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.

YSU's WCBA named PTAC site

March 23, 2020
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...
The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio Seal

Excellence at Work: Honors and Publications

January 15, 2020
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

Excellence at Work: Academic presentations

January 15, 2020
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

New Shaklee scholarship supports study abroad journeys

December 13, 2019
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...
Excellence Training Center Equipment

Excellence Through Education

November 26, 2019
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...
Justine Mitcham

Goodbye Spring

November 26, 2019
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...
Provost Brien Smoth

Provost to alumni: "We have a foundation for greatness"

November 26, 2019
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

8 ÷ 2 (2+2) = ?

November 26, 2019
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...
Alyssa Falcone

That’s amore!

November 26, 2019
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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YSU's top researchers honored

November 22, 2019
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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