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Profiles

 Zach Camporese

Former Golden Eagles basketball standout, Zach Camporese, has just been voted high school Coach of the Year in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, 6A, District 9 and Overall Coach of the Year for all classifications of District 9 by his peers.

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Judy Devine: Equity Champion

Judy Devine has been called the matriarch of Â鶹ӰԺ athletics.  

U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes tours the Stark Campus on March 14

While a student at Â鶹ӰԺ, U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13) dreamed of taking the stage as a dancer in New York City, not as a congresswoman in Washington, D.C. But today she’s a star in the eyes of many, with her federal legislative debut drawing attention beyond Northeast Ohio. 

During her visit to Â鶹ӰԺ at Stark on March 14, Congresswoman Sykes talked about the power of a public education that’s affordable and close to home.

At 72, Bob Rader is working on his second bachelor's degree at Â鶹ӰԺ State.

Bob Rader’s path to becoming a Golden Flash was anything but traditional. 

Whitney Romine

Whitney Romine graduated in 2021 with a Master of Public Health, with a Social and Behavioral Sciences concentration.

Emilia Sykes and Betty Sutton

In 2006, Betty Sutton became the first Â鶹ӰԺ State alumna to serve in the U.S. Congress, when she was elected to represent Ohio’s 13th District in the House of Representatives. Sixteen years later, Â鶹ӰԺ State alumna Emilia Sykes, a native of Akron, Ohio, was elected to represent the same district, making her the first Black Â鶹ӰԺ State alum to serve in the House of Representatives.  

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Carol Cartwright was the first woman president of Â鶹ӰԺ.

In 1991, Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D., made history when she was named president of Â鶹ӰԺ, becoming not only Â鶹ӰԺ State’s first female president, but also the first woman to serve as president of any Ohio public college or university.  

Shakespeare Drawing

Some people delight in reading Shakespeare. But some people may find it difficult, confusing or incomprehensible. Senior theatre studies major Xavier Heipp has been working to create an open resource book to make Shakespeare’s writing more relatable.

Jenna Gilbreath and Michael John Gallagher

In Spring 2019 Jenna Gilbreath, ’23, was an incoming communication studies student, unsure and nervous about what her new life at Â鶹ӰԺ would look like. During an incoming student visit day, one person and one conversation reassured her that she was on the right path. That person was Michael John Gallagher II, '19.