Our Students
OUR students at YSU run the gamut - local and international, young and not so young, budding scientists and social workers, soon-to-be electrical engineers and school teachers. On these pages, we celebrate their successes - in the classroom, the lab, out in the field and even in the dentist’s chair.
JAMBAR: BEST IN STATE
“I chose journalism on a whim,” said Morgan Petronelli, Jambar editor-in-chief.
“For the majority of my life, I wanted to be a commercial airplane pilot. It wasn’t until I attended orientation at YSU that I made a last minute decision to study Journalism.”
And a decision well-made it was.
In part due to Petronelli’s newsroom leadership, The Jambar was honored earlier this year for having the best News Coverage among college newspapers in Ohio. The award was given by the Ohio News Media Association, one of the state’s most influential journalist groups.
“It’s all about working hard, being fair and telling people what they need to know,” said Dave Davis, Jambar faculty advisor.
Petronelli, pictured above with Jambar colleagues, plans to graduate this Spring and hopes to find work as a political analyst/reporter in the nation’s capital.
“Being able to tell people’s stories and question people in power for those who might not have a voice or are afraid to ask tough questions is an invigorating feeling,” she said.
MLK Honor
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Gold and Bronze
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Communication exemplificationYSU students took home awards for the top graduate and the top undergraduate student papers at the Ohio Communication Association conference. Congratulations to Allison Centofanti, Kaija DiPillo, Jessica Cann, Sarah Demetruk, Joseph Anastasia and Christiana Savo. “Awards like these are a validation for the work we’re doing,” said Adam Earnheardt, chair and professor of Communication. |
Like a rolling stoneSo there are kidney stones and gall stones, but tonsil stones? Really? Well, tonsil stones are calcifications that occur within tonsillar folds. Whoa! The stones were the focus of a poster presentation that won a team of YSU Dental Hygiene students a first-place prize at the Ohio Dental Hygienists Association Annual Session. Congrats to Nina Petro, Marissa Phipps, Renee Louk and Brittany Tice. Nearly 80 student groups from all 12 of Ohio’s Dental Hygiene schools competed. |
Five Benjamins
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Hurdlin' highChad Zallow, one of the most prolific track stars in YSU history, finished third in the 60m hurdles at the Millrose Games earlier this year in New York, the world’s most prestigious indoor track competition. The accomplishment comes after a slew of 2018 honors: Penn Relays Champion (110m hurdles), NCAA First-Team All-American (60m hurdles), Horizon League Champion (110m hurdles), Horizon League Indoor Champion (60m hurdles, 60m dash, 200m dash) and Horizon League Athlete of the Year, to name a few. |
One in 300
Three hundred of the nation’s best college students presented research at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Boston, and YSU’s Lexi Rager finished on top. Rager, a senior Mathematics and Psychology major, placed first for her research titled, “A data driven analysis of counseling services at YSU.” YSU students have been attending the conference since 2008 and, in the past decade, have received three top awards.
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