Youngstown State University

Youngstown State University's seven-student Steel Bridge Team won the right to compete on the national level when it took first place in the regional Steel Bridge Competition recently at Ohio State University.

Two teams of Youngstown State University students won Meritorious awards at this year's Mathematical Contest in Modeling, placing YSU in the top 9 percent of nearly 9,000 teams worldwide.

Jenna Wise, who graduates at Youngstown State University's Spring Commencement on Saturday, has been awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation that will finance her PhD studies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh starting this fall.

Members of Youngstown State University's Forensic Science Club traveled recently to Quantico, Va., to visit the FBI Training Academy. The trip was coordinated by Robert E. Wardle III, an associate professor of Forensic Science at YSU; Todd Werth, FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent; and Bailey Choma, Forensic Science Club president.

More than 200 Youngstown State University students received awards and accolades for their leadership and campus involvement at the annual Student Awards Banquet. The event was April 20 on campus and was sponsored by YSU Student Government, Student Experience and Student Activities.

Awards and scholarships were presented to 56 exceptional Youngstown State University students at the annual College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Honors Convocation, celebrated recently on the YSU campus.

Awards and scholarships were presented to 85 exceptional students in Youngstown State University's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the college's spring honors convocation.

Fourteen students in Youngstown State University's Israeli Politics class will present a Model Knesset, a simulation of Israel's parliament, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 in the Ohio Room at Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus.

Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music students will present "Mozart to Menotti," two short operas, as their final performance of the spring semester. The presentations are scheduled for 7:30 pm. Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, and 2 p.m Sunday, April 23, at Bliss Hall on the YSU campus.

Youngstown State University's Ads Club, a collegiate chapter of the American Advertising Federation, took third place and received a "Best Media Plan" award at the 2017 National Student Advertising, District 5 Regional Competition. This year's team was the first in the club's history to place at the regional contest.

The Jambar, Youngstown State University's student newspaper, placed first in General News Reporting and was a finalist in two other categories in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards.

Six Youngstown State University graduate students were chosen to present their research and scholarly work at the university's annual Diversity of Scholarship, an event designed to spotlight top campus scholars.

Fifteen Youngstown State University students were recently inducted to the Order of Omega, a national Greek honor society that recognizes fraternity and sorority members for service to Greek community an their university.

Twelve Youngstown State University sorority and fraternity members received awards for service and academic excellence this spring as part of YSU's annual Greek Sing competition.

Four Youngstown State University students enrolled in YSU's Doctor of Physical Therapy program presented at the PT Pro Bono Network - Eastern Conference held recently at Widener University in Chester, Pa.

Twenty-five student vocalists, members of Youngstown State University's Dana Chorale, will travel to South Korea in May for an 11-day musical and educational tour.

Youngstown State University's Social Media Team placed third in competition with 39 other university teams from around the country at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.

Three Youngstown State University students were awarded Diversity Leadership Scholarships as part of YSU's annual Diversity Leadership Recognition Dinner.

The Youngstown State University Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the world's premier business honorary, recently inducted 40 YSU Business students and two faculty members.

Three Mechanical Engineering students at Youngstown State University have created 3D models of NASA spacecraft that are featured in a display at YSU's Ward Beecher Planetarium.

Four Youngstown State University Business students have been selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2017 Spring Semester. The program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at YSU.

Eight Youngstown State University students, all Nursing majors, are in San Quintin, Mexico, where they will set up and run a medical clinic in a small rural church.

A four-student team from Youngstown State University's Williamson College of Business Administration qualified as a semi-finalist in a social media competition sponsored by Ball State University.

For the second consecutive year, Youngstown State University's four-student Ethics Bowl Team placed second in the national Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Competition in Dallas.

Two winners of Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music Young Artists Concerto Competition will perform solos in concert with the Dana Symphony Orchestra on March 2 at Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown. The orchestra is conducted by Dr. Stephen L. Gage.

Youngstown State University has inducted 65 outstanding students into its Golden Key International Honor Society. Golden Key is the world's largest collegiate honor society, with more than 400 chapters at colleges and universities around the world.

Six Youngstown State University graduate students will make presentations to discuss their research and scholarly work at the annual Diversity of Scholarship event 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, on the YSU Campus. The event in the Gallery in Kilcawley Center is presented free of charge by the College of Graduate Studies and is open to the public.

Youngstown State University Theater will present its next main stage performance, the play with music "No More Peace!," featuring a cast of student theater majors. The play will run February 24-26 and March 3-5 in Bliss Hall's Spotlight Theater.

Eight Youngstown State University students have been chosen to participate in this year's Ohio Export Internship Program.

Youngstown State had 119 of its student-athletes recognized on the Horizon League Fall 2016 Academic Honor Roll.