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Sophomore Samantha Glass becomes Kent State Stark’s first University Innovation Fellow. Her efforts will spark new opportunities for student innovation, entrepreneurship, design and creativity on campus. Sophomore computer science major Samantha Glass had forgotten how much she loved coding. She’d gotten lost in larger classes on a larger campus, wasn’t doing well academically and was just about ready to give up when she transferred to ������ at Stark.  “I retook a computer science course here, with Professor [Angela] Guercio and remembered why I had ch...

A ������ student’s interpretive sign project is helping the university become more environmentally friendly. Krisztina Janossy, who graduated this past December, started her interpretive design project for sustainable features on the Kent Campus. Janossy created signs at three sites located behind Henderson Hall and the Liquid Crystal Institute®: the butterfly garden, peatland wetland and permeable pavement. Janossy worked in the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at Kent State as an environmental outreach coordinator. She graduated with a degree in communication studie...

Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., of Rootstown, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of ������ at Stark, located in North Canton, Ohio. Seachrist has served as interim dean of Kent State Stark, the only public university in Stark County and the largest Regional Campus of Kent State, since July 1, 2014. She will begin serving as the permanent dean on Feb. 1, 2016. “������ at Stark is a very vibrant and exciting place, and I am extremely honored to serve as dean and chief administrative officer,” Seachrist said. “I look forward t...

Recent grants awarded to ������ at Stark in Jackson Township will help further College Credit Plus programs, health care, education of teachers, add degree programs and offer a new cultural arts opportunity in our community. Kent State Stark College Credit Plus Consortium - $498,442 to provide high school teachers with College Credit Plus credentials. A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Ph.D., Ohio Department of Education/Ohio Department of Higher Education, College Credit Plus Teacher Credentialing Grant, “Kent-Stark College Credit Plus Consortium,” in partnership with t...

������ at Stark will host the 62nd Annual Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards Ceremony. The Scholastic Art Exhibition, featuring more than 3,000 pieces of artwork from middle and high school students, representing schools in Stark, Summit, Portage, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Medina counties, will be on display from January 19 – February 3 in the Campus Center, Fine Arts Building and the Main Hall Art Gallery, located at Kent State Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. The buildings will be open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. and on Friday...

������ at Stark invites the public to attend open forums that will introduce the four finalists for the Dean and Chief Administrative Officer position at the Stark Campus. As part of the interview process, each candidate’s presentation will include a discussion of the following: Brief biography/background Challenges facing higher education Opportunities and challenges of a regional campus Experience/examples of interacting with the broader community  Anything else the candidate would like to mention on how he or she would approach work, specifically as Dean and ...