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Business Owners to Graduate as Emerging Leaders
Monday, November 03, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Williamson College of Business Administration and the Small Business Development Center at Youngstown State University will hold graduation for the 2014 Emerging Leaders at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Williamson Hall.
The initiative established by the Small Business Administration focuses on small companies in the Mahoning Valley that have the potential to grow rapidly and create jobs.
YSU Materials Science Lab Hailed as 'Second to None'
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- New equipment recently installed in Youngstown State University's X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory places the institution "second to none" among universities in Ohio and among the best in the country when it comes to materials analysis, officials say.
Apple Provides Tech Grant for Chaney STEM School
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Chaney STEM/VPN Campus was selected as one of 114 schools that will receive a grant from technology giant Apple.
The grant will provide every student, teacher and administrator at Chaney with an iPad, according to a news release issued by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13 Ohio. The grant is part of President Obama’s ConnectED initiative. Chaney is one of three Ohio schools selected to share in Apple's grants totaling $100 million over the next few years.
YSU Students Offer Graphics, Design Help
Monday, October 27, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Youngstown Design Works, a design agency operated by graphics and interactive-design students at Youngstown State University, will continue its program of providing design services to the community with a program today through Friday.
YSU Faculty Union Votes to Authorize Strike
Thursday, October 23, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Meeting 45 minutes behind closed doors, more than 160 members of the Youngstown State University chapter of the Ohio Education Association unanimously voted to authorize a strike if an agreement on a new contract cannot be reached with the university.
“We are not confident at all. That's why both parties scheduled fact finding, because we are not confident that we will reach a common position on Oct. 28 [the next scheduled negotiating session],” said Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, chief negotiator for YSU-OEA.