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YSU Dana graduate earns fellowship at Carnegie Mellon
Morgan Wynn YSU students never cease to amaze with their varied interests, but for Morgan Wynn, a May 2013 graduate, playing the trombone has past the point of just being a hobby and become a career....
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Student speaks at undergraduate commencement
Lucas Politsky Luke Politsky of Poland, Ohio, who graduates with a bachelor’s degree, is a featured speaker at Youngstown State University’s spring undergraduate commencement. Politsky graduated from...
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DPT graduate speaks at graduate commencement
Caitlin Tarcy Caitlin Tarcy of Campbell, Ohio, who graduates with a doctorate in Physical Therapy, is a featured speaker at Youngstown State University’s spring graduate commencement. Tarcy is a 2006...
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YSU students, nonprofits link up for internship opportunities
YSU students selected to participate in the 2013 Nonprofit Leadership Summer Honors Internship Program are: Left to right, front row, Courtney Waskin, Sayantoni Dey and Deanna Hardy; next row, Eric...
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Graduate earns engineering fellowship at Univ. of Florida
Stephen Rakocy Stephen Rakocy was born an engineer. In high school, he took engineering classes as part of Ohio’s Project Lead the Way, an initiative to increase the number of students studying STEM...
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From Cyprus to Korea, students study abroad this summer
Clockwise from top left, Floyd E. Kenney, Timothy Shaffer, Sophia Santisi, Michael Aviles, Michel Kordupel and Kathleen Gallagher. Six YSU students are on the road – overseas – this summer on study...
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Freshman spends summer doing research at Texas A&M
Ashley Orr Ashley Orr has made the most of her time at YSU. While attending a conference in Nebraska to present research on the combination of math and economics that led to the financial crisis, Orr...
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Student graduates; takes his sax and joins the Army Band
Mark Higgins It’s an old saxophone, well worn where it has rubbed against shirts and belts. To Mark Higgins, who graduates this spring from YSU, it’s the sax he was looking for. “I was looking for one...
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From Gridiron to Dragstrip: A Championship in the Making
Tom and Ryan Martino Ryan Martino, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Bitonte College of Health & Human Services and alumnus of the proud Penguin football program at YSU, grew up with grease in his...
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Sales top $1M for Classic Car Entrepreneur
Christopher Sondles Christopher Sondles grew up with a father and a brother who shared his passion for restoring classic ’57 Chevrolets. Now he’s making a living with that boyhood hobby – and loving...
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Student receives scholarship from business honor society
Philip Hall Philip Hall of Boardman, Ohio, a junior majoring in marketing management at Youngstown State University, has been selected to receive a scholarship from the Williamson College of Business...
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Nashville beckons YSU student
YSU senior Candy Campana of Struthers, Ohio, released her first CD in July on the Nashville-based Soul 1st Records label. Her music is traditional country, made viable through Candy’s powerful voice...
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YSU students win record six awards at 2013 MathFest
Members of YSU’s 2013 MathFest team are, left to right: Back row, Kim Do, Blain Patterson, Camron Bagheri, Shawn Doyle, Michael Baker and Dan Catello. Front row, Sarah Ritchey, James Munyon, Matt...
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Graduate student’s research recognized at national meeting
YSU graduate student Louie Gallo Research conducted by Louis Gallo, a graduate student studying American Studies at Youngstown State University, received special recognition at the Association for...
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Getting a thrill watching students excel
Kelly Scurich Ballet lessons began at age seven, voice training a few years later, and by the time Kelly Scurich had reached her teens she was getting lead stage roles in her western-Pennsylvania...
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Jazzed to join Dana faculty
Alton Merrell What in the world can you do with a music degree? It was the question Alton Merrell asked Tony Leonardi when he met the renowned YSU Jazz Studies director for the first time. “He pulled...
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YSU alum brings the newest big band sound to Vegas
YSU alumnus David Perrico, center, with his band Pop Evolution. Big Band music has always been a passion for David Perrico, so the YSU alumnus feels great about headlining at the iconic Stratosphere...
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Football Hall of Fame Court for Student
Jill Grove, second from left in the red dress, poses with the rest of the 2013 Hall of Fame Court YSU senior Jill Grove was chosen to be on the Pro Football Hall of Fame Court, and participated in the...
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YSU team wins national Green Energy Challenge poster session
Left to right: Ted Bosela, professor of Engineering Technology and NECA Student Chapter advisor; student Kaylin Celedonia, Mechanical Engineering Technology; student David Wright, Electrical...
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Alumni Spotlight: Bringing Childbirth Back to Nature
Rachel Seimen Rachel Sieman, ’94 BS in Nursing YSU nursing grad Rachel Sieman has never liked the way modern medicine handles healthy, normal childbirth – the fetal monitors, the IVs, the rules against...
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