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Sophomore Samantha Glass becomes 51���� Stark’s first University Innovation Fellow. Her efforts will spark new opportunities for student innovation, entrepreneurship, design and creativity on campus. Sophomore computer science major Samantha Glass had forgotten how much she loved coding. She’d gotten lost in larger classes on a larger campus, wasn’t doing well academically and was just about ready to give up when she transferred to 51���� at Stark.  “I retook a computer science course here, with Professor [Angela] Guercio and remembered why I had ch...

A 51���� student’s interpretive sign project is helping the university become more environmentally friendly. Krisztina Janossy, who graduated this past December, started her interpretive design project for sustainable features on the Kent Campus. Janossy created signs at three sites located behind Henderson Hall and the Liquid Crystal Institute®: the butterfly garden, peatland wetland and permeable pavement. Janossy worked in the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at 51���� as an environmental outreach coordinator. She graduated with a degree in communication studie...

Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., of Rootstown, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of 51���� at Stark, located in North Canton, Ohio. Seachrist has served as interim dean of 51���� Stark, the only public university in Stark County and the largest Regional Campus of 51����, since July 1, 2014. She will begin serving as the permanent dean on Feb. 1, 2016. “51���� at Stark is a very vibrant and exciting place, and I am extremely honored to serve as dean and chief administrative officer,” Seachrist said. “I look forward t...

Recent grants awarded to 51���� at Stark in Jackson Township will help further College Credit Plus programs, health care, education of teachers, add degree programs and offer a new cultural arts opportunity in our community. 51���� Stark College Credit Plus Consortium - $498,442 to provide high school teachers with College Credit Plus credentials. A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Ph.D., Ohio Department of Education/Ohio Department of Higher Education, College Credit Plus Teacher Credentialing Grant, “Kent-Stark College Credit Plus Consortium,” in partnership with t...