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Clark State Community College will award its final Founder’s Award and its inaugural Richard O. Brinkman Award at the 25th Anniversary Circle of Friends Gala on Saturday, September 29 at an outdoor venue that will be set up near the Clark State Performing Arts Center in downtown Springfield. Longtime Clark State supporter and advocate for education, Patrick Field, will be presented the final Founder’s Award. The Richard O. Brinkman Award will be awarded posthumously to Warren G. “Spud” Elliott, D.D.S.
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The Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center will welcome Nobuntu, an a cappella vocal ensemble of five young women from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to the Kuss Auditorium on Friday, October 12. Nobuntu celebrates through their songs and dance the identities of being an African woman. Nobuntu is an African concept that values humbleness, love, purpose, unity and family from a woman’s perspective. Their repertoire is a fusion of traditional Zimbabwean rooted music, Afro Jazz, Gospel and Crossover in pure voices with minimalistic percussion, traditional instruments such as Mbira and some dance movements.
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Clark State Community College now offers welding and diesel technology classes at its location at Ohio Hi-Point Career Center in Bellefontaine. Classes for Fall B Term are currently open for registration. The programs are offered in the evenings and class sizes are small with one-on-one instruction. The Clark State Diesel Technology program is a comprehensive sequence of courses that combines theory and practical applications. In the nine-week welding course, students gain a basic technical understanding of ARC, MIG and TIG welding fundamentals, welding safety and equipment operation; get hands-on welding experience in a modern ARC complete lab setting.
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On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world’s best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS - LIVE FROM BROADWAY™ will return to the Clark State Performing Arts Center for the fourth consecutive year on Wednesday, October 10 as part of its North American tour in 2018. Full of hilarious magic tricks, death-defying stunts and acts of breathtaking wonder, THE ILLUSIONISTS has shattered box office records worldwide and thrilled audiences of all ages with a mind-blowing spectacular showcasing the jaw-dropping talents of five of the most incredible illusionists on earth.
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The 2018 Women in Business Networking (WiBN) Leadership Conference will feature three leaders from Clark State Community College: Clark State President Dr. Jo Alice Blondin; Senior Vice President for Student Success Dr. Theresa Felder; and Clark State Foundation Director Toni Overholser. The WiBN Leadership Conference is an opportunity for diverse professional women to encourage one another’s growth and empower each other’s success. The conference agenda includes sessions and workshops with dynamic speakers who will help develop the skills and resources necessary to build relationships, expand networks and increase business opportunities through professional and personal growth.
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Clark State Community College will recognize the American Trucking Association’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 9-15, 2018. This week is set aside to honor all professional truck drivers for their work and commitment in one of the economy's most demanding and important jobs. These 3.5 million professional men and women not only deliver our goods safely, securely and on time, they also keep our highways safe. Clark State has several options in the Commercial Driver’s License program.
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Clark State Community College has partnered with the 178th Wing to offer classes to airmen on-site at the base location in Springfield, Ohio. The partnership with Clark State will provide service members the opportunity to earn credits towards a degree from the Community College of the Air Force. The partnership between Clark State and the Springfield Air National Guard Base will commence on September 8 at 10 a.m. with a formal signing on the base. Registration will kick off at 11 a.m. for service members.
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The Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center will bring some East Coast flare to the stage with the 25th anniversary season celebration featuring the National Broadway Tour of Jersey Boys on September 29. Jersey Boys takes you behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award®-winning true-life musical phenomenon, Jersey Boys. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s just too good to be true. The Jersey Boys will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets for the show are $43-$69 and available online at www.ticketmaster.com.
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Clark State Community College’s youth outreach program – Project Jericho – has been selected to receive continued funding from the Clark County Department of Job and Family Services for two years of services. Project Jericho strengthens families and equips individuals with higher self-esteem and better communication skills. The 2018 Project Scare-A-Crow theme will be "Crows Incognito" and begins in mid-September. “CHALKTOBERFEST” features the annual Project Scare-A-Crow installation and hosts a chalk art competition to be held on Saturday, October 6 at National Road Commons Park.
