Canton, Ohio is the global destination of a lifetime for 11 students from Shenzhen, China, marking a first for a »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ regional campus. On August 31, the Stark Campus in Jackson Township will be the first of the »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s seven regional campuses to reach across the world and partner with an international university, China’s Shenzhen Polytechnic, hosting students and a faculty member for a semester. Each visiting student will enroll in 12 credit hours of English as a second language courses at »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ at Stark. They will also be educated in American culture and...
An opening celebration to formally introduce »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ at Stark’s Science and Nursing Building, the campus’s seventh major structure, was held on Thursday, Aug. 27. The 41,140-square-foot building is »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Stark’s anchor for their science and health-related disciplines. Faculty members and classes from nursing, biological sciences, physics and geology departments are housed in the new facility. The festive event also celebrated the renovation of 5,250 square feet of chemistry laboratory space in the existing Main Hall building that connects to the Science and Nursing Bui...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies welcomes Aaron Bacue as a new faculty member. Bacue comes to »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ with 17 years of experience teaching communication at the university level, most recently at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Bacue joins the school as an assistant professor, specializing in interpersonal, relational and non-verbal communication. Bacue discovered the posting for the assistant professor position, and, being an Ohio native, decided to research the position and found many aspects of »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ and the School of Communication Studies appealed t...
A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, equipped with GPS, to help direct rescue helicopters and medical crews through the flooded and impassable areas. He also used the cameras to record and document the changing landscape from year-to-year. Watch here as he shares some of the video with WEWS TV and WOIO TV to show how archiving the disas...
Members of the university community as well as family members of freshman students can watch a live stream of the »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Convocation on Friday, Aug. 28. The event starts at 10:30 a.m. and is held in the Memorial Athletics and Convocation Center. This special ceremony marks the beginning of the university’s first-year students’ college careers and their entrance into higher education. With this rite of passage, the Class of 2019 is now officially part of the »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ family. Watch the live stream of Convocation ...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies hosted Safe Space: Ally Training 101 for faculty, staff and graduate students in the College of Communication and Information. More than 30 CCI members attended the session Wednesday presented by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center of »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥. CCI is the first academic unit to offer the training, according to Amanda Leu, Safe Space facilitator and academic advisor for the School of Communication Studies. Leu and Ken Ditlevson, Director of the LGBTQ Student Center, presented the training session as part of...
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Each year RCET welcomes local teachers and their classes to the AT&T Classroom to explore a variety of innovative tools for teaching and learning. We are always so impressed and inspired by the work of the visiting teachers and students. RCET would like to acknowledge the following teachers & schools who will be participating in the AT&T Classroom program during the 2015-16 school year: Kent City Schools, Walls Elementary: Cristin Wilbur, Grade 2 Kent City Schools, Walls Elementary: Kristin Blake, Grade 3 »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Child Development Center: Alisa Huebner...
»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ at Stark Announces Featured Speakers Series' 25th Anniversary Lineup Join us for exciting lectures by music industry strategist Troy Carter; acclaimed journalist Soledad O’Brien; Supreme Court Justice Alan Page; and distinguished astronaut Mark Kelly. For the past 25 years, this popular »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Stark series has been attracting thousands of campus and community members who take advantage of a rare opportunity to be introduced to national and international experts on a wide range of topics and issues that shape our society. Each program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in...
Man’s best friend is helping »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ soar to the top of the list when it comes to a pet-friendly campus. Of the top 10 universities around the country, Hercampus.com ranks »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ number one. The website praises the Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program® for bringing dogs to dorm rooms, classrooms and even the library during finals week. The program was the first in the country to introduce four-legged friends to academics for both research and stress relief. Learn which other universities made the list on hercampus.com. ...