When Ed Villone started working as a security guard for Strouss department store in Boardman in 1979, he didn’t know it would be just the beginning of a successful career in criminal justice. Villone is now commander and coordinator of the YSU Police Academy in Cushwa Hall. In 1980 he joined the Struthers Police Department as a reserve police officer and civilian police dispatcher. Later, he served as a patrol officer for the Poland Township Police Department, and then returned to Struthers, where he retired as a police captain in 2006.

The first entering class of the newly established Honors College at YSU was formally welcomed by current Honors students and alumni at a “Passing of the Torch” ceremony and picnic on Monday, Aug. 17, at the Pollock House. The new freshman class, otherwise known as the Honors College XXIII, received the torch from the previous class of Scholars and Honors students. Students started at Cafaro House and processed carrying the new honors college banner, and their academic college flags, to the Pollock House for the ceremony.

Kerry Meyers, director of YSU's first-year engineering program, brought together incoming freshmen engineering students  during IGNITE for a unique project - create letters to spell out the word "ENGINEERING" using recycled newspapers and cardboard. Each team of students was assigned a letter  - "E" "N" "G", etc. 

Resident Assistants in the Cafaro House resident hall underwent training before the start of the Fall semester to learn how to respond to active shooter situations. The training by the YSU Police Department included a drill that involved officers from other area law enforcement agencies and staff from the YSU Office of Housing and Residence Life. The training led by YSU Officer Don Cox was held in conjunction with the ALICE Training Institute. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.

John Granger, who TIME magazine calls the “Dean of Harry Potter Scholars,” presents a free lecture 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29th in DeBartolo Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University. The lecture is being held in conjunction with an exhibit on display at YSU through Oct. 9 that explores the connections between Harry Potter and real life Renaissance science. The six-banner exhibit from the National Library of Medicine is titled “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine.” The schedule for the exhibit: