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Skeletons in San Salvador
Molly Toth Molly E. Toth of Struthers, a senior anthropology major, geared up to study human remains in the Bahamas through a grant she was recently awarded. The $800 grant from the Gerace Research...
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Gilman International Scholars
Christena Weatherspoon Three YSU students were selected into the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program and will receive awards to study abroad next semester. Anthony Latour, majoring in...
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Making bank in London
Michael Gans Recent Youngstown State University graduate Michael Gans of North Benton, Ohio, has been accepted into the prestigious Mountbatten Institute in London to study international business....
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Students earn scholarships to study in China, Turkey
Jessica Valsi and Rochelle Beiersdorfer are the first Youngstown State University students ever to receive the prestigious Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. Rochelle...
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Mechanical engineering major lands international internship
Bryan Zilka Bryan Zilka is going global with a co-op internship in Seoul, South Korea this summer. A junior mechanical engineering major in YSU’s College of Science, Technology, Engineering and...
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In search of the Woolly Opossum
YSU graduate student Joe Rupert at the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. YSU graduate student Joseph Rupert spent this past summer, machete in hand, hacking his way through Costa Rica’s dense tropical...
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Student earns study abroad award
Kaitlin Hankins Kaitlin Hankins, a junior majoring in Spanish Education at Youngstown State University, has been awarded the Ohio International Consortium Donald N. Nelson Scholarship to help defray...
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Four students receive prestigious study abroad scholarship
From left, YSU students Haileh Ahmed, Meysha Harville, Solita Wilson and Ryan Meditz have received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship to study abroad. Four Youngstown State University...
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Student slated to sing at the Vatican Choir
Art has the Louvre, theater has Broadway, and for classical and opera singers, it would be hard to beat the prestige of singing at the Vatican. For Poland, Ohio, native Emily Alcorn, it’s only part of...
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YSU student to intern in Spain
Laura Paz has been at YSU for the last three years, travelling back to her family in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, during the summer months. This summer, though, she will be travelling to Barcelona to be...
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From Cyprus to Korea, students study abroad this summer
Clockwise from top left, Floyd E. Kenney, Timothy Shaffer, Sophia Santisi, Michael Aviles, Michel Kordupel and Kathleen Gallagher. Six YSU students are on the road – overseas – this summer on study...
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Geology prof plans study trip to Tibet in the spring
Ray Beiersdorfer, center, professor of Geology at YSU, has traveled to China eight times. This photo was taken in Dali. Ray Beiersdorfer, an award-winning professor of Geology at Youngstown State...
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Undergrad awarded Critical Language Scholarship
Celeste Marshall is YSU’s recipient of the State Department Critical Language Scholarship and will study abroad this summer in this prestigious, fully funded program in Amman, Jordan. Having already...
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Gilman Scholarship winner heading to Russia
Sarah Mindek Sarah Mindek of Bristol, a senior majoring in Psychology, has been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship. Mindek will be travelling to St. Petersburg, Russia, this summer...
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Student’s Summer Intership in Tanzania
Andrew Bull YSU student Andrew Bull’s summer internship will be more than just fetching coffee and learning the ropes. On his own initiative, the Poland resident discovered Art in Tanzania, a part of...
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Alumni Spotlight: Travels & Tissues – At the Helm of a global paper company
Donald Lewis, ’86 BSBA Dan Lewis, ’86 BSBA If you told Donald Lewis 30 years ago that he’d one day be a president of a multi-billion-dollar company, the YSU marketing student would have probably said...
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