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Flashes Helping Flashes Take Flight: Instruments of the Late Charlie Wentz to be Used in Ashtabula Program

Sunday, July 25, 2021 - 07:44pm

Instruments of the Late Charlie Wentz to be used in Ashtabula program. Airplanes meant a lot to Charlie Wentz. An aerospace engineer, Wentz was always reaching for the sky as a pilot, flight instructor and a professor in Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and…

Spring 2021 President's and Dean's Lists Announced

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 12:12pm

Kent State University at Stark has announced its Dean’s List and President’s List for the spring 2021 semester. The following students have been named to the Kent State Stark Dean’s List. Those students designated with a star (*) have been named to the Kent State University…

'21 Graduate Sara Haidet Joins Innis Maggiore Team

Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 08:59am

The future is bright for this debt-free Flash! While many young children dream of becoming an astronaut, a rock star or even a ballerina, Sara Haidet wasn’t drawn to such specific big dreams while growing up in the small town of Louisville. Still, her upbringing in this close-…

Future Flashes Day on June 9 & 10

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 11:50am

We can't wait to show you around! Come experience a campus tour of Kent State University at Stark. Meet our admissions staff, get your questions answered, tour campus with a current student and learn what makes Kent State University at Stark your hometown university. Don't miss…

Worth the Climb: Never Too Late To Achieve Dreams

Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 11:23am

Non-traditional student and proud mom, Amanda Cox, graduates alongside sons. It’s a Saturday morning in 1981. Sunbeams slowly trickle into a small family tent, covered in sparkling morning dew. The sounds of a campfire crackle in the ears of a then 7-year-old Amanda Cox.…

Kent State Stark's Jessica Conrad Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Austria

Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 09:48am

Kent State Stark English professor will pursue teaching and research project on protest literature. Jessica Conrad, Ph.D., a lecturer of English at Kent State University at Stark, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Austria.

Daring to Dream: A Metamorphosis

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 08:43am

First-generation, non-traditional college student Jennifer Daring, discusses her journey to an Environmental Studies degree. The sun was setting over a little Stow neighborhood in 1995. Eight-year-old Jennifer Daring knew it meant she would have to go inside soon. That was her…

Spring 2021 In-Person Commencement at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 02:42pm

Hector McDaniel, president of Stark County NAACP, to give keynote address. Kent State University at Stark graduates are set to take Canton’s biggest stage May 14 during an in-person commencement ceremony at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Leah Miller: Determined Dreamer Destined for Duke

Monday, May 10, 2021 - 12:39pm

2021 graduate debt-free, set for nursing job at university hospital. While other Copley High School students went to Friday night football games and dreamed about prom, Leah Miller had her sights set on what lay ahead.

Mary Shank and Rob Kairis are the 2021 Staff Excellence Award Recipients

Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 08:40am

The 2021 Staff Excellence Awards celebrated shining examples of dedication to students and the campus community during a year eclipsed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “You have worked diligently to ensure our campus has not only survived – but thrived – during a global pandemic,”…

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