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Clark State Community College will offer Professional Supervisor Training beginning Thursday, September 19. The training course will be held weekly on Thursdays through November 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The course will address the core functional areas of supervision: management effectiveness, work ethic, assigning work, planning, effective communication, leadership, coaching, motivation, managing conflict and more. Participants will learn tools and guidelines to enhance personal development and utilize individual skills.
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Clark State Community College has appointed Dr. Rhoda Sommers as the dean of Health, Human, and Public Services. Sommers is an experienced leader in higher education, having served as an academic dean for 11 years at two different institutions, Malone University in Canton, Ohio, and Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. She has also served as a full-time faculty member in teacher education for five years and taught elementary and middle school in Ohio and Pennsylvania for 13 years. Sommers grew up near Columbus, Ohio, earned her bachelor’s degree from Cedarville University, master’s degree from Grace College and her doctoral degree from Andrews University.
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Clark State Community College is now offering 12-week, D-term courses during the fall and spring semesters. Ron Gordon, dean of enrollment services for Clark State, said as an open access institution, students are applying to Clark State at various times of the year and expecting the opportunity to begin taking classes as soon as possible. D-term is slightly accelerated compared to the 16-week term. Students will have 12 weeks of instruction beginning September 16 and will conclude the first week of December. Clark State offers year-round registration.
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Clark State Community College in partnership with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office will offer four active shooter training sessions free to the public beginning September 5. Clark State and the Clark County Sheriff’s Office want to ensure the public is prepared and will offer a modular, comprehensive, active killer survival presentation to the citizens of Clark County. These free active shooter training sessions are open to the public. No registration is required. These sessions are not weapons training classes. Some content may not be suitable for young children.
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Clark State Community College will host a Welcome Back Fun Fair on Wednesday, August 28 featuring up-and-coming country artist Ryan Mundy from noon to 1 p.m. on the main campus in Springfield. Mundy is a 2013 graduate of Clark State with an associate degree in Business Management. Now managing his own country music career, Mundy has performed at venues in Nashville and Columbus. The Clark State Welcome Back Fun Fair is free of charge and will also feature a part-time student job fair, food, games, a bounce house for future Eagles, vendors and resources. The event will be held in front on Rhodes Hall beginning at 11 a.m.
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Clark State Community College welcomed Christopher Wamsley as the new head coach of the women’s softball team. Wamsley said he believes this is an outstanding opportunity to make an immediate impact on a key portion of the athletic programs at Clark State, while also helping to develop a group of very well-rounded, successful student-athletes. The Clark State softball program will hold two open tryout sessions from 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesday, September 3 and Thursday, September 5 for any student interested in trying out for the 2019-2020 team.
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Clark State Community College has been selected by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) for its Expanding Community College Apprenticeship (ECCA) Initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The ECCA Initiative will provide direct support to Clark State to expand registered apprenticeship opportunities across the counties served by the college. AACC selected Clark State for nearly $140,000 in funding over a 32-month period effective immediately. Clark State was identified as uniquely positioned to provide relevant career and technical education in support of apprenticeship initiatives serving labor market needs, primarily in cybersecurity.
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Over twenty Project Jericho teenagers are immersed in the painting of a large outdoor mural in downtown Springfield. The Rose City mural located at 10 E. Main Street on the east facing wall of the Starrett & Fried building is a celebration of Springfield’s vibrant history of being the “floral center of the world” from the late 1800s until the 1930s. On Tuesday, August 27 from 5-6:30 p.m. the community is invited to attend the celebration and dedication of the mural located on site at the newly renovated outdoor space next to the Bushnell building.
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Clark State Community College will honor more than 40 adjunct faculty members for their years of service at the Adjunct Faculty Appreciation dinner Wednesday, August 14. The Adjunct Faculty Appreciation dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 14 at the Clark State Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center in downtown Springfield.
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Clark State Community College has been awarded $899,228 in grant funding from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. Clark State’s grant proposal noted that many people in rural areas of Ohio have extremely limited access to medication-assisted treatment, and it is a critical issue in the rural areas of Southwest Ohio where opioid abuse rates are high but local access to treatment is limited. Clark State will partner with multiple employers and agencies across Clark, Greene, Champaign, Logan, Madison and Montgomery counties to ensure the successful delivery of the CDCA I and II and the PPRS paraprofessionals education and training programs.
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Clark State Community College President Dr. Jo Alice Blondin will host her seventh Convocation on Monday, August 12. Blondin entered her seventh year of service with the College in July of this year. Convocation will focus on the services offered through Clark State’s Office of Student Support. Started in the summer of 2018, the Office of Student Support leverages community and college resources to enable students to address those barriers and complete their degrees. Clark State Convocation will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center. All Clark State campus locations will open at 11:30 a.m. following Convocation.
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Following the devastating news of an early morning mass shooting on Sunday, August 4, in Dayton’s Oregon District, Clark State Community College has pledged to ramp up campus security and offer counseling services to those affected. Our hearts are with everyone impacted by the tragic events in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas. As a community we continue to work together to offer resources and supportive services to our students, faculty and staff.
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The Clark State Community College-Springfield Regional School of Nursing will host a site visit for continuing accreditation of its associate degree nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The public is invited to meet the ACEN site visit team and share comments about the program in person on September 18. Written comments are also encouraged and must be received by the ACEN by September 3, 2019.
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Clark State Community College Board of Trustees member, Jim Doyle, has been elected chair of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) Board of Trustees. This appointment makes Doyle the second Clark State Trustee to be elected to this position following Maureen Grady in 1990. Doyle is active in both the OACC and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). Doyle has been a staunch advocate for community colleges with state and federal legislators.
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Clark State Community College was selected by the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) for the Exemplary Non-Credit Program Award for its ISO9001 training. The Clark State ISO 9001 training program launched in 2017 and has served around 50 companies. This has resulted in 1,500 jobs through layoff aversion or new positions created. Clark State will be honored at the NCWE Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas on October 8.
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Clark State Community College will host Auditor of State Keith Faber on Wednesday, July 31. Faber is Ohio’s 33rd Auditor of State. From 2001-2018, he served Ohioans in the state legislature, including time as President of the Ohio Senate. Faber will be meeting with Blondin and key faculty, staff, and students at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 31 at Clark State’s main campus in Springfield.
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Clark State Community College has appointed five new members to the Clark State Foundation Board of Directors. Their term began July 1 of this year and ends June 30, 2022.
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Due to excessive heat warnings in the Miami Valley area, Clark State Community College will open all campus locations as public cooling stations, today, Thursday, July 18 and Friday, July 19. Bottled water will be available at each location.
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Clark State Community College will celebrate 50 years of the Basic Peace Officer Training Academy with an anniversary reception on August 1, 2019. The 50th Anniversary Reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center in downtown Springfield, Ohio. The graduation ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the adjacent Clark State Performing Arts Center. All Clark State Police Academy graduates are encouraged to join in the 50th Anniversary celebration. There is no cost to attend.
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Clark State Community College welcomed Angie Arthur as the new head coach of women’s volleyball. Angie began her coaching career at Olive Branch Middle School and then moved up to the junior varsity position at Tecumseh High School. From there, Arthur went on to coach varsity at Emmanuel Christian Academy. She has also coached volleyball for Kenton Ridge High School and the Sharks Volleyball Club. The Clark State women’s volleyball season will begin in August. Tryouts will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 9 and Thursday, July 11 in the Clark State gymnasium.
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