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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.

Campus community will be able to experience culture of Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran and Nepal.

The world comes to our doorstep as �鶹��ý at Stark hosts its first-ever Multicultural Festival Wednesday and Thursday, April 12-13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Campus Center. The festival will bring the international sights, sounds and flavors of Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran and Nepal to campus. 

The appearance by John Quinones, the final presenter of the 2016-17 �鶹��ý 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. 

Imagine that the way flies and butterflies drink nectar and other fluids can be imitated for use in medicine, potentially to deliver life-saving drugs to the body – and also how this method can save their own lives in times of drought.

Tickets available beginning April 3

�鶹��ý at Stark’s 2016-17 theatrical season will close with Reasons to Be Happy by Neil LaBute. The play will be performed on April 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and on April 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. at the Kent State Stark Theatre. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for the performance on April 23. 

Update: Presentation rescheduled for Thursday, April 20. Original tickets dated for April 19 will be honored at the event on April 20. ​

Every day is full of “what would you do?” moments, believes John Quinones, reporter and anchor/host at ABC News. As 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 right thing” to millions of fans both on and off camera.

Due to inclement weather on March 14, the Stark County Spring College Fair has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 4 at 6 p.m.

All local high school students and their parents are invited to attend.

More than 50 colleges and universities have been invited to the rescheduled Stark County Spring College Fair on Tuesday, April 4 at 6 p.m. at the �鶹��ý at Stark Conference Center.

�鶹��ý at Stark will host its first Run the World race from 8:30 - 10 a.m. on April 15 to raise money for student education-abroad scholarships.

Organized by Kent State Stark, the colleges within Kent State and the Office of Global Education, the race will start at 6000 Frank Ave. NW in North Canton. It will follow a 3.1-mile course with chip timing provided by Western Reserve Racing.