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Pete’s Pride marks first anniversary
Steve Hazely and Reenie Frank at the Pete’s Pride reception. Nearly 90 members of Pete’s Pride attended a reception earlier this summer to celebrate the first anniversary of the formation of the new...
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Can you spell…ENGINEERING?
Kerry Meyers, director of YSU’s first-year engineering program, brought together incoming freshmen engineering students during IGNITE for a unique project – create letters to spell out the word...
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Honors College “Passing the Torch”
The first entering class of the newly established Honors College at YSU was formally welcomed by current Honors students and alumni at a “Passing of the Torch” ceremony and picnic on Monday, Aug. 17,...
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YSU leads the way in GIVEback, GOforward
John Carey, chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, and Bonnie K. Burman, director of the Ohio Department of Aging, were joined by Pete the Penguin and Gator from Eastern Gateway...
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Fabricae Vniuersitatis: Ed Villone
When Ed Villone started working as a security guard for Strouss department store in Boardman in 1979, he didn’t know it would be just the beginning of a successful career in criminal justice. Villone...
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New faculty
YSUpdate welcomes the following faculty who are new to YSU this year: Kathleen Aspiranti Assistant Professor Counseling, Special Education, School Psychology Cara A. Carramusa Instructor Physical...
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Faculty/staff achievements
Yogesh Uppal Yogesh Uppal, associate professor, Economics, co-authored a paper titled “Election Cycles and Electricity Provision: Evidence from a Quasi-experiment with Indian Special Elections,” that...
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On the move: Summer office relocations on campus
Career Services staff, from the left, Susan George, administrative assistant; Diane Hritz, career coordinator; and Christina Hardy, career coordinator, stand outside their new office location in...
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Freshmen numbers, quality up; retention, graduation are priorities
Larger. Higher test scores. More diverse. Those are the buzzwords around this year’s freshman class at YSU. Preliminary numbers show a 17 percent increase in freshmen on campus this fall compared to...
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Governor appoints retired surgeon to YSU Board of Trustees
Gov. John R. Kasich has appointed Dr. Charles R. Bush, a retired cardiac thoracic surgeon and alumnus of Youngstown State University, to the YSU Board of Trustees. Dr. Bush, who lives in Powell, Ohio,...
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Youngstown State University’s enrollment picture is taking a turn for the better according to student counts released today for Fall Semester. While overall enrollment has dropped more than 4 percent...
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This Week at YSU, Sept. 7, 2015
The Penguins open the 2015 home schedule Saturday, 7 p.m. against Robert Morris in Stambaugh Stadium. Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. YSU closed. Tuesday, Sept. 8. The YSU Board of Trustees meets on the...
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Speaker Series on Energy and the Environment resumes Sept. 9
Youngstown State University will again host the Speaker Series on Energy and the Environment this Fall Semester, starting Sept. 9 and running through Nov. 18. The lectures, free and open to the public,...
View ArticleAccounting and Auditing Update set for Sept. 18 at YSU
The Youngstown Accounting and Auditing Update for accounting professionals, offered by the Lariccia School of Accounting and Finance in the Williamson College of Business Administration and...
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Meet the Employers Day Sept. 23 in Williamson Hall at YSU
Angela Murphy, senior marketing management major from Canfield, meets with Matthew Veneskey, senior analyst, and Nick Volinchak, assistant quality control manager, from Sage Data Services to discuss...
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YSU’s News Outlet part of election grant from Knight Foundation
Youngstown State University’s News Outlet will work with the Akron Beacon Journal, the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron and the Jefferson Center to study elections and...
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YSU introduces new bachelor of science degree in Biochemistry
In response to the continuing growth of the bioscience industry in Ohio, Youngstown State University is launching a new bachelor of science degree in Biochemistry. “This new bachelor’s program provides...
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This Week at YSU, Sept. 14, 2015
Tomi Ovaska Monday, Sept.14, 4 p.m. The YSU College of Liberal Art and Social Sciences kicks off its Faculty Scholars Forum in the CLASS Dean’s Conference Room in DeBartolo Hall. This week’s forum...
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YSU CLASS Faculty Scholars Forum starts this week
Tomi Ovaska Topics ranging from laboring-class poets to socialism’s effect on Estonia will be covered in the Faculty Scholars Forum of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Youngstown...
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Art of Mexican artist featured in Bliss Hall gallery
Humberto Saenz The work of Mexican artist Humberto Saenz is featured in the Judith Rae Solomon Gallery in Youngstown State University’s Bliss Hall through Oct. 1. The Gallery is open to the public 9...
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