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�鶹��ý at Stark recently granted tenure to two faculty members and promoted others in rank. “�鶹��ý at Stark is exceptionally proud of the academic accomplishments of this diverse group of scholars, and it celebrates their scholarly achievements,” said Thomas Norton-Smith, Ph.D., interim assistant dean for academic affairs. Receiving new designations are:  Lindsay Starkey, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, was awarded tenure. Starkey joined the Stark Campus faculty in 2012. A historian, Starkey studies the ways in which 16th-century European Chr...

Aileena Ferguson expects to complete her bachelor’s degree in half the time, thanks to the cross-registration program between �鶹��ý at Stark and Stark State College. A summer transfer applicant to �鶹��ý at Stark, the 21-year-old will begin taking courses full-time in the fall. That’s after the completion of an associate’s degree at Stark State College and more than a semester’s worth of free Kent State courses. By taking a free class each semester at Kent State Stark while attending community college, Ferguson has saved more than $2,800. “It’s an amazin...

Please join us in congratulating our graduate students on their awards! Four of our graduate students received awards from Graduate Student Senate (GSS). Michelle Bebber, PhD student, received an International Travel Award to go to Paris this summer to present her research project called "Untapped Potential – Why weren’t ceramic arrowheads invented? Theoretical Morphology for Understanding the Human Past” at the "Integrating Ballistics into Archaeology" symposium  at UISPP which is a global conference for the International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Scienc...

Stephanie Monastra wants guests to leave the �鶹��ý at Stark Conference Center differently than the way they walked in. “At the end of the day, we want people to be armed with information. We want them to leave with not only a great strategic plan for their business, but also with the knowledge Kent State cares about health and wellness,” said Monastra, director of the Conference Center. Enter the healthy meeting initiative. The innovative new program will provide more options for businesses and organizations planning their next session. “From strategic planning to team buildi...

"It just seemed appropriate to set aside funds to support students who are the first in their families to go to college. It's a life-changing step." Mary and Tom Southards grew up in different states, but shared similar goals. Both dreamed big in their small towns. Accomplishing those dreams meant they’d be among the first in their families to go to college. For Mary, earning a college degree in the 1970s led to a career outside of the home; for Tom, it entailed a different kind of opportunity. While most people in his hometown went to work at the local textile mill, Tom’s plans exceede...

"Our seven Regional Campuses are quite unique and they are quite independent, in a good way. They fit their communities and that makes them different, but at the same time we are all Kent State." Sometimes purpose comes calling. It begins with a choice. An opportunity. Make the choice. Take the opportunity. Make another choice. Take another opportunity. Wind up with this: a purpose that’s bigger than you’d ever thought possible. As Nate Ritchey climbed his way up the ladder of academia, step by step, he began to notice the view looked different from the top. Clearer. Working with notable hi...

In Kenya, Sarah Schmidt discovered her calling. A long way from rural Mansfield, Ohio, the girl who grew up with cows in her backyard was now half way around the world learning Swahili and teaching children how to speak English. She was 20, and crossed the Atlantic for the first time. “It truly was life changing,” said Schmidt, who spent half a year near Nairobi’s Great Rift Valley, part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. “After that trip, I knew I wanted my career to be in the international arena.” PIVOTAL ROLE Nine years later, Schmidt has ...

�鶹��ý at Stark Theatre presents Virtual Devotion by Eric Coble. The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 24, March 2 and 3 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 and March 4 at the Kent State Stark Theatre. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for the March 4 performance. It’s the end of the world as we know it; pollution, terrorism and disease have taken over humanity. Three characters, Pete, Anne and Ruth – all members of a broken family – attempt to sell their faith to nonbelievers in various, and sometimes violent, ways, as a last-ditch effort to save s...

�鶹��ý at Stark’s next Featured Speaker is Anthony Ervin, a four-time Olympic swimming medalist, who claimed gold and the title of fastest person on the planet in 2000 in the 50m freestyle. Sixteen years later, at age 35, he won in the same race at the Rio 2016 Games.  After winning his first Olympic gold, two World Championships and seven NCAA titles, Ervin retired at age 22 in 2003. He then spent several years traveling the world and spearheading tsunami relief efforts in Southeast Asia, before resuming his Olympic dreams. His memoir, “Chasing Water: Elegy of an Oly...

�鶹��ý at Stark will host a Campus Preview for high school juniors, seniors and their parents on Saturday, March 3. Campus tours will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m. and depart from the lobby at Main Hall, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Campus Preview will introduce prospective students to Kent State Stark’s academic programs, departments and services in an informal atmosphere to allow for questions and conversation. Attendees will meet with representatives from Kent State Stark’s Admissions, Financial Aid, Advising, Academi...