Kent State University at Stark will host a Campus Preview for high school students and their families on Feb. 23. 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, Academic Support Services and Stud...
Respected activist is third speaker in 2018-19 Featured Speaker Series. For more than four decades, Mary Frances Berry, Ph.D., has been one of the most visible and respected activists in the cause of civil rights, gender equality and social justice. Berry is the third presenter in this year’s Featured Speakers Series lineup. She’ll speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26. Now in its 28th year, the Featured Speakers Series is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and limited to two per person. Tickets for Berry’s presentation are available beginning at 7:30 a.m. ...
Fall 2018 President's and Dean's Lists The following students have been named to the Kent State Stark Dean’s List. Those students designated with a star (*) have been named to the Kent State University President’s List. Requirements for the Dean’s List include a 3.40 grade point average or above for the fall 2018 semester and at least 12 letter-graded (A, B, etc.) credit hours completed by the end of the semester. President’s List criteria are a 4.00 grade point and at least 15 letter-graded credit hours completed by the end of the semester. Akron: Hannah Armb...
Kent State University at Stark is proud to again host the 65th Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards Ceremony. The exhibition features more than 400 pieces of artwork from middle and high school students, representing districts in Stark, Summit, Portage, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Medina counties. 65th Scholastic Art Awards & Exhibition January 14 - 30, 2019 Fine Arts Building Kent State University at Stark Monday - Thursday: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. A regional awards ceremony for students and their families will take...
Dr. Kohji Hirata, Director of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Washington Office (http://jspsusa.org/wp/), and Mr. Masahiro Ueda, International Program Associate, visited Kent State for two days in November. JSPS is Japan’s main funding agency for the sciences and humanities. They arrived first to the Anthropology Department, where they toured our neuroscience, osteology, genetics, and experimental archaeology laboratories. Dr. Hirata and Mr. Ueda then gave presentations to an audience of nearly 150 members of the Kent State community. They discu...
Dr. Katsuki Nakamura of the Primate Research Institute (PRI), Kyoto University, visited the Anthropology Department in early November. Dr. Nakamura was the first researcher at the PRI to host one of our graduate students. In summer 2015, he kindly welcomed Emily Munger into his lab to conduct a study on visual discrimination and reversal learning in aged marmosets. Under his guidance the project resulted in a publication in the journal Neuroscience Research. This study also marked the first collaboration between Dr. Nakamura’s lab and that of Emily’s advisor at ...
Ashley Spellman is one of 139 in the 2018 Fall graduating class at Kent State Stark. Ashley Spellman is no stranger to the kitchen. For seven months, she worked daily rolling out dough to make pies. She learned how to cook them just right – with a bubbly filling and a golden-brown crust. She enjoyed her job, but she also knew her future held more than transforming apples into a perfectly baked pastry. She attended college once, shortly after graduating from Waterloo High School. She dropped out within two weeks. The university was too big, and “just too much” for this once self-described...
Kent State University at Stark’s faculty are a force in the community, working to better the region by offering their academic expertise in a tangible way. Kent State Stark brings immeasurable value to community organizations, the health care industry, environmental groups and more. Faculty tackle the kind of real-world issues that touch Stark County, making our home a better place to live. These campus leaders guard the region against some of the country’s most pressing concerns – from water quality to end-of-life care choices to navigating an online presence on the “anything goes” informatio...
The Conference Center and Corporate University build relationships and support the educational needs of regional employers. Faith Sheaffer-Polen has conducted workforce training amid construction, in buildings with sanitation issues and in crowded hotel rooms while sitting on the edge of a bathtub. That’s one reason why the director of Kent State University at Stark’s Corporate University urges employers to undertake professional education in a setting that is conducive to learning. Enter the Conference Center. The International Association of Conference Centers (IACC)-certified venue p...
Survivor. Acres away from the farmer’s home, Jennifer Peterson stared hard at the bright blue sky. Then, darkness. In and out of consciousness, she tried to move. Only pain. She tried to scream. Her cries for help were mere whispers. The tractor came from a distance. Had the farmer not remembered his dream during the night, Peterson is sure she would have died that day. A praying man, he later told her that God came to him in a dream, instructing him to plow the withered cornfield. The summer of 1988 marked the North American drought and remains the hottest and driest on reco...