Youngstown State University

Business students from the Williamson College of Business Administration, were selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2023 Spring Semester. The John D. Beeghly Fellows program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center, Export Assistance Network and the APEX Accelerator at Youngstown State University. Projects include domestic and international market research, financial modeling, export readiness studies, business viability analysis, cash flow projections, sales forecasting, marketing & social media strategies, research on government contracting opportunities, marketing capability statements, and outreach for government contracting efforts. Students gain valuable career-related work experience to competitively position themselves in the job market upon graduation.

Students were honored at the YSU Annual Student Awards Banquet earlier this spring for their work as Presidential Mentors, a student leadership team that meets monthly with President Jim Tressel to provide input on critical campus issues.

ELP is a dynamic leadership development program that emphasizes leadership being a life-long journey involving self-discovery, collaborative relationships and empowering community.

Dozens of students were presented awards, scholarships and other honors at the YSU Annual Student Awards Banquet earlier this spring.

Students at Youngstown State University will make presentations at the History Across the Humanities conference.

A group of YSU students participated in the Opening Minds through Art program at Danridge's Burgundi Manor long-term care facility on Youngstown's East Side.

Five business students of the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University are serving as John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2021 Fall Semester.

Taylor Tomb, a senior Primary and Special Education major at YSU, has won the Outstanding Senior Award from Alpha Xi Delta, the sorority's most prestigious award to a collegiate member.

Three students in Youngstown State University's capstone course in Geography presented the findings of their study on ways to revitalize the Village of Wellsville in Columbiana County.

Five Youngstown State University Mathematics students presented research at the annual national MathFest, taking home four awards for excellence.

Three teams of YSU Civil and Construction Engineering Technology students participated in the 11th Annual Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Estimating Competition.

Weeks after winning several statewide awards, YSU's student newspaper The Jambar is now receiving 10 national awards from the Society of Collegiate Journalists, including three first-place honors.

The Jambar, Youngstown State University's student newspaper, captured four first place awards in the 2021 Ohio Collegiate Newspaper Competition, including the top prize for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

"Small but Mighty" was an exhibition of YSU student paintings in the Judith Rae Solomon Gallery in Bliss Hall.

Nearly 400 YSU honors students have received their Honors College pin. The award signifies that students have earned at least half of the honors credits needed prior to graduation. Students complete honors courses, community service, and engagement activities as members of the college.

YSU took the first step to defending its national Ethics Bowl title by again winning the regional tournament. It's the fifth consecutive year that YSU has taken the top spot in the Central State Regional Ethics Bowl contest, and it's the sixth consecutive year that the university has qualified for the national competition in February 2021.

World premiere performances of music composed by students in YSU's Dana School of Music will be presented during a virtual concert 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28.

The work of a dozen Youngstown State University students who earn their bachelor's degree in Fine Arts this fall, as well as an exhibit from a master's degree student that explores racism in America, are featured in a new exhibit at the McDonough Museum of Art on campus.

Six Youngstown State University Dana School of Music students who play piano, guitar, saxophone, trombone and the flute have been selected winners in a new music competition called the McDonough Honors Recital Series.

Mariah DeFuria, a student in YSU's Doctor of Physical Therapy program, is believed to be the first student co-inventor on an issued patent in YSU's 112-year history.

Five students who recently made scholarly presentations at the National Collegiate Honors Council conference have been named Honors Students of the Week by the YSU Honors College.

Sophomore Megan Schmucker received a $500 scholarship and represented Youngstown State University's Lariccia School of Accounting and Finance at the second annual Women, Wealth and Wellness Conference. Schumacker, a member of the Honors College, credits YSU women for serving as role models.

Marcus Harden, a graduate student studying Mechanical Engineering at Youngstown State University, is the recipient of a State of Ohio Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Graduate Fellowship through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ohio Space Grant Consortium. Several other students received awards

YSU students from the Williamson College of Business Administration placed in two national competitions after collaborating and finding a way to reuse unrecyclable plastic waste, starting with straws, into 3D printing filament to create face shields and ear savers for nurses on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youngstown State University student Taylor Valerio earned a Golden Addy award at the American Advertising Federation Pittsburgh Addy Awards earlier this spring.

YSU students receive awards in the 12th annual Stocks Essay contest. The competition allows students to consider economic problems from different points of view.

Michaela Cavalcanti, a Spring 2020 YSU graduate, received the Ohio Society for Human Resource Management State Council Scholarship Award for academic performance.

The Honors College at Youngstown State University has recognized several students as part of the Honors Student of the Week initiative for Spring semester 2020. The college launched the program earlier this academic year to recognize academic excellence, community engagement and student success. The Honors Student of the Week is announced each Sunday in the college's weekly e-newsletter sent to Honors College students, staff and faculty and also posted on the YSU website. There are currently 1,266 students in the college.

Adaline Cook of Vandergrift, Pa., a Gerontology major at Youngstown State University, won the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education Outstanding Undergraduate Paper in Gerontology Award.

A group of YSU Honors College students in an Honors seminar called "Let's Talk" recently spent an evening practicing communication skills and enjoying the company of residents at three local long-term care facilities. Eleven students participated in casual conversations over ice cream and learned about the lives of those living at Marian Living Center and Assumption Village Skilled Nursing Home, both in North Lima, and Humility House in Austintown. The students were enrolled in the honors seminar, Let's Talk, which explores principles of interpersonal communication and provides practical strategies for having meaningful conversations. The seminar culminates in an opportunity to converse with older adults. Students in the Honors College collectively amass approximately 60,000 hours of volunteer service annually through a variety of projects which impact the campus and community.