Kent State University Stark Campus

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Kent State University Stark Campus


Motto	Excellence in Action
Established	1946
Type	State University
Dean	Betsy Boze, chief executive officer and Dean
Faculty	218 (Fall 2006)
Undergraduates	5,386 (2005-2006)
Location	North Canton, Ohio, United States
Campus	200 suburban acres
Mascot	Golden Flashes
Website	www.stark.kent.edu

Kent State University Stark Campus (also known as Kent State Stark) is an institution of higher learning offering 11 baccalaureate and two masters degree programs. Located in North Canton, Ohio, Kent State Stark is the largest regional campus of Kent State University, an eight-campus network serving northeast Ohio.

1 Mission
2 History
3 Location
4 Academic Programs
5 Enrollment
6 Faculty
7 Dean Betsy V. Boze
8 Student Life
9 Office of Corporate and Community Services
10 Professional Education and Conference Center
11 Alumni
- 11.1 Distinguished Alumni
12 External links

[edit] Mission

Kent State Stark combines the best of a major university and a liberal arts college. Kent State Stark serves the region as a key intellectual resource providing access to academic, economic and cultural advancement through excellence in teaching and learning.

[edit] History

Although Canton and the surrounding area had utilized the services of Kent State's extension programs since 1912, the real growth of Kent State in Stark County began in 1946. To accommodate the unprecedented postwar surge of students utilizing the new GI Bill to receive a college education, Kent State created the "Canton Division" of the university and located it in McKinley High School on Market Street.

In 1965, the State legislature authorized the creation of a Kent State "branch" campus in Stark County, and appropriated over $2 million for its construction. Since Stark County was expected to provide partial financial support for the project, a citizen's committee was given the responsibility of finding a suitable site for the new campus. In March 1965, the committee submitted its top four site prospects to the Kent State Trustees. They chose an accessible and geographically central site near the new interstate highway. Most of the land for the approved site was owned by Leo A. Frank and John Wyles, who had farmed it with their families for many years. Once the sale was approved, the Stark County committee set out to raise its share of the purchase price--just over $600,000--from local businesses and individuals. This task was completed by September 1965. Ground breaking and construction for the first building began on January 7, 1966.

The new facility, known as Main Hall, opened in the fall of 1967. Since then, Kent State Stark has grown to include five academic campus buildings, a pond and nature trail, and the Professional Education and Conference Center which provides businesses and community partners with workforce development opportunities.

[edit] Location

Kent State Stark's mailing address is 6000 Frank Avenue, N.W., North Canton, Ohio 44720-7599.

This beautiful, suburban campus in a park-like setting consists of a protected wetland pond, athletic fields and seven major buildings:

Main Hall
Learning Resource Center (Library)
Fine Arts Building
Campus Center
Physical Education Facility
Professional Education and Conference Center

The Kent Stark campus is located on 200 rolling acres in Jackson Township / North Canton, Stark County Ohio, with a population over 380,000 people.

The campus is approximately:

four miles from the Akron-Canton Airport
five miles from the National Football League (NFL) Pro Football Hall of Fame
conveniently located to restaurants and two major shopping malls, less than one mile from campus, including:
The Westfield Shoppingtown/Belden Village Mall one mile away
The Strip shopping center with major dining and retailing one mile away

[edit] Academic Programs

Kent State Stark offers academic programs leading to the masters, baccalaureate and associate degrees.

Two Masters Degrees:

Professional Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
M.A. or M.Ed. in Curriculum and Teaching Studies.

Eleven Bachelor Degrees:

Applied Communication
Business Management
English
History
General Studies
Justice Studies
Middle Childhood Education
Mathematics
Nursing
Psychology
Technology

Students can also begin any of Kent State University's 282 undergraduate majors and programs of study at Kent State Stark.

Three Associate Degrees:

Associate of Arts
Associate of Science
Associate of Justice Studies

[edit] Enrollment

Kent State Stark serves over 10,000 students annually: 5,386 students in academic programs and courses and over 5,000 in non-credit executive and professional education through the Office of Corporate and Community Services. In addition, over 200 high school students take advantage of the Post-Secondary Enrollment Option program.

Kent Start Stark has partnered with South Canton High School (Canton Local Schools) in an innovative program called "Application Action" wherein the university sponsored, admitted and mentored the entire graduating class of 2006. This program will be repeated in 2007 and expanded to McKinley High School (Canton City Schools) and Washington High School (Massillon, Ohio).

[edit] Faculty

Kent State Stark has 218 faculty (94 full- and 124 part-time). Ninety percent of full-time faculty hold a Ph.D. or an equivalent terminal degree in their field. All instructors hold at least a masters degree in their teaching field.

Small class sizes are one of the campus values and average only 18 students per section. Kent State Stark does not use graduate assistants to teach classes. Every student is taught by a qualified faculty member.

[edit] Dean Betsy V. Boze

Betsy V. Boze

A native of Shreveport, LA, Betsy Boze earned her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and her Masters of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. Her doctoral degree in marketing was conferred by the University of Arkansas.

After extensive teaching experience, Dr. Boze began her administrative career as the chair of the Business Administration Department at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Following five years in that position, she was selected as the inaugeral dean of the School of Business at the University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas, a position she held for 11 years. From 2003-2004, she was an American Council on Education Fellow at Tulane University, serving as assistant to the university’s president.

