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YSU announces Spring 2024 commencement speakers

April 29, 2024
Youngstown State University’s Spring 2024 commencement will be separated into six ceremonies, one for each college, on May 4 and 5. Each ceremony will feature a ceremony and student speaker. Unless...
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Student Feature: From classrooms to careers: YSU student employees gain valuable skills on campus

April 21, 2024
FEATURE STORY Story by: Hannah Werle, Communication and Journalism major Photography and Videography by: Spencer Tatta, Marketing major Beyond conventional coursework, a student’s college experience...
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Business students selected for John D. Beeghly Fellows program

April 8, 2024
Rebecca Catlos, Steven Boschert and Zachary Clark, students from the Williamson College of Business Administration, were selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2024 Spring Semester. The John...
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Student Feature: YSU students uniting in serving their community

March 25, 2024
FEATURE STORY Story by: Trey Turner, Master of Arts in Professional Communication At Youngstown State University, students are not only driven by academic goals, they’re also passionate about lending...
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Student Counseling Services "Reimagined" at YSU

February 26, 2024
Francine Packard, director of Student Counseling Services at YSU stepped into her current role at the university just this past summer. Since that time, Packard has worked diligently to “reimagine”...
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Send-Off Rally among events planned for Penguin Championship Week

December 29, 2016

NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION FOR FAN GET-TOGETHER ON JAN. 6 IN TEXAS The public is...
Caroline Oltmanns, professor of Piano in the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University, re

Piano prof releases album at Pollock House performance

December 16, 2016

Concert pianist Caroline Oltmanns , professor of Piano in the Dana School of Music at...
Penguin fans purchased about 3,500 tickets to Saturday's FCS quarterfinal matchup against Wofford at

Fans line up for tickets to Saturday's playoff game

December 6, 2016

As of Tuesday morning, Penguin fans purchased about 3,500 tickets to Saturday's FCS quarterfinal matchup...
YSU President Jim Tressel

Project Pass students show improved reading scores

December 6, 2016

Youngstown City School second- and-third-graders tutored by YSU Project PASS students showed a 29 percent...

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December 5, 2016

POYSU extension The YSU Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for President Jim Tressel...
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YSU Board of Trustees summary, Nov. 30/Dec. 1

December 2, 2016

Youngstown State University Board of Trustees Wednesday, Nov. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 A...
YSU President Jim Tressel giving a speech

Contract extended for President Jim Tressel

December 1, 2016

The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees today approved a contract extension for President Jim...
Seventeen Youngstown State University freshmen are mentoring with senior campus leaders and gaining

YSU freshmen selected Navarro Executive Fellows

November 11, 2016

Seventeen Youngstown State University freshmen are mentoring with senior campus leaders and gaining work experience...
David Tharp, human resources manager at Alta Head Start, works on a puzzle with a child at the new H

Head Start starts in Beeghly Hall

November 1, 2016

David Tharp, human resources manager at Alta Head Start, works on a puzzle with a...
university officials and others grabbed golden shovels and donned Penguin hard hats to break ground

Beds, book and 'bucks: West campus work underway

November 1, 2016

A one-block section of the West Side of the YSU campus is about to come...

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