Education roundup: Law Enforcement Expo at Stark State this week
JACKSON TWP. – A Law Enforcement Expo is set for 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday in Stark State College’s Business and Entrepreneurial Center, 6200 Frank Ave. NW in Jackson Township.
The event, open to all, will highlight career opportunities such as police officer, park police, watercraft officer, wildlife officer, BCI agent, undercover drug agent, transit or airport police, gaming agent, detective, SWAT officer and more. The expo also will feature SSC training programs for law enforcement careers as well as more than 20 local and state departments and agencies with available law enforcement positions.
The Canton Police Department SWAT team and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad will be in the spotlight, along with K9 maneuvers and drone demonstrations.
Stark State’s Career Services experts also will be on hand with tips about job-seeking skills, including interviewing, resumes and more.
The College’s next Law Enforcement Academy is set for June 6-Dec. 18 with a registration deadline of April 22. For more information: www.starkstate.edu/law-enforcement-academy or email LEAinfo@starkstate.edu.
Kids’ College returns to Stark State
JACKSON TWP. – Kids’ College at Stark State College is back this summer after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
Registration begins Tuesday online or at an event from 5 to 7 p.m. that will include tours of the College’s Business and Entrepreneurial Center at 6200 Frank Ave. NW, where Kids’ College classes are held.
Online registration and a list of available classes can be found at www.starkstate.edu/kidscollege.
Kids’ College is Stark State’s popular summer program that develops students’ interests and creativity through fun and unique learning opportunities. Held during June, students can sign up for one, two, three or all four weeks of the sessions offered for grades one to three and four to seven. Classes cover academic enrichment, fine arts, physical movement, STEM and hobbies and recreation.
For registration help, call 330-494-6170, ext. 4694, or email ashriner@starkstate.edu.
Kids’ College is a registered day camp through the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Medical scholarships available
JACKSON TWP. – The Stark County Medical Society Auxiliary-Charitable Fund is accepting applications for the 2022-23 academic year. Scholarships are awarded to select students who show promise in their chosen health care field of study. Consideration is given to students who are within one to two years of completing their course of study. Students are encouraged to apply once they have completed a year of their professional study
Applicant eligibility criteria:
Resident of Stark County/ graduate from a Stark County high school
Nearing completion of a year in an accredited health care program in the state of Ohio
Completed application must be received by May 1
Applications are available at the Stark County Medical Society website www.starkmedical.org and at https://tinyurl.com/SCMSAscholarship. Applications may be mailed to Stark County Medical Society Auxiliary-Charitable Fund, c/o Stark County Medical Society, 4942 Higbee Ave. NW, Suite L, Canton, OH 44718. For more information, phone the SCMS office at 330-492-3333.
Perry grad wins speech championship
A Perry High School graduate has won a national speech championship at the college level.
Abreanna “Abby” Blose, a freshman studying journalism at Ohio University, was named a national champion in the Informative Speaking category in March at the Pi Kappa Delta Nationals in Orlando, Fla.
As part of the competition, Blose delivered a 10-minute speech to a panel of judges.
Bre Reidl, also a Perry High School graduate and an Ohio University student, placed second in the nation in the Small Group Discussion category.
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