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Kent State Stark Faculty Earn Teaching Accolades

Lindsay Starkey, Ph.D., says that for her, teaching isn’t about getting awards – it’s about the impact you have on students and colleagues and perhaps most importantly, what they can teach you. Starkey, a resident of North Canton and assistant professor of history, is the recipient of the 2016-17 Distinguished Teaching Award at �鶹��ý at Stark.

Daniel R. Flowers, president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, gave the address at �鶹��ý at Stark’s 44^th 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.

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.   

Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of �鶹��ý 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:

Campus earns designation for eighth consecutive year.

A celebration of the earth’s natural resources provides the perfect backdrop to honor �鶹��ý 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. 

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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. 

�鶹��ý 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.

PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.

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 �鶹��ý 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. 

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 �鶹��ý 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.