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Kanesha Scott has been named director of the Scholars program at Clark State Community College. The Scholars program encompasses the Champion City Scholars, Champaign County Scholars and the newly developed Clark County Scholars. Scott has been with Clark State since 2015 as the STEM program manager. The Scholars program identifies low-income middle school students who will become the first in their families to earn a college degree. Upon their graduation, the Scholars students will be eligible for three years of college at Clark State, at no cost to the students.
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All Clark State Community College campuses are officially tobacco-free. The revised policy prohibits smoking, electronic cigarettes and the use of alternative nicotine products; excluding nicotine cessation chewing gum and patches. Clark State’s tobacco-free policy became effective Friday, June 1.
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The Clark State Performing Arts Center will welcome jazz great Graham Breedlove to the Turner Studio Theatre on Friday, September 14. An Evening of Jazz with Graham Breedlove and Special Guest: award-winning vocalist Lucy Breedlove will take the stage at 8 p.m. at the Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 South Fountain Avenue in Springfield. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com.
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Clark State Community College will partner with the Clark County Board of Elections (BOE) to assess the technology equipment, policies and procedures prior to the upcoming Ohio general elections on November 6 this year. The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have jointly sponsored the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) program. The program is focused on reducing vulnerability in our national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in cyber defense, while also producing professionals with cyber defense expertise.
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The 2018-19 academic year is just underway at Clark State Community College, but the Theatre Arts program is in full-swing. This year’s productions include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Lion in Winter. The fall 2018 show, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was written by renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams. The spring 2019 show, The Lion in Winter is a family drama set in 1183 at the court of Henry II and was written by James Goldman. Auditions for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, September 4 in the Turner Studio Theatre of the Clark State Performing Arts Center.
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Clark State Community College will be open for student registration until noon today, August 18. Clark State will extend course registration by one to two days. Our Student Services professionals will provide increased support to help students prepare for class and get into a course section as quickly as possible.
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Clark State Community College has announced the names of students who achieved the 2018 Summer Semester Dean's List. Eleven (11) full-time students (those taking 12 or more credit hours) and two hundred ninety-four (294) part-time students (those taking 6-11 credit hours) earned a 3.5 grade point average or better to receive dean's list honors.
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Clark State Community College faculty Jan Didich literally stumbled onto an idea for her students last fall semester. Didich, associate professor of practical nursing at Clark State, fell and broke her wrist the day before classes began in August of 2017. Didich, along with Kathi Stute, nursing skills and simulation lab coordinator for Clark State, developed the obstetrics simulation lab for Practical Nursing (LPN) students at the Clark State Ohio Hi-Point location in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Didich said the simulation included what students would experience in a hospital setting, but with a simulation maniken.
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Robyn Hennigan, Clark State Community College assistant professor and program coordinator for the Realtime Court Reporting program has been awarded the Council on Approved Student Education (CASE) Award of Excellence. The CASE award is conferred upon an outstanding educator who exemplifies dedication to students and extraordinary contributions to reporter education. Hennigan has worked in the field of court reporting since 1989 as a freelance reporter, both for a firm and freelance business; official court reporter in the Clark County Juvenile Court; providing captioning services; and owned and operated a scoping and proofreading business.
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Clark State Community College will honor more than 30 adjunct faculty members for their years of service at the Adjunct Faculty Appreciation dinner August 15 at the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center in downtown Springfield. Shashi Chadha has been an adjunct instructor at Clark State for 40 years; she also served on the Clark State Foundation Board of Directors. Terry Black, a lifetime resident of Springfield, will be recognized for his 20 years as a Clark State adjunct instructor. Black teaches business and accounting courses.
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Clark State Community College President Dr. Jo Alice Blondin will host her sixth Convocation on Monday, August 13. Blondin entered her sixth year of service with the College in July of this year. Clark State student-athletes will be present at Convocation to introduce the Higher Learning Commission’s Criteria for Accreditation, and Blondin will speak briefly about the upcoming HLC visit in December. Dr. Linnea Stenson, the Clark State staff liaison at the Higher Learning Commission, will also elaborate on the details of the HLC visit. Clark State Convocation will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center. Clark State campus will open at 11:30 a.m. following Convocation.
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