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YSU Business Students Place 2nd at Competition | April 17, 2018

YSU Business Students Place 2nd at NASBITE

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A team of four Youngstown State University students placed second at the 2018 Nasbite International Student Case Competition. The Nasbite — the National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators International Student Competition — brings the best business students together to work on solutions to an international marketing challenge submitted by Otto […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A team of four Youngstown State University students placed second at the 2018 Nasbite International Student Case Competition. The Nasbite -- the National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators International Student Competition -- brings the best business students together to work on solutions to an international...

YSU STEM College Sees Enrollment Grow 25% | April 16, 2018

STEM Showcase at YSU Highlights Student Projects

By Wim Steelant YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – As the first and only STEM college in the state of Ohio, the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Youngstown State University is home to more than 3,500 students who receive an outstanding education from close to 300 faculty members in 10 departments. We offer associate degrees, […]

By Wim Steelant YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – As the first and only STEM college in the state of Ohio, the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Youngstown State University is home to more than 3,500 students who receive an outstanding education from close to 300 faculty members in 10...

Junior Achievement Named ‘Organization of the Year’ | April 16, 2018

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Junior Achievement USA has been named “Organization of the Year” by the Institute for Financial Literacy as part of its 2018 Excellence In Financial Literacy Education Awards. JA was presented with the award April 9 at a ceremony during the Annual Conference on Financial Education in Orlando, Fla. Financial literacy is one […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Junior Achievement USA has been named “Organization of the Year” by the Institute for Financial Literacy as part of its 2018 Excellence In Financial Literacy Education Awards. JA was presented with the award April 9 at a ceremony during the Annual Conference on Financial Education in Orlando,...

Any Given Child Warren Expands Arts Education | April 11, 2018

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WARREN, Ohio – The program director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. D.C.. sees the center’s Any Given Child program as an extension of two of the President Kennedy’s priorities. Jeanette McCune, school and community programs director for the center, addressed community partners Tuesday at Lincoln PK-8 school to […]

WARREN, Ohio – The program director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. D.C.. sees the center’s Any Given Child program as an extension of two of the President Kennedy’s priorities. Jeanette McCune, school and community programs director for the center, addressed community partners Tuesday...

YSU to Hold Five Accounting Seminars | April 11, 2018

Youngstown CPE Day takes place May 9 in Williamson Hall

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Williamson College of Business Administration and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants will host five continuing education seminars through Nov. 16. The first seminar, Youngstown CPE Day, takes place May 9 in Williamson Hall. The full-day conference provides certified public accountants, enrolled agents and tax preparers with concurrent sessions that […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Williamson College of Business Administration and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants will host five continuing education seminars through Nov. 16. The first seminar, Youngstown CPE Day, takes place May 9 in Williamson Hall. The full-day conference provides certified public accountants, enrolled agents and tax...

Engineering Students Test Exhibit Prototypes at Oh Wow! | April 6, 2018

Engineering Students Test Exhibit Prototypes at Oh Wow

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Patrons at Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology are used to testing scientific concepts. Visitors to the center Thursday found themselves as test subjects for dozens of displays created by first-year engineering students at Youngstown State University. Some 200 students in this semester’s Engineering 1560 […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Patrons at Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology are used to testing scientific concepts. Visitors to the center Thursday found themselves as test subjects for dozens of displays created by first-year engineering students at Youngstown State University. Some 200 students...

Sauer to Deliver Kent Trumbull Commencement Address | April 2, 2018

WARREN, Ohio – Diane Sauer, president and owner of Diane Sauer Chevrolet.Inc., will deliver the commencement address at Kent State University at Trumbull’s spring ceremony. More than 200 students will be graduate at the ceremony, which begins at 6 p.m. May 12, at Packard Music Hall. Earlier that day, Kent State Trumbull will provide a […]

WARREN, Ohio – Diane Sauer, president and owner of Diane Sauer Chevrolet.Inc., will deliver the commencement address at Kent State University at Trumbull’s spring ceremony. More than 200 students will be graduate at the ceremony, which begins at 6 p.m. May 12, at Packard Music Hall. Earlier that day, Kent...

Farrow, #MeToo Founder Shine Light on Sexual Abuse | March 29, 2018

Farrow, #MeToo Founder Shine Light on Sexual Abuse

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Rape, sexual harassment and other criminal behavior drew a large audience to Stambaugh Auditorium Wednesday night to hear reporter Ronan Farrow and the woman behind #MeToo, Tarana Burke, tell of the strides made to date and work to be done in stopping such behavior. Rape and sexual harassment are not limited to […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Rape, sexual harassment and other criminal behavior drew a large audience to Stambaugh Auditorium Wednesday night to hear reporter Ronan Farrow and the woman behind #MeToo, Tarana Burke, tell of the strides made to date and work to be done in stopping such behavior. Rape and sexual...

Chemistry Research at YSU Gets NSF Grant | March 27, 2018

WASHINGTON – The National Science Foundation has awarded $293,943 to Youngstown State University for a chemistry research project, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan announced Monday. The award will fund a project entitled “RUI: Mechanistic Elucidation of the Formation of Secondary Building Units in Metal Organic Frameworks via Tandem Spectroscopic and Synthetic Approaches,” according to a Ryan’s […]

WASHINGTON – The National Science Foundation has awarded $293,943 to Youngstown State University for a chemistry research project, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan announced Monday. The award will fund a project entitled “RUI: Mechanistic Elucidation of the Formation of Secondary Building Units in Metal Organic Frameworks via Tandem Spectroscopic and Synthetic...

Sracic Selected for Second Fullbright Award | March 22, 2018

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Paul Sracic, professor and chairman of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University, has been granted for the second time, a Fulbright Award to lecture in Japan. Sracic is believed to be the first YSU professor to earn two Fulbright honors. His first in 2009 was also in […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Paul Sracic, professor and chairman of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University, has been granted for the second time, a Fulbright Award to lecture in Japan. Sracic is believed to be the first YSU professor to earn two Fulbright honors. His first...