CANTON – Malone University officials recently announced that the institution is adding esports to its intercollegiate offerings for students. The new program will begin this month with the hosting of a tournament for high school students Jan. 15.
Malone officials are exploring membership in the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) and will launch the program with competition in League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Valorant.
To commemorate the launch of the new esports program, Malone is sponsoring a tournament Jan. 15 for students grades 9 through 12. The tournament, Rocket Smash, will offer competition in Rocket League and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Prizes will be offered for first, second and third place in each competition.
“Players will compete as teams for the Rocket League game and individually for Super Smash Bros. Those eliminated will still have an opportunity to compete in non-tournament play,” said Andrew Boak, tournament director and programmer analyst at Malone.
For more information and to register for the tournament, visit www.malone.edu/rocketsmash. There is no cost to participate.
JACKSON TWP. – Stark State College is making it easy for prospective students to get enrolled in just one day to take advantage of the more-than-half-off tuition discount for spring semester, which begins Jan. 18.
Express Enrollment days are scheduled through Jan. 15. For dates, times and more information, visit www.starkstate.edu/express, email [email protected] or call 330-494-6170. Students can talk to admissions counselors, get financial aid advice and take admission tests. Classes are being offered online and on campus. Bring high school (and any college) transcripts along with the student’s 2019 income tax return (and parents’ return if a dependent).
Walk-ins are accepted, but reservations are preferred at starkstate.edu/express. Admissions applications can be found online at starkstate.edu/admissions_form.
CANTON – The deadline for the Canton Symphony Orchestra’s sixth annual Music Educator of the Year Award is Thursday. Anyone can nominate a music educator for this award. We will celebrate their hard work, perseverance, and dedication to sharing music in our community. The award will be presented March 5, during the MasterWorks concert, Celebration of the Canton Symphony Orchestra.
The Music Educator of the Year Award will be presented alongside the Art Educator of the Year Award, and be co-sponsored by both the Canton Museum of Art and the Massillon Museum. To learn more about this award and to nominate a music educator, visit www.cantonsymphony.org/music-educator-of-the-year-award/.
Links to nominate an art educator are available on the Massillon Museum (www.massillonmuseum.org/art-educator-of-the-year-award) and Canton Museum of Art (cantonart.org/art-educator-year-award) websites.
RICHMOND, Va. – Through its Educational Equity Scholarship Program, Dominion Energy is awarding $500,000 in scholarships to 60 students in 2022. In its second year of the six-year $10 million initiative, the program assists with undergraduate higher education expenses for underrepresented minority students who reside in the company’s service area.
The scholarship application period is open through 4 p.m. Jan. 25.
To be eligible, students must:
In all, 60 scholarships totaling $500,000 will be awarded in 2022. Of those, 20 scholarships of $5,000 each will be made available for students enrolled in two-year schools, while 40 scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to students enrolled in four-year schools. Scholarship recipients will be able to renew scholarships as they progress in school, provided they meet certain criteria, such as GPA requirements and residence in an eligible state.
The program is administered by Scholarship America, a nonprofit specializing in managing scholarship and tuition assistance programs. Scholarship America will support Dominion Energy in the selection of finalists.
JACKSON TWP. – There’s good news for Northeast Ohio college students with “stranded credits” – those they’ve earned but can’t access because their former institution is holding their transcript as collateral for an unpaid balance to the institution.
Stark State College and seven other Northeast Ohio higher education institutions will work with Ithaka S+R, a provider for strategic advice and support services to academic and cultural communities, to design and pilot a compact to settle institutional debt and release transcripts of returning students with those stranded credits.
An estimated 6.6 million students nationally have stranded credits with average balances ranging from $631 for former community college students to $4,400 for former students at research universities.
The pilot program plans outreach to students this spring, with students beginning re-enrollment through the compact as early as fall.
