YSU – Defined by Our Success By now, most of you have probably heard that I will be stepping aside as president of YSU starting Feb. 1, 2023. In my announcement to campus and the news media, I thanked our students, faculty, staff, Board of Trustees, the YSU Foundation and, of course, alumni for their kindness and support during my more than 25 years on the YSU campus. One of the items we also emphasized in the announcement was that there’s still much important work to be done, and that we will continue to work as hard as ever, seven days a week, to ensure the ongoing success of this

1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ’70s Henri Hall, 1971, bachelor of Marketing/Advertising, was named Volunteer of the Year at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship in May in Benton Harbor, Mich. Henri, a resident of Lincoln Township, Mich., has served as volunteer services chair of the tournament since 2018 and has volunteered for five championships. Hall was featured in a front-page story of the Herald-Palladium newspaper in St. Joseph, Mich. At the age of 94, Mary Alice Baluck, bachelor of Education, 1972, published her third book, Darby Island: On Heaven’s Threshold. The book is a

Class Notes - Extras Responding to the war in Ukraine, leading a jazz orchestra, starting a unique clothing business and climbing to the top of the world, these alums go above and beyond to make us "Y and Proud." “Awareness is key” in Ukraine, alumni volunteers say While planning a trip to Germany earlier this past Spring for the wedding of a mutual friend, YSU alumni Ryan Beil and Josh Prest decided to use some of their free time to assist with Ukrainian aid efforts. Through Operation White Stork, the two packed suitcases with first aid kits, baby formula and blankets, and flew from Frankfurt

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT VIDEOS The Office of Alumni Engagement’s Alumni Spotlight videos showcase a wide variety of graduates engaged in noteworthy work around the world. Here's a sampling. Stay tuned for more on Alumni Engagement’s website or on AE’s Facebook page. Christopher J. Dussel ’04, ‘21, chief medical officer, University Hospitals Parma Medical Center, two-time YSU graduate, bachelor’s in Chemistry in 2004 and MBA in Management in 2021. Patty Flauto ’76, BFA in Studio Art, abstract painter with a wide-ranging career, including an exhibition at YSU’s McDonough Museum of Art this summer. Ryan

It’s been a busy few months across campus – from changes to the Board of Trustees and new programs in Nursing, Education and more, to statewide recognition for YSU’s efforts to serve military veterans, comply with state transparency laws and provide top-notch law enforcement training for the region. Oh, and did you hear? President Jim Tressel is stepping down! Read all about it: “A blessing and a labor of love” Just in case you missed the coast-to-coast media coverage earlier this summer, YSU President Jim Tressel announced that he will leave his position effective Feb. 1, 2023. “It has been

Whether it’s building a canoe out of concrete or transcribing more than 16,000 historical documents for the Smithsonian, YSU students CONTINUE TO SHOW their Penguin smarts and agility across the region and nation. Among the highlights: Student honored for leadership, community service Julie Centofanti, a junior in the Sokolov Honors College, was among only two students across Ohio to receive the 2022 Charles J. Ping Student Service Legacy Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to community service. Centofanti, a Biology major, was honored for creating and leading the YSU

“The most generous and supportive donors in the nation” Donors to YSU continue to raise the bar, as the bar graph shows. YSU and the YSU Foundation received a record $24.1 million in gifts in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the largest one-year total in the university’s 114-year history. “Our donors are among the most generous and supportive anywhere in the nation,” YSU President Jim Tressel said. The record year is the latest in a string of fundraising successes. In fiscal year 2014, the year before Tressel was named president, YSU raised $6.1 million. The next year, the total more than doubled to