Jambar wins Best Breaking News Story at national convention
Jambar editors Gabby Fellows, left, and Graig Graziosi, accept the Pinnacle Award at the Naitonal College Media Convention in Austin, Texas. The Jambar, Youngstown State University’s student newspaper,...
View ArticleYSU sophomore wins scholarship to study abroad in New Zealand
Leah Bayer Leah Bayer of Brookfield, Ohio, a sophomore at Youngstown State University, has received a $2,500 scholarship to study abroad in New Zealand. The scholarship to attend the University of...
View ArticleMoot Court teams compete in national championship
Members of the 2015-16 YSU Moot Court team are Jillian Smith, , Kelly Matanin, Marissa Snyder, Antonette Scharsu, Sadie Fields , Greta Frost, Michael Marshall, , Miranda Parke, Joseph Ohlin, Angelina...
View ArticleBiology student wins prestigious scholarship to study in Japan
Craig Higham Craig Higham of Boardman, Ohio, a senior at Youngstown State University, has been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study in Japan this...
View ArticleTwo on YSU Moot Court Team achieve national rankings
Jacob Schriner-Briggs and Andrik Massaro. Youngstown State University senior Jacob Schriner-Briggs was ranked third in the nation and his partner, junior Andrik Massaro, ranked 15th nationwide in the...
View ArticleBusiness students excel at Research Challenge
YSU students, from the left, Nicholas Conti, Samantha Anderson, Kayla Cerimele, Conner Kesner, and Simon Rafidi, placed third in the recent Chartered Financial Analyst Research Challenge in Cleveland....
View ArticleYSU Ethics Bowl team places second in nation
The YSU Ethics Bowl team, from the left, Tyler Miller Gordon, Jacob Schriner-Briggs and Lindsay Heldreth, placed second in the nation in the recent Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in Virginia. Also...
View ArticleGrad students present research at Diversity of Scholarship event March 17
Six graduate students at Youngstown State University will make presentations about their scholarly work and research at the annual Diversity of Scholarship event 6 p.m. Thursday, March 17 in the Jones...
View ArticleTwo business students earn Risk Management Association Scholarships
Jacob Nord, left, and Ken Kilpatrick. Kenneth Kilpatrick and Jacob Nord, students in the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University, have been awarded Risk Management...
View ArticleSix students honored as Beeghly Fellows
YSU Beeghly Fellows for Spring 2016 are, left to right, front row, Yana Flider, Jessica Marando, Alex McFarland; and back row, Fadi El Chammas, Nicholas Conti, Jimmy Garvin. Yana Flider, Jessica...
View ArticleTwo YSU students selected honorary delegates for GOP convention
YSU students Kelly Motika, left, and Sara Pretoka Youngstown State University students Sara Pretoka of Austintown and Kelly Motika of Hubbard know where they’ll be spending at least three days of their...
View ArticleBusiness students inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma honorary
Forty-three students in Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration have been inducted into the YSU Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the world’s premiere business honorary....
View ArticleYSU Steel Bridge team tops regional contest, advances to nationals in Utah
Members of the YSU Steel Bridge team are, left to right, Nico Pagley, David Mendenhall, Tommy Carnes, Harold (BJ) Winner, Kenny Anderson, Nico Lucarelli, Jake Millerleile, Leah McConnell, Miranda...
View ArticleNext Assignment: Psychological Operations in Qatar
Kevin Petro, ’93 BS Uncle Sam put his first call in to a young Kevin Petro in the 1970s, in a small corner of Ohio’s Trumbull County. A Hubbard native, Petro was a frequent visitor of the nearby air...
View ArticleJudge’s Memoirs Span Civil Rights Movement
Nathaniel R. Jones, ’51 AB, ’56 JD Nathaniel R. Jones was nine years old, sitting front-and-center in what was then known as Youngstown’s “colored” YMCA, when he first heard a civil rights activist...
View ArticleFoster Parenting Inspires a New Career Path
Kim Anderson Twenty children have called Kim Anderson “Mom” since she became a foster parent eight years ago, and the experience has radically changed her retirement plans. “So this is my life, part...
View ArticleIntern gets deskbound employees up and walking
Emeka Obinnakwelu Jr. It’s in the news every day: sedentary desk jobs can be hazardous to your health. That’s why Youngstown State University senior Emeka Obinnakwelu Jr. dedicated this semester to...
View ArticleYSU students rank in top quarter nationally in mathematics contest
A team of seven Youngstown State University students ranked in the top quarter of competitors nationwide in the 2015 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, the best known and most prestigious...
View ArticleSeniors accept offers from nation’s top universities and companies
Youngstown State University seniors who have been accepted to pursue graduate studies and employment opportunities at some of the nation’s top universities and companies will participate in an Academic...
View ArticleYSU students excel at international mathematics competition
Two teams of Youngstown State University students won Meritorious awards in this year’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling competition. The award places the YSU teams in the top 9 percent of the nearly...
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