Youngstown State University

Rebecca Catlos, Steven Boschert and Zachary Clark, students from the Williamson College of Business Administration, were selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2024 Spring Semester. The John D. Beeghly Fellows program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Export Assistance Network (SBDC EAN) 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.

It's that time of year again, and YSU's Lariccia School of Accounting and Finance is ready! The school is again this year offering free income tax preparation services via the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

Jenna Binsley, Sabrina Caruso, Alanis Chew, Roshan Chokshi, and Ryan Sheffield, business students in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University, have been selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2020 Spring Semester. The program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at YSU. Projects include financial analysis and sales forecasting, market research, export readiness studies, country research, business loan proposals, cash flow analysis and government contracting. Students gain valuable career-related work experience, and are able to position themselves to be competitive in the job market upon graduation.

Ryan Sheffield, a junior Youngstown State University management major, has passed the Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) exam. The certification issued by the National Association for Small Business International Trade Educators is a prestigious acknowledgment of international business expertise in management, marketing, supply-chain management and trade finance.

Three YSU students delivered presentations to the YSU Board of Trustees during their quarterly meetings, Dec. 4 and 5. Presenters include Carla J. Colantone, a senior in Dental Hygiene, who discussed the university's DH program, accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, and Nadine P. Jones, a Political Science and Philosophy major, and Zachary W. Mayer, a History major and a minor in Judaic Studies, who together talked about their research on the holocaust, including a class/study trip to Czech Republic, Poland and Germany that featured visits to concentration camps.

Thirty-two students and two faculty members represented Youngstown State University at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine in Chicago earlier this fall. It was YSU's largest ever delegation to the conference. MWACSM is one of 12 regional chapters within the ACSM - the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. Three YSU students and one faculty member made presentations.

Six Youngstown State University students have been selected to take part in the Monus Entrepreneurship Fellows Program and are working with Youngstown Business Incubator portfolio companies this fall semester. Students include Alyssa Covert, Isaac Hraga, Jeremy Keillor, My N Lee, Larsen Murvin and Richard Salmen, all seniors. The Monus Entrepreneurship Fellows program provides students interested in entrepreneurship with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with local entrepreneurs. Projects include marketing research, preparation of financial statements, export readiness studies, project management, marketing, cash flow analysis, and sales forecasts. YBI, one of the world's top ranked university-affiliated incubators, is a key partner with the Monus Fellows Program.

A group of 10 Youngstown State University students in the Center for Nonprofit Leadership recently participated in a full-day immersive consulting project with the Children's Museum of Cleveland. The students identified solutions to organizational challenges facing the museum, including strategic planning, member to donor conversion and social media. Students participating in the project were Kate Landry, Amanda Paynter, Briana McGuire, Shannon Arnim, Cliff Hill, Morgan Conley, Kelly Hyden, Khiana Jeanniton, Alyssa Lutker and Leah Tekac.

A delegation of eight students from the Honors College represented YSU at the National Collegiate Honors Council conference earlier this month in New Orleans. Students presented original research, shared best practices in honors and returned with new ideas to share with the college. In the past decade, YSU students have received four top NCHC awards.

Youngstown State University students Jenna Binsley, Alanis Chew, Richard Fisher and Ryan Sheffield, have been selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows in the YSU Williamson College of Business Administration for the 2019 Fall Semester. The program, made possible by an endowment established at the YSU Foundation by Beeghly's wife and children, provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at YSU. Projects include marketing research, preparation of financial statements, export readiness studies, country research, business plan development, cash flow analysis, and sales forecast.

Five students in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University were among a select group of young people from throughout the world chosen to attend the week-long X-Culture Symposium at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Seniors Matthew A. Steer, Alanis Chew, John P. Rembis, Mason Scovil and Stephanie Virgallito were among 150 students chosen out of 5,000 eligible students from 40 countries to go to the conference this past summer.

A student, a faculty member and an alumnae of Youngstown State University swept the awards at the annual conference of the Ohio Additive Manufacturing Cluster in Cleveland. The cluster is a partnership between the Youngstown Business Incubator, Team NEO, MAGNET, JobsOhio and America Makes, with the goal of accelerating the adoption of 3D printing in Ohio. The awards ceremony, attended by more than 200 people, spotlighted individuals contributing to the advancement and use of additive manufacturing in Ohio.

YSU students recently participated in an international case competition in Savannah, Ga. The NASBITE International Student Competition brought the best business students together to develop a global expansion strategy for AdEdge Water Technologies. YSU's team developed an international expansion plan for the company in the Australian market.

Students in the Center for Nonprofit Leadership at Youngstown State University participated in an immersive consulting project with the Akron Symphony Orchestra earlier this spring.

Twenty members of the Youngstown State University Student Investment Fund participated in the three-day Quinnipiac Global Asset Management Education Forum in New York.

Mario Ricciardi of Boardman, an Advertising and Public Relations major at Youngstown State University, received a Student Silver ADDY Award for video cinematography at the Akron ADDY Awards. The annual awards program recognizes creative excellence in locally-created advertising. Ricciardi's submission was a music video created for Dahnji, a local music artist, to accompany the release of the artist's latest album.

Nearly 40 Youngstown State University Doctor of Physical Therapy students attended the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting in Washington D.C. last month. The event is the nation's largest physical therapy conference with more than 13,000 therapists in attendance. Students participated in several educational sessions and poster presentations in the specialty areas of Sports, Orthopedics, Neurology, Geriatrics, Health Policy, Pediatrics, Cardiopulmonary, Acute Care, Women's and Men's Health, Electrophysiology and Research.

Youngstown State University students recently won top prizes at Beta Gamma Sigma's Second Annual Case Competition at YSU's Williamson College of Business Administration.

YSU students recently participated in the Soles4Souls International Consulting Competition at the X-Culture Global Symposium in Nashville.

A delegation of students represented YSU's Honors College at the National Collegiate Honors Council conference in Boston Nov. 8 - 10. The conference gave students an opportunity to learn from faculty, staff and students around the country and also share their own experiences and best practices in honors.

Twenty-one students and four faculty members formed the largest YSU delegation ever to attend the annual meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Three Exercise Science majors represented Youngstown State University - and competed in the Student Bowl competition - at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Minneapolis, Minn.

Four Youngstown State University students took second place recently in an international marketing challenge at the 31rst annual NASBITE International Student Case Competition in Baltimore, Md.

Ninety-six sophomore nursing students at Youngstown State University were presented their "white coats" during a ceremony recently on the YSU campus. White coat ceremonies represent advancement as nursing students transition into their clinical studies.

Eight students represented Youngstown State University - and one gave a presentation - at the American College of Sports Medicine Midwest Chapter Annual Meeting.

Two business majors at Youngstown State University and a recent YSU graduate have passed the national examination to qualify as Certified Global Business Professionals.

Two senior business majors in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University have been selected as the inaugural Monus Entrepreneurship Fellows for the 2016 summer and fall. The Monus Entrepreneurship Fellows program, in partnership with the Youngstown Business Incubator, provides students interested in entrepreneurship with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with local entrepreneurs.

Three students enrolled in Youngstown State University's Nonprofit Leadership program presented at a Regional Case Student Exercise at the Center for Science and Industry in Columbus this semester.

YSU foreign language education majors and faculty attended the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Ohio Foreign Language Association in Columbus, Ohio, this semester. These YSU students, instructors, and recent graduates attended sessions and workshops on the most recent advances in foreign language pedagogy and networked with other language teachers from across the country.

Six students from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University have been selected as John D. Beeghly Fellows. The program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at YSU.