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For information on the main or other regional campuses see Kent State University
Free Daytime Classes
Kent State, Geauga Branch
GED preparation classes
Instruction in English, Math or Reading
Geauga County Educational Service Center
For information, call 285-2222, 834-1856, 564-7131, ext. 6461.
Senior Guest ProgramIf you have been an Ohio resident for the last year, and are either 55 of years of age and retired or 60 years of age, you qualify for Kent's Senior Guest Program.
Any academic classes, provided you have met the prerequisites, are available to you without a grade or credits. You may register for a class the first day it is offered as long as space is available. If a class is filled, it would not be open for the Senior Guest Program.
The average age of students at Kent's seven regional campuses is 26. Classes are open to any students with a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. Loans, scholarships and grants are available to the regional campuses.
Student services and activities are numerous, and many target the adult student. Student government, intramural sports, music, theater, NEXUS, and A.N.T.S. are a few of the activities offered at the various campuses.
GED ClassesMondays
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tuesdays
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Wednesdays
3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Room 150To enroll, call 284-2222, 834-1856 or 564-7131
Portage/Geauga One-Stop, Inc.One-Stop is a newly formed Ohio partnership that shares employment and training resources among partner agencies in Portage and Geauga Counties based on a grant from the State of Ohio. It will offer job search assistance, job matching, referrals, and Internet access to the Ohio Job Net and America's Job Bank.
For further information call Jayne Kracker at KSU at 834-4187.
Geauga Economic Leadership BreakfastThe GEL breakfast is held at 8:00 a.m. on the first Friday of every month, at the campus. A featured speaker focuses on matters facing Geauga County, or other business-related issues. Cost of the meeting is a $2.00 donation. Reservations are requested. Call Darlene Canton at 834-4187 or 951-1447. However, plans change and if you don't get the opportunity to call ahead, please still join us.
Scholarship Walkway and GardenThe walkway project, to benefit students and the community, will be constructed at the Kent State University Geauga Campus, in Burton.
Individuals, families, and businesses will be able to purchase engraved bricks to be placed in the walkway, and designate a Geauga County school system to be honored.
As each school system reaches a goal of 250 bricks, it will be awarded an annual $1,000 scholarship to Kent-Geauga.
Kent-Geauga hopes to provide up to seven scholarships annually, as well as internships with Geauga County businesses, through a new program called the Kent-Geauga Scholarship Challenge. Each high school will award the scholarship and an internship with with a Geauga County corporation to a deserving student who may not otherwise be able to afford a college education.
Individual bricks may be purchased for $50, and corporate bricks for $100. Bricks may be engraved with a family name, business name, or in memory of a loved one. Purchase of a brick is tax-deductible.
For further information, contact Jeff at Kent State University Geauga Campus Scholarship Challenge at 834-4187.
Kent-Geauga offers the following courses of study:
Associate of Arts
Associate of Science
Associate of Applied Business
Associate of Technical Study (individual)
Associate of Technical Study (Industrial Trades Technology)
Administrative Staff:
Dr. Christopher Williams, Campus Dean
Dr. Jay M. Jahangiri, Interim Director of Academic Affairs
Catherine Baker, Director of Student Services
Mary Hricko, Library Director, Student Activities Coordinator
Louise Senra, Coordinator Academic Support Services
Jayne Kracker, Director, Technical Training and Workforce Development
Gayle Gannon, Chrysler-Twinsburg Program Specialist
Nan Burr, Geauga County School-to-Work Liaison
Elaine McConnell, Small Business Development Center Counselor
Linda Morris, Administrative Secretary
Michael O'Karma, Assistant Bookstore Manager
Jeffery Beuck, Faculty Secretary/Office Coordinator
Betty Landrus, Admissions and Records
Berdie Noland, Custodial/Maintenance
Darleane Canton, Secretary
Greg Dykes, Network Systems Specialist
Cathy Kolcum, Clerical Specialist
Terry Montello, Financial Aid Adviser
Bill Morgan, Custodial/Maintenance
Donald Martini, Maintenance Work RepairmanFull-Time Faculty
Sandra Eaglen, Lecturer, English and Theater
Dr. Jay M. Jahangiri, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ritchie Latimore, Assistant Professor of Computer Technology (rlatimore@geauga.kent.edu)
Ralph Lindeman, Associate Professor of Accounting Technology
Dr. Robert Peterson, Associate Professor of Business Management Technology
Dr. Renate Prescott, Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Sharon Tkacz, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ken Vinciquerra, Assistant Professor of Technology
Dr. Christopher Williams, Associate Professor of Pan-African StudiesOther regional campuses:
Ashtabula (964-3322)
East Liverpool (385-3805)
Salem (332-0361)
Stark (535-3377 - Akron) or (499-9600 - Canton)
Trumbull (678-4281 - Kent) or (847-0571 - Warren)
Tuscarawas (339-3391)