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Revving Up: YSU racer uses communications skills to engage community

October 28, 2024
Student Spotlight Vivian Jones, a Youngstown State University student majoring in Communications with a minor in Employee Relations, is speeding her way to success both on and off the track. As an...
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YSU professor receives Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year Award

October 7, 2024
Dawna Cerney, a broadly trained geographer and professor at Youngstown State University, has received the Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year award for her extensive efforts to...
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Student Feature: CCP program accelerates students’ education at YSU

September 30, 2024
FEATURE STORY Story by: Hannah Werle, Journalism major Photography by: Omar Frazier, Multimedia Communication major Almost 10 years ago, the Ohio Department of Higher Education introduced the College...
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Youngstown State University sees surge in enrollment, bucking national trend

September 17, 2024
Youngstown State University is experiencing a significant surge in enrollment for Fall 2024, defying national trends. With a total headcount of 12,164 students, YSU has achieved a notable 10.7%...
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Summer Festival of the Arts celebrates 27th year back on YSU campus

September 9, 2024
The Youngstown State University Summer Festival of the Arts is thrilled to announce its return to the YSU campus for its 27th year! This beloved annual event, renowned for showcasing the rich...
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Surplus sale features YSU electronics

August 23, 2016

Hundreds of computers, monitors, keyboards, printers and various other electronic surplus items will be on...
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School year kicks off with full slate of Welcome Week activities

August 23, 2016

Kickball, pizza, Elvis, IGNITE, puppies and the annual Block Party are among the highlights of...
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Business college names director of Career Management

August 23, 2016

Christina Costello of Austintown, Ohio, has been hired as the director of the Center of...
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"Meet the Marching Pride" Aug. 27 in Stambaugh Stadium

August 23, 2016

Get in the Penguin spirit at the annual “Meet the Marching Pride” celebration 3 p.m...
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper gives YSU Skeggs Lecture Sept. 24

August 6, 2016

Tickets are expected to go quickly as Anderson Cooper, host of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,”...
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Political satirist Kamau Bell gives YSU Centofanti presentation Sept. 14

August 5, 2016

Political satirist W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN’s “United Shades of America,” presents the YSU...
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OhioLINK upgrade opens access to millions of articles

August 5, 2016

OhioLINK opens access for 26 million articles from more than 11,000 scholarly journals.
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YSU partners with Barnes & Noble College to manage campus bookstore

August 1, 2016

YSU welcomes Barnes & Noble College to campus to manage the bookstore
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YSU Rhodes Scholar receives prestigious Phi Kappa Phi fellowship

July 27, 2016

Ashley Orr, who earlier this year was named YSU's first-ever Rhodes Scholar, has now won...
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Award-winning journalist, best-selling author, NPR host Scott Simon lectures in Youngstown Sept. 13

July 27, 2016

Scott Simon, Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist and host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, speaks...

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