Two students named Goldwater Scholars, a first for YSU

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Youngstown State University juniors Andrew Morgan of Vienna, Ohio, and Jenna Wise of Hubbard, have been selected as Goldwater Scholars for the 2016-17 academic year, marking a first in YSU history for two students to receive the prestigious award in the same year. In all, only 11 Ohio residents were chosen. Selected on the basis of academic merit, Morgan and Wise are two of 252 total sophomores and juniors in the United State chosen from a field of 1,150 mathematics, science and engineering students from 415 colleges and universities.

Cyber-security event on campus features experts, award-winning film

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Cyber-safety is the topic of a two-day event hosted by Youngstown State University on Wednesday and Thursday April 6 and 7, featuring presentations by cyber-security experts and a screening of the award-winning film “Citizen Four” about Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The event, which is being held in conjunction with Cyber-security and Privacy Awareness Day, focuses on helping attendees learn how t

Mock outbreak of The Plague helps prepare campus for disaster

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More than 250 Nursing students at Youngstown State University will participate in a mock disaster drill 8 a.m. to noon April 8 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center to help prepare the campus in the event of a medical emergency in the area. “The purpose of the training is to prepare us for a communicable disease outbreak or terrorist attack ,” said Wendy Thomas of YSU’s Student Health Services.

LGBTQIA Safe Zone Ally Training set for April 16 on campus

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Youngstown State University students, faculty and staff are invited to attend Safe Zone Ally Training 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in McKay Auditorium of the Beeghly College of Education on campus. Safe Zone Ally Training is an ongoing effort to make the YSU campus a safer place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and ally (LGBTQIA) individuals. Reservation deadline is April 11. To make a reservation, visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TCV_CKcRIDICkyCoooTIcpLjy-lUb4yWQv44u0HuK1Q/viewform.

YHCIL workshop focuses on historic places and landmarks

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The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor hosts its fourth Toolbox Workshop at noon Saturday, April 9. The free event, which is open to the public, features a presentation by Barbara Powers, director of the State Historic Preservation Office for Inventory and Registration at the Ohio History Connection in Columbus.

Arts Mean Business schedules series of workshops

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“How to Build Sales through Social Media” is the first in a new series of Arts Means Business workshops. The workshop will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the McDonough Museum of Art on the campus of Youngstown State University. YSU faculty members R.J.
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