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The Rafinski Student Center was dedicated on August 19 in honor of Clark State’s fourth president, Dr. Karen Rafinski. Amid a packed house of faculty, staff, students and honored guests, Rafinski was honored for her dedication to education and Clark State Community College.
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The Clark State Community College Theatre Arts Program brought home 14 awards, including best show of the season for The Foreigner, at the DayTony Gala held at Sinclair Community College on Saturday, August 8.
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The Ohio Department of Higher Education (formerly the Ohio Board of Regents) has approved 24 certificates of study as Short-Term Technical Certificates at Clark State Community College. These certificates are less than the full one-year technical certificates currently available. The Short-Term Technical Certificates can be earned in less than 30 semester credit hours.
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Clark State Community College will hold a dedication ceremony for the new Karen Rafinski Student Center at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 19 on the Leffel Lane Campus. The Student Center dedication will be held in Ryan’s Place, named for Rafinski’s late stepson.
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Clark State Community College will hold a Summer Cybersecurity Intern Showcase from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Wednesday, August 5 at the Clark State Greene Center Campus. Eleven Clark State students engaged in research and hands-on cybersecurity work projects and a three-day "Hack Fest" where they gained first-hand experience defending systems against hackers.
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Justin Pinn started making a name for himself in Springfield City Schools and through Champion City Scholars. Today, he continues to achieve great successes.
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Assistant coach for the Clark State Community College women’s basketball team, Stefan Stansbury, has been appointed interim head coach for the Lady Eagles team for the 2015-16 season. Stansbury will fill the shoes of former head coach Markell Cox who has accepted the position of assistant coach for the women’s basketball team and head coach of the women’s golf team at Urbana University.
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Johns Hopkins University presented two youth programs in partnership with Clark State Community College. The summer programs: Engineering Innovation for high school students and Phone & Games for middle school students, have both been extremely successful.
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Clark State Community College and Wittenberg University have joined forces to make a college education more affordable for students by establishing a new three-plus-one option for students. The three-plus-one option allows students to complete three years of college courses at Clark State and one year at Wittenberg in order to obtain a bachelor’s degree.
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Former Clark State Community College student Ryan Knox says the most challenging part of being in the entertainment industry is “waiting your turn.” On June 30 of this year, it was Knox’s turn to land his dream job. Knox, a graduate of Springfield High School, is now a follow-spot operator and technician with the Cirque du Soleil show KÁ in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The Clark State Performing Arts Center will feature more than a dozen performances during the 2015-16 season, which kicks off with The Illusionists on September 11.
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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 visit Springfield’s Clark State Performing Arts Center on September 11 & 12 during a 25 city U.S. tour. Tickets for THE ILLUSIONISTS go on sale Monday, July 6 and are available at the Clark State Performing Arts Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at ticketmater.com.
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Clark State Community College sophomore Cecil Pratt will preside over the Student Senate as the newly elected president of the organization for the 2015-16 academic year.
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Second-year Clark State Community College student Nick Costides is the first student to qualify for the new Tuition Challenge Program savings plan. The Tuition Challenge Program allows full-time students to receive up to a ten percent rebate on their tuition for the following semester.
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The Clark State Community College Board of Trustees voted to implement a voluntary tuition freeze effective immediately. Freezing tuition for academic credit programs at current rates is one of many cost-saving strategies Clark State has implemented in an effort to make a college degree more attainable. The tuition freeze will allow students to maintain current costs for in-state instructional, general and technology fees.
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Clark State Community College is holding a Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Sara T. Landess Technology and Learning Center Boardroom on Leffel Lane Campus in Springfield.
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Clark State Community College and Stark State College in North Canton, Ohio, will join forces in a combined Judicial Court Reporting program beginning in the spring semester of 2016. The Ohio Board of Regents has also approved the shared program.
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Following her graduation with an associate degree in secretarial science, Debbie Ingling made her way back to the Clark Technical College and began her new job as the first switchboard operator and secretary; that was on July 12, 1972. On May 29 of this year, she will officially retire from Clark State Community College with 37 years of service.
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The Ohio Board of Regents approved a new Food Science and Technology program to begin at Clark State Community College in the fall semester of this year. Students completing the program will earn an Associate of Applied Science and have a transfer pathway option to The Ohio State University upon completion and graduation.
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Johns Hopkins University will present two youth programs for esteemed high school and middle school students in Clark County. The summer programs being held at Clark State Community College in Springfield, both quickly reached maximum capacity.
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