WARREN, Ohio — A select group of third through seventh-grade students in Trumbull County will receive free violin lessons courtesy of the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra. Through the orchestra’s Strings of Joy program, a “limited number of students” will take part in the lessons with age-appropriate violins and printed sheet music loaned by the orchestra. The […]

SHARON, Pa. – The Bernstine family made a $30,000 family contribution to Penn State University to establish the Sam, Pam, Aaron, Ilia and Dierks Bernstine Open Doors Scholarship at its Shenango campus. The donation is part of the PSU-wide campaign “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence” and will leverage a two-to-one PSU match, […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Eastern Ohio Area Health Education Center (AHEC) announced its inaugural class of students for its AHEC Scholars program at Youngstown State University. AHEC Scholars provides health professions students with an opportunity to gain experience and knowledge in rural and underserved urban settings. During their junior year, students participate in didactic and […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — More than 350 students from 13 high schools throughout the region are expected to attend Business 2020. The YSU Williamson College of Business Administration, in conjunction with the Junior Achievement of the Mahoning Valley, will host the event, which features panel sessions on various aspects of business, including skill assessment and preparing […]

SHARON, Pa. – Two faculty members at Penn State Shenango, one in nursing and one in human development and family studies, have teamed up to launch an interprofessional collaboration between their fields of study. Using classroom technology and video instruction, assistant teaching professor Maureen Dunn and human development instructor Roxanne Atterholt have worked together to […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Through Nov. 21, Bliss Hall at Youngstown State University is hosting the second annual High School Mail Art Show. The exhibit features postcard-sized artwork from 150 high school juniors and seniors from 16 school districts in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the YSU Department of Art, the show is free […]

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Students in Youngstown State University’s Department of Communication took home awards for the top graduate and top undergraduate student papers at the 2018 Ohio Communication Association conference earlier this month at the University of Akron’s Wayne College. Allison Centofanti and Kaija DiPillo, graduate students in the Professional Communication master’s degree program, won […]