Faculty Success

Welcome to Faculty Success, a webpage that recognizes and celebrates the scholarly work and honors of the faculty and staff at Youngstown State University. Here you will find stories about academic activities and awards, publications and presentations, research grants and media appearances. Make sure to also take a look at the Excellence at Work e-newsletter, as well as the searchable online Faculty Experts List.

To submit items for Excellence at Work, complete the online form.

For more information, contact Ron Cole, director of University Communications, at racole01@ysu.edu or 330-941-3285, or Becky Rose, assistant director of University Communications, at rarose01@ysu.edu or 330-941-2159.

English prof named Grace Ruth Endowed Professor

August 31, 2021
Robert Reeder III with Laura Beadling, left, the new Grace Ruth Memorial Endowed Professor of English at YSU, and Amy Laurel Fluker, the Robert W. Reeder I Memorial Endowed Professor of History at...

YSU names first Tressel Endowed Chair in Leadership

July 10, 2021
Nancy Wagner Nancy Wagner, whose leadership of Youngstown State University’s Centofanti School of Nursing has resulted in increased enrollment, expanded community outreach, additional programming and...

Grant advances professor, student research

June 18, 2021
Pedro Cortes, associate professor of Materials Engineering, and students Eleanor Rogenski and Victoria Adams (pictured) and Robert Zublena. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has awarded to...

McDonough exhibit remembers work of three professors

June 4, 2021
The McDonough Museum of Art celebrates the work and memory of three Youngstown State University Art professors in an exhibit titled In Memoriam, running June 11 through July 24 at the museum on the...

YSU students and professor receive top awards

April 30, 2021
Two students and a faculty member in YSU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received one of the top awards at the World Physiotherapy Congress, a biennial conference that attracts delegates from...

Dana School of Music performances this week

April 23, 2021
The Dana Piano Trio - Wendy Case, Kivie Cahn-Lipman and Cicilia Yudha - performs Saturday, May 1. The Dana School of Music’s end-of-semester performances continue this week, including: Thursday,...

Cory Brozina is at it again: YSU prof gets second big NSF grant

April 2, 2021
Cory Brozina is at it again. The National Science Foundation recently awarded $300,000 to Brozina, assistant professor in the Rayen School of Engineering at Youngstown State University, for a...

Excellence @ Work: Performances and exhibitions

March 31, 2021
The latest edition of Excellence @ Work , an e-newsletter recognizing YSU faculty and staff scholarly achievements, features performances and exhibitions by faculty in the YSU Cliffe College of...

Excellence @ Work: Presentations and honors

March 25, 2021
The latest edition of Excellence @ Work , an e-newsletter recognizing YSU faculty and staff scholarly achievements, features academic and scholarly presentations and honors by eight YSU faculty and...

YSU Excellence @ Work: Faculty publications

March 21, 2021
The latest edition of Excellence @ Work , an e-newsletter recognizing YSU faculty and staff scholarly achievements, features publications by 11 faculty members: Denis M. Crawford, Susan...

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