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Below are a variety of items about upcoming events and other news notes on the campus of Youngstown State University:
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 12:15 p.m. YSU's Dana School of Music presents a free Music at Noon concert in the Butler Institute of American Art Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. The Black History Student Essay Contest Finals and Community Poetry Competition takes place in the Gallery in Kilcawley Center. The contest is part of YSUÕs African American History Month celebration. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m. YSU Symphonic Band and Concert Band perform at Stambaugh Auditorium.
Thursday, Feb. 25. The YSU Board of Trustees meets in the Presidential Suites of Kilcawley Center on the following schedule: 2 p.m. Investment Subcommittee; 2:30 p.m. Audit Subcommittee; 3:30 p.m. External Relations Committee; 4 p.m. Academic and Student Affairs Committee.
Friday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The American Marketing Association hosts its Seventh Annual Professional Networking and Etiquette Luncheon in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center. For more information, see News Brief below. Friday, Feb. 26, 6 to 9 p.m. The Black Academic Challenge trivia contest aimed at challenging students' knowledge of Black history will be held in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The event is part of YSU's African American History Month celebration. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26, 27 and 28.
University Theater presents Shakespeare's romantic comedy "As You Like
It" in Ford Theater. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. while Sunday matinee performances are at 3 p.m. All seats are general admission. Friday, Feb. 26, noon. The YSU Employee Wellness Program sponsors a seminar on Time Management as part of its ongoing Worksite Seminar Series presented by Impact Solutions. An examination of underlying factors affecting individuals' abilities to manage time will be discussed. All full–time and permanent part–time employees are invited. To register, contact Wellness Coordinator Carrie Clyde at 330–941–3360, or crclyde@ysu.edu. Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. The movie Contradictions of the Heart by Walter Allen Bennett Jr. will be screened in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The highly acclaimed film presents the subtle and least–understood aspects of loving relationships in the African American community. The movie is part of YSU's African American History Month celebration.
Schiavone named to YSU Board of Trustees
In
private practice as an attorney for more than 25 years, Schiavone has
concentrated his law practice in the areas of real estate law,
corporate law and domestic relations law. He is also a licensed title
insurance agent. Active
in community development, he has been a member of the North Side
Citizens Coalition for Community Development for more than 20 years,
serving as its board president in 1994, 1995 and from 2002 through 2004. He
also chaired the former Youngstown Civic Center Development
Corporation, a non–profit entity created to construct a civic
center/arena for the city of Youngstown. The
new YSU trustee is completing his third, three–year term on the board
of directors for Humility of Mary Health Partners, a tenure which
included three years as board president. He
served two six–year stints as a member and was chair of the Hospice of
the Valley Board of Trustees and was a member of the Youngstown City
Board of Health from 1991 through 2003. Schiavone
has a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Purdue University
and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Urban university symposium celebrates Sweet's tenure David C. Sweet The event, which features local, regional and national experts, is 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus. Sweet, former dean of the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, became president of YSU in 2000. He retires June 30. The symposium opens with presentations by Sweet and Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams, who will talk about university engagement in the Mahoning Valley and YSU's involvement in the Youngstown 2010 plan. That will be followed by Steven A. Minter, executive in residence at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at CSU and past president and chief executive of the Cleveland Foundation, and David C. Perry, director of the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They will discuss university roles in diversity, philanthropy, economic development and community planning. The symposium concludes with a presentation by Eugenie L. Birch, the Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education at the University of Pennsylvania, who will share her perspectives on the multiple roles of urban universities. She is co–director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research and chair of the department of city and regional planning in the School of Design. She is acknowledged as the leading expert on downtown housing in American cities.
Ecological Restoration is topic of lecture Kimberly Gray, a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, will give a presentation at Youngstown State University on "Ecological Restoration: the Importance of Details in the Big Picture" at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The presentation is free and open to the public. The event is hosted by the YSU chapter of Sigma Xi and YSU. Kimberly Gray Gray studies the structure and function of photoactive materials for applications in renewable energy, water recycling and air quality control. She also researches the role of algal biofilms in the accumulation of contaminants in stream sediments and in the loss of nitrogen from the soil and water in wetlands. Her studies examine the ways in which a detailed understanding of algal biofilms and food webs may improve our ability to predict bioaccumulation of materials in aquatic systems and ultimately their effect on human health. Application of this research is important in efforts to restore critical ecosystems like the Great Lakes and for environmental protection and restoration of wetlands. For more information, contact pedalbec@ysu.edu, jkrontirislitowitz@ysu.edu, or dlfagan@ysu.edu.
Guy Consolmagno Consolmagno, a native of Detroit, earned undergraduate and masters degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph. D. in planetary science from the University of Arizona, after which he was a researcher at Harvard and MIT. He served in the U.S. Peace Corps (Kenya) and taught university physics at Lafayette College before entering the Jesuits in 1989. He has been at the Vatican Observatory since 1993. His research explores connections between meteorites, asteroids, and the evolution of small solar system bodies, observing Kuiper Belt comets with the Vatican's 1.8 meter telescope in Arizona, and curating the Vatican meteorite collection. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and a number of books, including Turn Left at Orion (with Dan Davis), Worlds Apart: A Textbook in Planetary Sciences (with Martha Schaefer), and Brother Astronomer. Consolmagno has served on the governing board of the Meteoritical Society; is the past president of the International Astronomical Union, Commission 16 (Planets and Satellites) and secretary of Division III (Planetary Systems Sciences); and currently serves as chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. This year he holds the Loyola Chair for visiting Jesuit scholars at Fordham University. For more information about the First Friday Club luncheon, visit www.firstfridayclubofgreateryoungstown.org, or call 330–533–1023. For more details on the presentation at YSU, call the Department of Physics & Astronomy at 330–941–3616, Coach Wolford featured at Chamber event
Wolford,
a Brookfield native and graduate of Ursuline High School, was recently
named to head YSU's football program. Other guests of honor will be
P.J. Fecko and Dan Reardon, head coaches of the 2009 State Football
Champions Cardinal Mooney and Ursuline high schools, respectively.
World Middleweight Boxing Champion Kelly Pavlik will be joining the
festivities as well. The event is open to the public. Cost is $20 for Chamber members and $30 for non–members. Reservations are required. Contact Jennifer Mascardine at 330–744–2131 Ext. 12, or email Jennifer@regionalchamber.com. YSU Board of Trustees announces meetings
Annual Etiquette Luncheon set for Friday Young Investigator Award deadline is March 1 The Youngstown State University Chapter of Sigma Xi announces the first Young Investigator Award.
The award was established to recognize outstanding investigators in the early stages of their career who made meritorious contributions to the scientific areas of the physical sciences and engineering, including mathematics, and the life and social sciences.
Any present or past member of Sigma Xi, or others eligible for membership in Sigma Xi, and who is within 10 years of his or her highest earned degree at the time of nomination, may be nominated for the award. The award includes a certificate of recognition, a $250 honorarium, and a refund of one year of Sigma Xi dues. The recipient of the award will be recognized at the annual Sigma Xi Banquet on April 14.
The nomination requires the submission of a current curriculum vita including a 300– to 500–word statement on the excellence of the research, the significant contributions of the nominee to his or her field of research, the independent nature of the research and the promise of continued productivity in the field. Two letters of nomination from Sigma Xi members (not including the nominee) must be submitted. Nomination materials should be sent by March 1 to: YSU Chapter of Sigma Xi c/o Dr. Paul E. Dalbec, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555. ### |
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