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Reprinted from The Suburbanite with permission.

“Blur,” a 91�ֿ� Stark campus stage production, follows the story of young Dot as she starts to lose her sight to a genetic disease. Dot struggles for independence and self-assertion, placing pressure on her relationships with her other and friends. Dot builds a community of strength with the help of her boyfriend, best friend and a wayward priest.

On Friday, April 10, 2015, 91�ֿ� at Stark faculty and staff gathered in the Campus Center to recognize the 2015 Staff Excellence Award recipients.

Several weeks prior to the ceremony, the campus community was asked to nominate a staff member or administrator with a written recommendation supporting the person they thought deserved to be recognized.

Criteria for nominations included:

The College Credit Plus program has been established by the State of Ohio to replace PSEO and Dual Enrollment Options. The program is designed to allow college-ready students, grades 7-12 who qualify for college admission, the opportunity to earn high school and college credit. College Credit Plus can include courses offered on a college campus, online or at the high school for which credit is awarded from the college.

91�ֿ� at Stark commemorates Earth Day 2015 with the presentation of events to inspire the awareness of environmental responsibility and to improve the appreciation for our planet’s natural resources. 91�ֿ� Stark has partnered with the following sponsors to present these events: The Repository, The Print Shop, Haymaker Tree and Lawn and Brewer-Garrett. The event will take place at 91�ֿ� Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township, and is free and open to the public.

Grants are important to the mission of 91�ֿ� at Stark. The more funding we receive, the more we can: 

Three hours of walking, eating and drinking through Scottsdale, Arizona, was all it took to get Barbara Abbott hooked on becoming an entrepreneur.

“We were on a family trip in 2010,” says Abbott, a resident of Canton Township. “Someone scheduled us for a food tour — something I had never heard of before. But by the time it was over, I thought it was a great way to experience a town and thought the concept would be a good fit for Canton.”

Spending days, weeks or longer in a hospital bed can be miserable if you’re a kid. Members of 91�ֿ� at Stark’s Student Leadership and Allocations Board (SLAB) did their part to make future patients’ stays more bearable. The organization collected and donated $400 to Akron Children’s Hospital’s Heart Center to provide movies for their DVD collection.

Update on Monday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m.
Only overflow tickets remain.
 
91�ֿ� at Stark is proud to host criminal profiler Candice DeLong for the final event in the Featured Speakers Series’ 24th season. DeLong will present Special Agent: My Life on the Front Lines as a Woman in the FBI on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Timken Great Hall, located in 91�ֿ� Stark’s Conference Center, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. 

91�ֿ�’s seven Regional Campuses, including 91�ֿ� at Stark in Jackson Township, will begin automatically awarding associate degrees to bachelor’s degree-seeking students who have completed all requirements for either an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree. 

Due to a Banner upgrade, FlashLine’s self-service options (SSB or FLASHfast) and Banner INB will be unavailable from Friday, March 13 at 6 p.m. through Sunday, March 15, at 6 p.m. Affected services include course registration, class schedules, financial aid, human resources materials, grades and leave reporting. For a full list of services affected, please visit http://www.kent.edu/outage/.