Youngstown State University

Fifteen students and two faculty members from the Williamson College of Business Administration at YSU toured the Fushimi Inaris Shrine, Nanzeji Temple, Osaka Castle along with other landmarks and visited Japanese businesses during a Global Learning Experience program. The 10-day trip in January introduced YSU students to Japanese cultures, international businesses and explored resources available to startups in the global marketplace. Students attended meetings with executives of Japanese and American companies, including Morgan Stanley, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Abbott, Omron and Havas Japan. Students also met with trade officials from the U.S. Consulate in Osaka and visited the Entrepreneurial Museum of Challenge and Innovation. Tours of well-known landmarks in and around Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo, as well as cultural activities were also part of the trip that counts as an upper-division elective course.

Ten YSU students and two faculty members from the Department of Psychology completed a two week study abroad trip in China in May and learned alongside ten Chinese students from Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Together, the students read and discussed literature from Psychology and Education. Students and faculty also experienced American and Chinese music, food and other cultural components.

Fourteen Youngstown State University students traveled to Italy earlier this spring as part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's Global Learning Experience program. GLE introduces students to Italian entrepreneurs and international businesses and explores the resources available to startups in the global marketplace. Students attended meetings with executives of Italian companies, visited international businesses and government development agencies in Rome and Florence, and embarked on several other education sessions, including a local market immersion experience. Tours of well-known landmarks in and around Florence and Rome were also part of the credit-bearing trip that counts as an upper division elective course.

Thirteen students from YSU's Williamson College of Business Administration spent spring break in Prague, Czech Republic, as part of the WCBA Global Learning Experience program.

Youngstown State University Art students studied abroad in Glasgow, Scotland, creating their own works of art under the instruction of YSU Associate Professor Joseph D'Uva. Their art was displayed in Bliss Hall throughout October.

Two Youngstown State University students will study in France and Thailand next semester thanks in part to the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

A graduate school internship in Uganda is giving Youngstown State University alumna Sarah Perrine first-hand experience in the misery and discomfort that comes with a lack of clean water. Now the Medina, Ohio, native is launching a campaign to provide a dependable water source for the people of Masaka, Uganda, the small rural village where she's been serving an internship since early April. She's determined to see the project complete by the time her internship ends July 30.

Youngstown State University senior Elizabeth Urig of Canfield, Ohio, has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi to study abroad in Budapest, Hungary. Urig, an applied mathematics and mechanical engineering major, is one of only 50 students nationwide to receive the award. She will be studying advanced mathematics in Budapest for the Fall 2017 semester through the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program. Selection is based on an applicant's academic achievement, campus and community service, relation of travel to academic preparation and career goals, a personal statement, letters of recommendation, and acceptance into a study abroad program. Phi Kappa Phi is the the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. To learn more about the study abroad grants and other Phi Kappa Phi awards, visit www.phikappaphi.org/awards.

Emily Henline of Youngstown, a junior Integrated Language Arts Education major, is the latest Youngstown State University student selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.

Eight Youngstown State University students recently traveled to the Isle of Man just off the coast of Ireland for a geological field trip. Professor Ray Beiersdorfer and Associate Professors Colleen MLean and Felicia Armstrong organized the 10-day trip.

A group of 10 Youngstown State University students recently participated in a seven-day excavation on the Fresh Lake Archaeological Site on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas.

Students and faculty from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University traveled to Dublin, Ireland, during spring break as part of the business school's Global Learning Experience program.

The one-week tour to Dublin, Ireland, was designed to allow the students and faculty to network with entrepreneurs and explore the resources available for startups in the global market. The itinerary included meetings with Ireland-based entrepreneurs and start-up companies, visits to international business development agencies, business education sessions at Trinity College, and tours of well-known landmarks.

The following local residents were among 19 Youngstown State University students who recently participated in a study tour of China to learn about international business: