Below are a variety of items about upcoming events and other news notes on the campus of Youngstown State University.

• YSU names new head of marketing, communications
• YSU SMARTS receives regional, state art awards
• YSU student receives top Delta Zeta honor
• Seven bands featured at Parade of Bands Sept. 17

Calendar
Monday, Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m. Press conference to announce the latest generous gift to YSU’s Centennial Capital Campaign. The press conference is at the SMARTS Center located in the Adler Art Academy in the DeYor Performing Arts Center on Federal Plaza in downtown Youngstown.

Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 8 and 9. “Famine and Mass Violence: An International Conference” will be held on the YSU campus, sponsored by the YSU Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies. The conference features lectures and discussions on topics ranging from the use of famine as a weapon to starvation and structural violence. For more information and a detailed agenda, visit http://www.ysu.edu/judaic/conference3.html.

Wednesday, Sept. 10. Exhibit about Oskar Schindler, the German–Catholic industrialist and rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust who was the subject of the film Schindler''s List, opens at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry on Wood Street. The exhibit runs through Oct. 22. Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for students and free for YSU students. The exhibit is organized and circulated by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and sponsored by the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at YSU. In conjunction with the exhibit, Schindler’s List will be shown 7 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center and 4 p.m. Sept. 10 in The Gallery in Kilcawley Center. 

Thursday, Sept. 11 and Friday, Sept. 12. Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, visits the YSU campus. The visit is part of the chancellor’s continuing efforts to visit campuses across the state. The visit will include a campus tour and meetings with students, faculty, staff and administration. Fingerhut will spend the night at Cafaro House residence hall.

Friday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. YSU’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. sponsors a YSU ROTC reunion in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. As many as 100 ROTC alumni are expected to attend. The reunion is part of YSU’s Centennial Celebration. YSU’s ROTC recently was restored to host battalion status.

Sunday, Sept. 14, 1 p.m. YSU soccer team takes on Akron at Stambaugh Stadium.

Football Saturday
Saturday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m. YSU Penguins kicks off the home football schedule against Central State at Stambaugh Stadium. All fans receive a YSU football schedule magnet. After the game, fans will enjoy a fireworks display. Stadium gates open at 2:30 p.m. Ticket office hours at Stambaugh Stadium are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to kickoff on game day.
YSU Marching Pride “Ice Breaker” pep rally begins at 2:30 p.m. in Beeghly Center. The rally is free and open to the public and features the 124–member YSU band as well as Central State’s band, the “Invincible Marching Marauders.” The YSU Marching Pride is seeking dancers in grades kindergarten through eighth grade to become one–day members of the Penguinette dance line as a part of “Shake A Tail Feather.” Participants will practice with the dance line before the game, and join the “Marching Pride” on the field during pre–game of the game on Sept. 13. For more information, please contact the director of the marching band at 330–941–1833.

YSU names new head of marketing, communications

Mark W. Van Tilburg, former executive director of college relations at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., has been named executive director of marketing and communications at Youngstown State University.

Van Tilburg comes to the Mahoning Valley with a quarter–century of experience in advertising, media relations and communications, including a successful 14–year track record in marketing for higher education.

At YSU, Van Tilburg will oversee the university’s marketing and advertising, Web site development, publications, and printing services, as well as media and public relations.

“I am looking forward to working with Mark, who is an accomplished professional and will be a fine addition to the advancement division of the university,” said George McCloud, vice president for university advancement.

Most recently, Van Tilburg served as executive director of college relations at William Jewell College, a private, liberal arts college in suburban Kansas City, Mo., where he was responsible for planning and implementing all marketing and communications programs. He also directed marketing programs at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., and at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Pa. He spent five years as information coordinator for the Louisiana Board of Regents, handling internal and external communications for a $30 million statewide National Science Foundation program to reform science and mathematics education.

Van Tilburg earned a bachelor’s degree in English and political science from Louisiana State University and a master’s degree in creative writing and poetry from the University of Iowa, Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

YSU SMARTS receives regional, state art awards
YSU SMARTSStudents Motivated by the Arts will receive the Ohio Art Education Association Northeast Region Distinguished Business/Organization for Art Education Award on Sunday, Sept. 14 in Cleveland.ﾠ

SMARTS will also receive the state–wide Ohio Art Education Distinguished Business/Organization for Art Education Award at the OAEA State Conference (www.oaea.org/convention.html) in Toledo on Nov. 6.ﾠ

“We are honored to receive these two recognitions,” said Becky Keck, SMARTS director. “We are doing amazing things down here.”

