Pursue Your Purpose
Our Purpose? You.
Celebrating New Spring 2019 Graduates
Nationally syndicated columnist Charita Goshay offers the spring class words of wisdom.
The Stark Campus alumni family welcomed its newest members Sunday, May 12, during the annual spring commencement ceremony at Umstattd Performing Arts Hall.
More than 100 graduates participated in the event, celebrating their pinnacle academic achievement.
Saving Lives in Alaska
Joel Hukill is a flight nurse for Guardian Flight Alaska and living out a dream he didn’t realize he’d had. Now, he has no doubts that he’s found his calling.
“Choosing this profession is the best decision that I have ever made,” said the 2014 graduate of the nursing program at Kent State University at Stark.
Professor Carrie Schweitzer to Lead New Geology Degree Program
Professor Carrie Schweitzer has discovered hundreds of new species. Now, this research standout is leading students in a new degree program.
Carrie Schweitzer has always been interested in the things of Earth. The stuff that lies just below the surface of land and sea.
Creating Dreamers and Doers: Jasmine Long and Sharon Ware
Dynamic duo.
Jasmine Long and Sharon Ware grew up in different neighborhoods, but their connection transcends residential blocks. Broken barriers now build the dreams to change their communities for the better.
Creating Dreamers and Doers: Ariel Deck
Guided by purpose.
Schooldays end with a “welcome home” at Tiqvah Hands of Hope, an after-school mentoring program for students who live in the city of Canton.
A simple phrase graces the threshold of the doors they enter every day:
“You can change the world.”