Student Futures and Lifelong Learning
Living Our Mission
An Institution of Opportunity: YSU inspires individuals, enhances futures, and enriches lives.
Student Futures and Lifelong Learning
An Institution of Opportunity: YSU inspires individuals, enhances futures, and enriches lives.
As a student-centered university, Youngstown State University’s mission is to provide innovative lifelong learning opportunities that will inspire individuals, enhance futures and enrich lives. YSU inspires individuals by cultivating a curiosity for life-long learning; enhances the futures of our students by empowering them to discover, disseminate and apply their knowledge; and enriches the region by fostering collaboration and the advancement of civic, scientific, and technological development. YSU’s culture of enrichment flourishes in our diverse, accessible, and quality education.
Stories of Student Futures and Lifelong Learning
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Youngstown State University was awarded $1,513,568 by the Appalachian Regional Commission for its new project, the Connected Infrastructure & Industrial Cybersecurity Workforce Initiative. This award is part of a recently announced $45.5 million award package supporting 47 projects through ARC’s...
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Student Spotlight The Jambar is Youngstown State University’s student-run newspaper. For YSU students, The Jambar provides an opportunity to take skills learned in the classroom and apply them in a newsroom. Katelyn Obermiyer is a fourth-year public and professional writing major at YSU, and when...
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Student Spotlight Isabella Martinez, a third year biology and Sokolov Honors College student at Youngstown State University, has recently conducted a mathematical research project as part of her participation in the state-funded Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program. Choose Ohio First is a program...
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Youngstown State University’s University Theatre presents “Ravenscroft,” a gothic mystery-comedy that will keep audiences guessing — and laughing — until the final twist. Senior Lecturer Todd Dicken directs the darkly comic adventure, which runs Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11 at YSU Spotlight Theater in...
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Two Youngstown State University students presented research on geologic hydrogen and underground hydrogen storage at the University Research Showcase during SHALE INSIGHT® 2026, held Sept. 22-24 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. Martin Antonio Lorca, an undergraduate geology...
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The Society for Human Resource Management student chapter at Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration has earned the 2025-26 SHRM Superior Merit Award, its seventh consecutive national recognition and ninth in the past decade. The SHRM Student Chapter Merit Award...
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Eight Youngstown State University Criminal Justice students took part in a simulated jury selection exercise with the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office, giving them a chance to experience a key part of the criminal trial process from the perspective of prospective jurors. The students – Jessica...
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The Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University will host the Fall 2026 Paul J. Thomas Public Lecture in Economics on Tuesday, Oct. 6, featuring economist Pavlina R. Tcherneva, president of the Levy Economics Institute and professor of economics at Bard College. In...
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Student Spotlight Blake Poole came to Youngstown State University expecting to pursue a career in medicine. A philosophy course, a conversation with a faculty member and connections made on campus ultimately helped him discover a different path — one that is now giving him hands-on experience in the...
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The TV production studio in Youngstown State University’s Bliss Hall has received approximately $150,000 in upgrades designed to give multimedia communication and journalism students hands-on experience with current production technology. Completed over the summer, the project includes new cameras...