Kent State University at Stark will host a Campus Preview for high school juniors, seniors and their parents on Saturday, Nov. 5. Campus tours begin at 9 a.m. and the event will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Main Hall Auditorium, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. A complimentary brunch is included. 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 A...
Kent State University at Stark will host its fall festival, a family-friendly, educational fall celebration for elementary school-aged children. Boo U, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 5-7 p.m. throughout most of the Kent State Stark campus, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. In addition to trick-or-treating at stations designed and decorated by Kent State Stark student organizations, children can participate in several fun activities, such as a coloring contest, a swamp walk, a photo station, games and more. Tri...
The College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) is proud to recognize outstanding, notable and accomplished alumni and friends of CAE. The recipients of Alumni Awards, except where noted, are degree holders of an undergraduate or graduate program in the college.
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The Kent State Biological Anthropology faculty, graduate students, and alumni enjoyed getting together and catching up on Saturday, September 24th. In addition to celebrating 3 decades of Ph.D. recipients that have 100% job placement, we also celebrated the creation of The Department of Anthropology Endowed Fund for Graduate Student Research in Biological Anthropology. The donors for this fund are alumni and faculty of the biological anthropology program. All of this was made possible by one of the first graduates of the program, Bob Tague (Ph.D., 1986). Bob began this effort several years ago...
For the ninth straight year, Kent State University at Stark honored the men and women of our local safety forces by providing a free lunch on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. in recognition of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Dean Denise A. Seachrist, Assistant Dean A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, students and staff were on hand to provide free boxed lunches to the Jackson Township Police and Fire Departments, the Kent State Stark security force and Stark State College’s security team. Everyone at Kent State Stark wishes to thank our loca...
On August 1st, months of discussion culminated in the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Primate Research Institute (PRI) of Kyoto University, Japan, and the Anthropology Department and the School of Biomedical Sciences at Kent State University. It was signed by Provost Todd Diacon and Dean James Blank representing KSU, and Dr. Takakazu Yumoto, the new director of the PRI. This effort was initiated by the previous director, Dr. Hirohisa Hirai, and one of our newest faculty members, Dr. Anthony Tosi. The MOU lays the foundation for collaboratio...
Kent State University at Stark is preparing high school juniors and seniors and their parents on how to choose the right college. Get Started: A Crash Course in College Planning, a free information session designed to facilitate a smooth transition from high school to college, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in Kent State Stark’s Main Hall Auditorium, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. This event is intended for students preparing to attend any higher education institution and is not limited to Kent State Stark. Get Started: A Crash Course in College Planning will guide the ...
Kent State University at Stark faculty members Kim R. Finer, Ph.D., and Leslie Heaphy, Ph.D., were honored recently with the President’s Faculty Excellence Award, given by Kent State President Beverly Warren. The award recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition. Fourteen Kent State faculty were given awards, with Finer and Heaphy the only two professors honored from a regional campus. As a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Finer has received two national teaching awards: The Innovation in Education Award from th...
Degree? Check. Resume? Check. The question for college seniors and recent graduates is, “Now what?” Kent State University at Stark has the answer. The Corporate University is offering to Kent State Stark seniors and recent grads its first-annual Student Professional Development Conference, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Conference Center. Participants will learn what is expected of them by their future managers and coworkers and how to “adult” consistently, says Faith Sheaffer-Polen, director of The Corporate University at Kent State Stark. Why this type of confere...