Keck and SMARTS Coordinator Kelly Bancroft will accept the awards, along with Samuel Adu–Poku, YSU assistant professor of art.

Adu–Poku has worked with SMARTS to create a model that gives early teaching opportunities to YSU students enrolled in teacher education programs by making SMARTS a living/learning laboratory.

SMARTS provides quality teaching experiences in a safe, creative environment for the young pre–service teachers, Keck said. SMARTS’ afterschool and Saturday programming also provides the students with teaching opportunities beyond a traditional school day, fitting well into their class schedules, she said.

Letters of support for the awards were provided by Adu–Poku, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, and Edie Davidson, an art educator at Boardman High School.ﾠ

SMARTS is an arts education program at YSU’s College of Fine and Performing Arts and Beeghly College of Education. The program seeks to motivate students to succeed in all areas of life by teaching them the discipline and focus that creating art requires. SMARTS classes are free and open to the public by application. ﾠ

For more information, call 330–941–ARTS or visit the SMARTS website at www.fpa.ysu.edu/smarts.

YSU student receives top Delta Zeta honor

For her devotion to leadership and service within Youngstown State University’s Kappa Chi chapter of Delta Zeta, senior business administration major Dalene Scott was presented the 2007–2008 Grace Mason Lundy Award at the Greek organization’s national convention in Miami this summer.

Granted to only six women across 158 national chapters, the Grace Mason Lundy Award, named in honor of a former national sorority president, is the highest honor given to undergraduate Delta Zeta members.

Scott, YSU first vice president in charge of recruitment, alumni relations chair and philanthropy chair, was selected for the award in recognition of her leadership in campus and sorority activities and her devotion and loyalty to her chapter. The Austintown native was also honored for her contributions to the advancement of her chapter.

In the form of a heart–shaped pendant, the Grace Mason Lundy Award features a golden rose and a pearl, symbols of 50 years of Delta Zeta service. These symbols signify that award winners are to play active roles as alumnae at local and national levels.

“It’s the biggest honor a collegiate student can receive,” she said, “but it means that the sorority expects a lot from you in the future.”

Despite the high expectations, Scott intends to strive for advancement and success within Delta Zeta for years to come, demonstrating her dedication to the organization. “I’m looking into applying as the chapter traveling consultant and as an adviser,” she said. “I absolutely see Delta Zeta in my future.”

Seven bands featured at Parade of Bands Sept. 17
Seven area marching bands, including the Youngstown State University Marching Pride, will be featured at the 2008 Parade of Bands 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 in Stambaugh Stadium on the YSU campus.

Gates open at 6 p.m. for general admission seating west side of the stadium. Admission is $5 for single tickets and $10 for two or more same family tickets. Parking is $5 in the YSU lots on Fifth Avenue numbered M–27 or F–2.

The evening begins with the YSU Marching Pride performing the Star Spangled Banner, followed by the presentation of colors by the YSU Western Reserve Army ROTC Battalion. Bands will then perform in the following order: McDonald High School, Sharon High School, Niles McKinley High School, Warren G. Harding, Jackson–Milton High School, Ursuline High School the YSU Marching Pride.

This year the YSU marching band is featuring music to help the Football Penguins “Fight the Bad Guys” that visit Stambaugh Stadium by calling on the help of superheroes from recent films. Music for this year comes from “The Incredibles,” the TV series “Wonder Woman” and “Hawaii Five–O,” as well as music from the movie “Batman” and “James Bond 007.”

The 124–member 2008 Marching Pride consists of undergraduate and graduate students who represent more than 30 academic majors at YSU. The band is directed by Chris Heidenreich, assistant professor of music education at the Dana School of Music assisted by Dean Anschutz, marching percussion instructor; Holly Ceci, Color Guard instructor; and Stacey Walters–Emch, dance team and majorette advisor

For more information on the YSU Marching Pride, visit www.ysubands.org or call Heidenreich at 330–941–1833.