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Update on March 10 at 4 p.m. Our Featured Speaker event is STILL TAKING PLACE tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the ����ɫ��ҹ Stark Conference Center. However, beginning tomorrow, ����ɫ��ҹ University has canceled face-to-face classes and events through April 12, 2020. This move aligns with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's proactive approach to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). There have been no confirmed cases in Stark County or on any of the ����ɫ��ҹ University campuses. Singer-songwriter, philanthropist and actor, Bryan Terrell Clark is perhaps best known for his starring r...

����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark’s observance of Black History Month will include such notables as actor Bryan Terrell Clark, star of the Broadway hit “Hamilton: An American Musical”, and Cleveland-based popular electric blues ensemble, the Wallace Coleman Band. The celebratory activities, funded in part by ArtsInStark, are free, open to the public, and feature Wallace Coleman, a 10-year veteran of the Grammy Award-winning Robert Lockwood Jr. Band. Coleman will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 20 in the auditorium at Main Hall, located on the campus at 6000 Frank Ave. NW. No tickets are required...

����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark is host to the 66th 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. 66th Scholastic Art Exhibition January 21 - 29, 2020 Fine Arts Building ����ɫ��ҹ 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 place on Saturday, Jan. ...

Last week, CIIE received messages from Mr. David Dix, one of CIIE Board Members, who is now on a three-week trip in India with his wife, Janet. David and his wife are there to visit with three former visiting scholars from the US Department of State’s International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP). During the ILEP graduates’ time at ����ɫ��ҹ University, David and Janet served as their Friendship Families. This trip marks the second time that David and his wife have visited some of their Friendship Family international teachers in India, extending the friendship beyond the program. It loo...

The upcoming 50th May 4 commemoration in 2020 provides an opportunity for all to remember and honor the tragic events of May 4, 1970, that occurred on the ����ɫ��ҹ University campus. This year’s anniversary represents a significant and historic milestone, not only for the university, but for Stark County. This semester, ����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark will commemorate this important event in American history with a look at the events leading up to May 4, 1970 – and beyond. Here’s a look at the free, public events to be held at ����ɫ��ҹ Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW: Jackson State, Kent...

Fall 2019 President's & Dean's Lists The following students have been named to the ����ɫ��ҹ Stark Dean’s List. Those students designated with a star (*) have been named to the ����ɫ��ҹ University President’s List. Requirements for the Dean’s List include a 3.40 grade point average or above for the fall 2019 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: Brianna Allen, And...

Kent Wired Article By Kimberly Fisher General Assignment reporter December 1, 2019   ����ɫ��ҹ was included in the 2019 edition of Princeton’s annual Guide to Green Colleges.    Princeton profiled 413 universities out of the 700 that it surveyed in 2018 and 2019 for “their strong commitments to green practices and programs,” according to a press release from Princeton. These colleges were pulled from a survey done in 2018 that polled hundreds of administrators from four-year colleges about “their institutions’ commitments to the environment and sustainability...

Dean Denise A. Seachrist (center) is pictured with longtime donor, Sandie Kramer (left), and new donor, Barb Preston (right). Preston recently provided a much-needed match for ����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark’s Giving Tuesday initiative, The Last Dollar Scholarship.   ����ɫ��ҹ Stark students benefit from generous gifts.  Barb Preston knows what it’s like to face a financial crisis. In fact, she was forced to drop out of the private liberal arts college she once attended.  That’s why she didn’t hesitate to provide a much-needed match for ����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark’s...

Sydney Cowles knows gridiron greatness is made in Stark County. Sydney Cowles grew up just like many Stark County kids, with football Friday nights cheering for the hometown team. These days, her job takes her to the big leagues. It’s where she rubs elbows with the professional players who’ve made it to the ultimate stage: the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As an event manager at the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Sydney is living her dream.   “When I was younger, our family reunions were always based around the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, especially the pa...

Pulitzer Prize-winning drama opens the 2019-20 ����ɫ��ҹ Stark theatre season. ����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark Theatre will hold its first theatrical production of the 2019-20 season, “Proof”, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by playwright David Auburn. The cast of “Proof” will take to the campus’ stage for opening night at 7:30 p.m. tonight in The Mary J. Timken Theatre, which is located in the expanded and renovated Fine Arts Building, 6000 Frank Ave. NW.  Directed by ����ɫ��ҹ Stark Theatre Director Jim Weaver, “Proof” is a passionate, intelligent story about fathers and daught...