Economic Development Strategies for the City of Youngstown, a project developed in partnership with Youngstown State University's Center for Urban and Regional Studies, will be officially rolled out 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the YSU Community Room of the Covelli Center in downtown Youngstown. Major goals developed for the city based on the current economy, competitive advantages and best practices from other cities will be presented. Also presented will be a review of corridor opportunity sites and the Downtown Vision and Action plan.

The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor hosts a free screening of the film, La Mia Strada (My Road), 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. The screening will be accompanied by a discussion by the film’s producer/director, Michael DiLauro.

Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music hosts the inaugural “Dana’s Got Talent” voice scholarship competition 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 in St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Avenue. The event is free. Six singers, all majoring in Voice in the Dana School of Music, will compete for two cash awards: a $3,500 scholarship and a $500 audience favorite award. Each singer will present two selections, one in English and one in Italian. The Italian Scholarship League underwrites the competition and accompanying cash awards.

Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration, in conjunction with the Lariccia School of Accounting and Finance, Beta Alpha Psi, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Student Ambassador, hosts the 19th Annual Accounting and Finance Student/Practitioner Day 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in the Conference Center of Williamson Hall.

Since the summer of 2013, YSU Magazine has been inviting married YSU couples to share their love stories in a section of Class Notes that we call Penguin Mates. The couples featured here were introduced in the magazine’s Fall 2015 print edition, and you can read their complete stories and see all their photos here. Penguin Mates will be a continuing feature in YSU’s alumni magazine.