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����Թ�’s creative recruitment initiatives bring campus to life for many prospective students in a variety of ways. One of the new, most transformative experiences combined with ����Թ� State’s distinctive outreach efforts has application rates on the rise.  One of the ways universities reach out to prospective students is at large events like the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), which holds in-person and virtual college fairs across the United States every year. This February ����Թ� State introduced an innovative booth at the Cleveland and Pitts...

In honor of Women’s History Month, ����Թ� State Today will be looking at the accomplishments of ����Թ� State women who have advanced the cause of women, broken glass ceilings and left a lasting impact on women’s history.  In 1991, Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D., made history when she was named president of ����Թ�, becoming not only ����Թ� State’s first female president, but also the first woman to serve as president of any Ohio public college or university.   Cartwright served at ����Թ� State for 15 years, until her retirement in 2006.    In 2009...

Currently, the United States is the top country for pet ownership with 76 million domestic dogs and 58 million domestic cats, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. We never want to consider the possibility of our pets getting sick, but when they do, it places caregiving responsibilities on the owner. What pet owners may not have considered is the burden and stress that can come with caring for a pet with a chronic illness. Spitznagel with Allo ����Թ� professor of psychological sciences Mary Beth Spitznagel, Ph.D., has experienced this burden of c...

����Թ� State Stark will be a host for this multi-campus open house event. ����Թ� is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any ����Թ� State campus near you. During the event, each of ����Թ�’s seven Regional Campuses, including ����Թ� State Stark, will provide information about how to:    Get started at ����Թ� (no application fees at the event)  ...

Paul Gaston, Emeritus Trustees Professor and author, will offer a presentation on actions Gaston believes call for society to "confront the existential threat to higher education as we know it posed by politicians who want to remake the academy in their image." His presentation, “Unprecedented: Today, Florida. Tomorrow, Ohio?” is set for Friday, March 10 at 2 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121.  Ahead of his presentation, ����Թ� State Today asked Gaston to preview his presentation and address what he feels are the practical steps that he feels our leaders need to take.&nbsp...

The School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) at ����Թ� is pleased to announce state approval for a Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies to begin in Fall 2023. This 36-credit-hour degree program features a mixture of theory and practice-oriented courses and culminates in one of three options: a traditional thesis, an internship option, or a guided practicum, “Intervention Design & Implementation”. Students will be able to choose from one of two concentrations: Applied Conflict Transformation (ACT) or Peace, Conflict & Development (PCD). ACT students will develo...