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Ohio Governor John Kasich has declared by Resolution February 10 - 17, 2018, as Ohio Court Reporting & Captioning Week, and Clark State will recognize this Resolution along with National Court Reporting & Captioning Week. Clark State offers an online associate degree in Judicial Court Reporting, with an additional semester offering of a career-enhancement certificate for Captioning.
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Clark State Community College and Springfield Fire-Rescue Division will award 11 graduates with a Firefighter II short-term technical certification at a ceremony on February 16. Jeremy Linn, fire safety services training coordinator for Clark State, said there is a need in the area for full-time career firefighters as well as volunteer firefighters who provide community service in smaller and more rural areas.
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Prince Charming will make a one-night stop at the Clark State Performing Arts Center in hopes of finding the owner of a glass slipper. Charming – last seen at the Ball with an unidentified female – plans to propose to the one woman upon whom the slipper will properly fit. The Clark State Performing Arts Center will welcome Prince Charming - and his quest to find the owner of the coveted glass slipper - in the Broadway performance of Cinderella on Friday, February 23.
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Clark State Community College has announced the names of students who achieved the 2017 Fall Semester Dean's List. Two hundred thirty-nine (239) full-time students (those taking 12 or more credit hours) and seven hundred thirty-one (731) 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 and Mercy Health will host a dinner event in honor of Black History Month on Thursday, February 15 at the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center in downtown Springfield. The theme of the event is “Health in the Black Community,” and it will feature a panel of local minority health experts. A limited number of tickets for the “Health in the Black Community” event are available. Tickets are free, but must be reserved.
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Toni Overholser, director of workforce and business solutions for Clark State Community College, has been named the 2018 Greene County Career Center Friend of Education. The Greene County Career Center Friend of Education is presented annually to an individual, business or organization that exemplifies the Career Center’s mission of empowering students through advanced technologies, integrated instruction and community partnerships to succeed in career, college and life.
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Clark State Community College and the Champaign Economic Partnership (CEP) have joined forces to enhance regional workforce and economic development efforts in Champaign County, Ohio, and the surrounding areas. The expanded partnership will provide Clark State with a home base in Champaign County allowing better coordination of the regional workforce and economic development efforts, as well as provide more convenient access to the local businesses and other partners.
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Acrobatic dance group DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion will perform at the Clark State Performing Arts Center on Friday, February 9 as part of the Club Kuss Series presented by Mary Alice and Steve Neely. A Top 10 finalist on the 2017 season of America’s Got Talent,DIAVOLO uses dance to explore the relationship between the human body and its architectural environment.
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Clark State Community College will celebrate Black History Month with a February calendar full of events and opportunities for students and the community. The Central State Chorus will kick-off the month-long celebration with a performance on February 2 at 8 p.m. at the Clark State Performing Arts Center.
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Clark State Community College will welcome the Central State University Chorus to the Performing Arts Center on February 2 for their fifth consecutive concert in celebration of Black History Month. The Central State Chorus ensemble is comprised of 50 singers. This year’s theme is the celebration of American music. The highly acclaimed Central State University Chorus has a repertoire encompassing all periods and styles, including spirituals of African Americans, gospel and jazz.
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Clark State Community College will welcome Cristina Pato to the Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 27 as part of the Club Kuss Series presented by Mary Alice and Steve Neely. Pato daringly skirts the boundaries of jazz, classical and world music, and in her recent album LATINA, she and her band The Cristina Pato Quartet delve into the musical genre of Latin music.
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Clark State Community College has partnered with Graham Local Schools; the United Way of Clark, Champaign and Madison Counties; and Battelle for Kids to present the 2018 Literacy Summit on January 23. Kirk Koennecke, superintendent of Graham Local Schools said the Literacy Summit is the first regional literacy event in the state of Ohio. The Literacy Summit will also feature a panel of students from Clark State.
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Clark State Community College will hold a Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, beginning at 4:45 p.m. in the Sara T. Landess Technology and Learning Center Boardroom on the Leffel Lane Campus in Springfield.
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Clark State Community College and the City of Springfield will host the 28th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon on Friday, January 12 at 11:30 a.m. in the Grand Hall of the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center in downtown Springfield. A student from each high school in Clark County has been nominated to be recognized as a Peacemaker for exemplifying a zeal for social justice and service to others. The keynote speaker for this year's Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon will be Reverend Darryl Simmons.
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Clark State Community College will welcome humor-writer David Sedaris to the Performing Arts Center on April 16. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Tickets for Sedaris’ show will be available at ticketmaster.com at 9 a.m., January 15.
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The Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center will welcome the National Broadway Tour of Cabaret on Wednesday, January 10. As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, the critically acclaimed and award-winning Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to present Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall’s Tony Award-winning production of Cabaret. Tickets for Cabaret are available at ticketmaster.com and range from $53 to $63. Cabaret begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 South Fountain Avenue in downtown Springfield.
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Clark State Community College alumnus Jenna Schmid will return to Clark State later this January, not as a student, but as an adjunct professor of Convergence and Security. Schmid is from Fairborn, Ohio, and graduated from Clark State in May of 2016 with a dual degree in Computer Networking and CyberSecurity. She was awarded the first Nancy Blondin Scholarship.
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Clark State Community College Associate Professor Chris Bays has been honored for his poem “Despite Rising Seas” which took 1st place in a national poetry contest. Haiku Society of America sponsored the contest for Best Unpublished Haibun of 2017. The haibun, a hybrid form, combines prose poetry with haiku. It has a tradition spanning from the 17th century to modern times.
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The Clark State Commercial Transportation Training Center will begin offering a weekend course option to obtain a CDL Class A license in January of 2018. This ten-week semi-truck driving training program is tailored for working adults who want to train for a new career as a commercial driver, without leaving their existing job. Program fees includes all books, materials, testing and fees. Financial assistance may be available to individuals who qualify.
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Clark State Community College will hold a graduation ceremony for cadets of the Peace Officer Training Academy at 6 p.m. on January 4, 2018, in the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center, 275 South Limestone Street. Clark State will offer an evening Peace Officer Training Academy beginning January 8 from 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. A daytime Peace Officer Training Academy will begin March 5 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and includes several weekends for on-and-off-site training.
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