Kent State University will celebrate Sophomore Celebration Week Feb. 1 - Feb. 6, 2016. Sophomores are invited to wear their blue and gold all week, take part in a service day and attend the Halfway There Celebration where they can enjoy free food and receive a free gift. Details available at www.kent.edu/success/halfway.   ...

Kent State University at Stark Theatre has announced open auditions for the third theatrical production of the season, These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, and directed by Kent State Stark Assistant Professor of Theatre and Theatre Director Brian Newberg. Auditions are open to everyone, including students and community persons. We encourage diversity in our casting. Set in the 1920s, this impactful true account chronicles the strength and courage of female factory workers who hand paint glow-in-the-dark watch faces. When their health declines, proving their employer has poisoned them with ...

Smart Start Saturday is Kent State Stark's student orientation for new incoming spring students. Held the Saturday before spring classes start, students are invited to attend sessions on topics such as faculty expectations, money management while in college, student support services, time management, getting involved and effective study habits. Students are also given the opportunity to find their classrooms, receive their FLASHcard student ID and buy their books. Parents and family members are welcome to attend the event and will receive information on how to support their s...

This article was written by Samantha Ickes and was posted in www.thesuburbanite.com on January 6, 2016. When senior music technology major Jamil Smith saw Troy Carter schedule to speak at Kent State University at Stark's featured speaker series, he saw an opportunity. Carter owns his own music producing company Atom Factory, a talent management and film and television production company. As a businessman in the music industry and an entrepreneur in his field of study, Smith knew he could learn from Carter's mistakes and successes. “When I first realized he was going to be at the ...

Legendary musician Bob Dylan will have some of his visual arts output exhibited at Kent State University’s Downtown Gallery. “Face Value,” a collection of 12 large portraits drawn in pastel, will run Jan. 21-March 5 at the university’s Downtown Gallery, located at 141 E. Main St. in Kent, Ohio. There will be an opening reception on Jan. 21 from 5-7 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Dylan, whose contributions to American music since the early 1960s need no introduction, also has been active in the visual arts for much of his career, a commitment that has inte...

  The Kent State Salem Associate of Applied Science Degree Program in Radiologic Technology is now accepting applications for Summer Semester 2016. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2016.  The goal of the program is to prepare students to become registered radiologic technologists who perform diagnostic imaging examinations using radiographic equipment. After successful completion of all program and degree requirements, graduates may take the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) national certification examination. Kent State is accredited by the North Central ...

The Kent State East Liverpool Associate Degree of Nursing program is now accepting applications for Fall Semester 2016. The deadline to apply is Feb. 1, 2016. The goal of the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Program is to prepare a registered nurse as a provider of care, a manager of care and a member of the profession. ADN students receive preparation to provide care for patients across the lifespan. Kent State is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Associate Degree in Nursing program (ADN) is approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing and is accre...