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Kent State University at Stark helps the nearly 7,250 students enrolled year-round find their passion and develop a sense of purpose. As Kent State’s largest regional campus, students receive an affordable, university education on a beautiful 200-acre campus with a private college feel. Our student-faculty ratio of 17:1 means Kent State Stark’s 450 faculty and staff are dedicated to encouraging students to achieve their personal and academic goals. Students have the opportunity to begin coursework in more than 282 Kent State undergraduate degree programs or choose from over 25 bachelor’s, master’s, associate and online degrees that can be completed entirely at the Stark Campus. Stark County’s only public university, Kent State Stark was founded in 1946 and continues today improving the quality of life for this region, spurring a total economic impact in Northeast Ohio of $381.7 million.
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Kent State Stark News
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 2:20pm
Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State University at Stark, recently announced five faculty members have achieved promotion and tenure, effective at the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year. Two faculty have been promoted in rank.
Kent...
Friday, April 21, 2017 - 4:35pm
Campus earns designation for eighth consecutive year.
A celebration of the earth’s natural resources provides the perfect backdrop to honor Kent State University at Stark as a 2016 Tree Campus USA®. The Arbor Day Foundation and Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR) will form...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 9:06am
Save Now - Learn Now - Leap Ahead
The deadline for high school students to apply to the College Credit Plus program for Fall 2017 is Monday, May 1.
The College Credit Plus (CCP) program is designed to allow college-ready students, grades 7-12 who qualify for college admission,...
Friday, April 14, 2017 - 4:00pm
Kent State University at Stark commemorates Earth Day 2017 with events and activities designed to inspire awareness of environmental responsibility and to improve the appreciation of the Earth’s natural resources.
Events will take place behind the Campus Center and around the Po...
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 2:35pm
PBS to highlight Kent State Stark professor's research on how butterflies could be used as a model for delivering disease-fighting drugs to the human body.
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 9:01am
Medical Professionals and Families Coping with End-of-Life Issues can Benefit from Living With Grief® Program
The Hospice Foundation of America’s (HFA) Living With Grief® program, When Grief is Complicated, will be presented locally at Kent State University at Stark on Thursday,...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 9:27am
Local Business Invited to Share Best Practices to Cut Costs and Improve Processes at Lean Six Sigma Conference
For the first time, The Corporate University at Kent State University at Stark is holding a one-day conference targeting novice and seasoned professionals for a day of...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 9:02am
Campus community will be able to experience culture of Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran and Nepal.
The world comes to our doorstep as Kent State University at Stark hosts its first-ever Multicultural Festival Wednesday and Thursday, April 12-13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Campus Cente...
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 2:23pm
The appearance by John Quinones, the final presenter of the 2016-17 Kent State University at Stark Featured Speakers Series, has been rescheduled, for Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent State Stark Conference Center. He was originally scheduled to speak at the same time...
Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 7:18pm
Imagine that the way flies and butterflies drink nectar and other fluids can be imitated for use in medicine, potentially to deliver life-saving drugs to the body – and also how this method can save their own lives in times of drought.