bachelor’s, master’s or associate degrees at this year’s commencement exercises. Graduate Photos with Dean Seachrist Commencement Ceremony Photos Nursing Pinning Convocation Photos Flowers has been president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank since 2003. During his tenure, the Foodbank has expe...
Global Education Opportunities Continue to Grow at Kent State Stark It’s one thing to get to visit a location new to you. It’s another to explore your academic field in a different nation. Studying abroad is one of the most exciting, invigorating and challenging things you can do while in college. For two Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark students, the chance to study overseas has become closer to reality. Megan Stocker of Louisville and Zachary Cino of Hartville were two of three winners of $1,000 each in scholarships to study abroad. They won as a result of their participation in...
Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark, recently announced five faculty members have achieved promotion and tenure, effective at the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year. Two faculty have been promoted in rank. Kent State Stark faculty promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure are as follows: Jennifer Cunningham, English, joined the faculty in 2013 Matthew Lehnert, biological sciences, joined the faculty in 2012 Deepraj Mukherjee, economics, joined the faculty in 2012 James Seelye Jr., history, jo...
Campus earns designation for eighth consecutive year. A celebration of the earth’s natural resources provides the perfect backdrop to honor Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark as a 2016 Tree Campus USA®. The Arbor Day Foundation and Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR) will formally recognize Kent State Stark for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship at the campus’s Earth Day 2017 Celebration on Sunday, April 23 at 2:20 p.m. This is the eighth consecutive year Kent State Stark has received the Tree Campus USA designation. The campus com...
Save Now - Learn Now - Leap Ahead The deadline for high school students to apply to the College Credit Plus program for Fall 2017 is Monday, May 1. The College Credit Plus (CCP) program is designed to allow college-ready students, grades 7-12 who qualify for college admission, the opportunity to earn high school and college credit. College Credit Plus can include courses offered on a college campus, online or at the high school for which credit is awarded from the college. GET DETAILS AND APPLY TODAY ...
Dr. Metin Eren is making headlines! He was featured in the Record Courier, Akron Beacon Journal, AND ScienceNews!! ...
Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark commemorates Earth Day 2017 with events and activities designed to inspire awareness of environmental responsibility and to improve the appreciation of the Earth’s natural resources. Events will take place behind the Campus Center and around the Pond and Wetlands Area on Kent State Stark’s campus, 6000 Frank Ave., NW, in Jackson Township, and is free and open to the public. Kent State Stark has partnered with The Repository, Budget Dumpster, The Print Shop of Canton Inc. and The Brewer-Garrett Co. to provide this event for members of the community. ...
Medical Professionals and Families Coping with End-of-Life Issues can Benefit from Living With Grief® Program The Hospice Foundation of America’s (HFA) Living With Grief® program, When Grief is Complicated, will be presented locally at Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark on Thursday, April 27, from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Main Hall Auditorium, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, in North Canton. Each year HFA presents a nationally recognized distance learning series to more than 125,000 people in 2,000 communities, including Stark County. Once again sponsored by the Canton Regional Area Health Educ...
Local Business Invited to Share Best Practices to Cut Costs and Improve Processes at Lean Six Sigma Conference For the first time, The Corporate University at Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark is holding a one-day conference targeting novice and seasoned professionals for a day of immersion with Lean Six Sigma experts. The conference will be held Thursday, May 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Kent State Stark Conference Center, 6000 Frank Ave., N.W., in North Canton. In today’s global market competition ranges from companies down the street to companies across the world and organizati...
The appearance by John Quinones, the final presenter of the 2016-17 Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark Featured Speakers Series, has been rescheduled, for Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent State Stark Conference Center. He was originally scheduled to speak at the same time on Wednesday, April 19. Original tickets dated for April 19 will be honored at the event on April 20. Overflow tickets remain for the talk by Quinones, host and creator of What Would You Do?, the hidden camera ethical dilemma series. The seven-time Emmy winner has literally become “the face of doing the ri...