In July 2005, Dr. Boze began her appointment as the dean and CEO of Kent State University Stark. Dr. Boze is active in community affaris in the Canton region and has accepted several state and local positions. In addition to serving as the president of the Ohio Association of Regional Campuses, she is a trustee for:

American Cancer Society of Stark County
Cantom Museum of Art
Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Area Health Education Center
Ohio Citizens for the Arts
Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation and
Stark Development Board

She serves on the Jackson-Belden Township Economic Development Committee, the P-16 Consortium of Stark Education Partnership, and chairs the Innovations Subcommittee of the Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce Education Committee. Dr. Boze is a graduate of Leadership Stark County, Leadership Texas and Leadership America.

Nationally, Dr. Boze serves on the Editorial Board of the American Council on Education Network News, the Finance Committee of the American Council on Education Council of Fellows and the Policies and Practices Committee of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Dr. Boze is an avid adventure-seeker, enjoying activities such as kayaking, sky diving, SCUBA, snorkeling and rock climbing. She has three adult children, Christopher, a fishing guide in Alaska; Lee-Gray, a geology major at the University of Montana; and Broox, a graduate student in zoology at Colorado State University.

[edit] Student Life

Kent State Stark has a strong Honors Program and over 30 active student organizations ranging from academic to social and service clubs. Kent State Stark received presidential recognition for its Service Learning program and has a Leadership Academy to develop student capabilities and talents.

The physical education facility offers open gym hours when classes are not in session. The facility has a half-court basketball and volleyball court, weight room, dance studio, Nautilus equipment, treadmills, stair climbers, elliptical walkers, stationary bikes and a full-service locker room for men and women. The campus sponsors several wellness initiatives each year and participates in many community service projects.

[edit] Office of Corporate and Community Services

Since 1990, Kent State Stark's Office of Corporate and Community Services has offered professional development courses, customized employee training, organization development consulting, research and assessment projects and business counseling and training to over 5,000 employees annually.

The federally funded Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Senior Core of Retired Executives (SCORE) programs provide free or low cost counseling to an additional 700 small businesses annually. In 2006 the Kent State Stark SBDC created or retained 1,800 Stark County jobs with an annual payroll of $70 million and an economic impact of $218 million.

[edit] Professional Education and Conference Center

The Professional Education and Conference Center is Ohio's most technologically advanced facility and serves 50,000 clients each year. It is one of only ten facilities in Ohio accredited by the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). The Conference Center provides business and community partners with meeting, training and conference rooms, a full-service dining room and the Timken Great Hall that can seat 600 guests.

[edit] Alumni

The Kent State Stark County Alumni Chapter is an official chapter of the Kent State University Alumni Association, serving the 30,000 Kent State University graduates in Stark County. The chapter was established in 1995 to promote the involvement of former students and support the academic programs, current students, faculty and staff of the Kent State University Stark Campus. The chapter is governed by a board of directors. The chapter’s annual fundraiser, the Reverse Raffle and Auction, supports student scholarships, student-life programming, a faculty luncheon, distinguished alumni awards program and alumni networking events.

[edit] Distinguished Alumni

Brannon Braga (1983 – 1985) Writer, Producer, Television and Film. Hugo Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing; credits include these Star Trek features: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Mission Impossible 11, Star Trek: Enterprise.
Frances H. Cicchinelli Jr. (1969 - 1973) Mayor Massillon, Ohio 1987-present.
Lynne S. Dragomier (1968 - 1969) VP Marketing, Mercy Medical Center, VP Administration The Hoover Company, Board of Trustees Kent State University, Stark Community Foundation.
Jack Fisher (1946, 1947) Owner, Fisher Foods, National First Ladies' Museum Advisory Board.
Richard L. Hardgrove(1980 -1982) CEO, First National Bank of Ohio, COO, FirstMerit, Deputy Superintendent Banks State of Ohio, President and CEO, Sky Bank.
Ronald Harris (1967 - 1968) Boxing gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics, three-time National AAU Champion and bronze medal winner Pan American Games.
William J. Healy (1961) Twelve terms Ohio House of Representatives, Chair, House Judiciary Committee, Chair, House Government Committee
James R. Hillibish (1968 - 1971) Military Instructor, Defense Information School. Golden Quill Award, meritorious service medal from Joint Chiefs of Staff, Media Editor, Canton Repository.
Michael Howard (1975) Judge Stark County Court of Common Pleas, CPA Deloitte & Touche senior tax manager.
Darrell Issa (1973 -1976) US House of Representatives 49TH district of California, 2000-present. Co-chaired California Civil Rights. Initiative ending quotas in state contracting and college admissions. Founded Directed Electronics, Inc. famous for Viper car alarm.
Jeffrey D. Jennings (1975 - 1977) Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, New York City. Attorney, Division of Enforcement Securities and Exchange Commission Philadelphia and New York Stock Exchange.
David A. Kidd (1972 - 1977) Founder, American Free Tree Program, resulting in planting 8.5 million trees, mobilizing one million volunteers.
Johnnie Maier Jr. (1969 - 1976) Five term Ohio House of Representatives, Assistant Minority Leader of Ohio House
Dr. Norma Marcere (1950's) Leader African-American Community, author two books and subject of play about her life
Joseph Niamtu III, MD (1969 - 1971) Founder, Niamtu Imaging System, computerized modeling to assist cosmetic surgery.
Stephen A. Perry (1963 - 1965) President and CEO, NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame, Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration, VP Human Resources and Logistics, Timken Company, Cabinet of Ohio Gov. George Voinovich, Director, Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Ohio Board of Regents
Charles B. Scheurer (1960 -1963) VP Human Resources, Diebold Incorporated.
Kirk Schuring (1970 – 1973, 1976) Ohio State Representative, House District 55, Ohio State Senator District 29
Lee Sinclair (1969 - 1971) Judge, Common Pleas Court Stark County. Partner Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs.
Mary Volpe (1978 - 1982) Foster Mother to 102 children, Canton "Citizen of the Year".

[edit] External links

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