Stark State College of Technology
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Stark State College of Technology Stark County Technical Institute Stark State Technical Institute Stark Technical College |
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| Motto | Changing Lives ... Building Futures |
| Type | Higher education |
| Established | 1960 |
| President | Para Jones |
| Students | 15,452 |
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Jackson Township, Ohio, U.S. 40°52′15″N 81°26′24″W / 40.8708°N 81.4400°WCoordinates: 40°52′15″N 81°26′24″W / 40.8708°N 81.4400°W |
| Colors | Red and blue |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Website | www |
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Stark State College, also known as Stark State, is a public college located in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The school offers 230 majors, options, one-year certificates and career enhancement certificates. Approximately 4,000 noncredit students are enrolled in continuing education and contract training activities. As of fall 2013, the enrollment is 15,452.
Stark State College offers courses in the fields of liberal arts, business and entrepreneurial studies, health sciences, engineering technologies, information technologies, education and human services, math and sciences. The school awards degrees of associate of arts, associate of science, associate of applied science, associate of applied business and associate of technical studies.
Clayton G. Horn, Samuel Krugliak, and Ralph Regula were the leading figures in the founding of Stark State College in 1960. The college originally was named Stark County Technical Institute and over the years, renamed Stark State Technical Institute and Stark Technical College. In 1996, the college was renamed Stark State College of Technology and, most recently, renamed as Stark State College.
Stark State is located on 200 acres (81 ha) in Jackson Township near North Canton, Ohio. Stark State also owns 42 acres (17 ha) on the corner of Frank and Mega roads, used primarily for parking. Recently the college expanded the campus by six buildings and 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2). Stark State also offers classes at satellite campuses in Alliance, Barberton and Downtown Canton.
Stark State College opened a site at 755 White Pond Dr. in Akron, where the College began offering classes in January 2017. Stark State is currently leasing three of four floors (34,212 square feet) in the White Pond building, which already housed classrooms and laboratories and required minimal modification and capital investment by the College. Stark State College Akron’s permanent location along Route 8 at the Perkins Street exit is currently under construction. The 50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is scheduled for completion in March 2018, opening in Fall 2018.
Stark State College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. In addition, a number of its specific programs are separately accredited by organizations in their respective fields.
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