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.


Youngstown State University is the new host of the Ohio Procurement Technical Assistance Center. The Center in the Williamson College of Business Administration will work in conjunction with the Ohio...
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Faculty and Staff Honors and Publications Honors Two lawyers on the YSU faculty were recently appointed to statewide leadership positions. Atty. Ron Slipski, lecturer in the departments of Politics...
Youngstown State University Award
Nicole Pettitt Faculty and staff academic presentations Nicole Pettitt, assistant professor of English, presented "Representing belonging: Refugee-background women's personal photography...
Ron Shaklee, professor and chair of Geography and Urban-Regional Studies, pictured kneeling with YSU
Ron Shaklee, professor and chair of Geography and Urban-Regional Studies, pictured kneeling with YSU students in San Salvador, Bahamas. This week, Shaklee is in the Bahamas for his 31st study abroad...
Even before the Mahoning Valley took a manufacturing hit last year, YSU was working on ways to provide more research and educational opportunities for its students; spur workforce development in the...
After a year of searching for the right artist to illustrate a children’s book, a chance encounter in Bliss Hall led to the discovery of Justine Mitcham, a YSU senior from Poland majoring in...
YSU’s new provost has a message for the university’s 104,000-plus alumni—we want you back. “I’d like to see our alumni more engaged at the university, more involved in service projects, more...
YSU Mathematics Professor Anita O’Mellan was a kindergartener in Danville, Ill., when she decided she wanted to be a teacher. (Well, except for a brief time when she thought it’d be cool to be a...
When Alyssa Falcone walked on the YSU campus, you have to think Helga Ives was smiling from the great beyond. An award-winning teacher and researcher of Italian language, literature and culture,...
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The Youngstown State University Office of Research Services honored faculty and staff at the annual research awards luncheon earlier this month. “These recipients represent just a sample of the...

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