Robert Fishbone, president of On The Wall Productions, presents “Selling the Scream: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur With Your Crazy Idea” on Tuesday, Feb. 23 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. The event is part of the Williamson College of Business Administration's celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week. Fishbone invented the inflatable "Scream" (pictured) and more than 150 other art and music related gift items sold in museums and music stores in 20 countries. For more details on his visit, see News Brief below.

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

• Renowned 'mathemagician' visits YSU on Friday
• 'Crazy Idea' highlighted in Entrepreneurship Week
• Bridge building contest set for Feb. 19
• YSU shoots for #1 in RecycleMania
• Students inducted into Golden Key

Calendar
Monday, Feb. 8, 3 to 5 p.m. Chris Vinyard and JGM Hans Thewissen, faculty members at the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, will give lectures at the third annual Darwin Day in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus.

Monday, Feb. 8, 3 p.m. The YSU Center for International Studies and Programs hosts a presentation about YSU's exchange program with Lunghwa University in Taiwan in Bresnahan Rooms 1 and 2, Kilcawley Center. YSU's first two students to study at Lunghwa University will talk about their experiences. George McCloud, YSU vice president for University Advancement, will also give a short presentation on his recent visit to Taiwan to represent YSU at the 40th anniversary of Lunghwa University.

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m. YSU's African American History Month continues with a Diversity Roundtable discussion focusing on diversity initiatives and programs at YSU. The event is in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 12:15 p.m. YSU Choral Ensembles perform at free Music at Noon concert in the Butler Institute of American Art.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. Mustansir Mir, YSU professor of Philosophy and Religous Studies, and Helene Sinnreich, director of YSU Judaic and Holocaust Studies, co–present "Studying Judaic and Islamic Traditions: Women in Judaism and Islam" in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center. 

Thursday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m. About 250 students from 27 middle and junior high schools participate in the 2010 MATHCOUNTS competition at YSU. The competition is sponsored by the Mahoning Valley Society of Professional Engineers and YSU''s College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Thursday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. Ronald Clayton, a mixed–media artist and painter from Cleveland Heights, and Julius M. Lyles III, a curator and artist from Richmond Heights, Ohio, are featured in a panel discussion on African American Contemporary Art titled "Truth and Fear." The event in the McDonough Museum of Art auditorium is part of African American History Month.

Thursday, Feb. 11, 7:05 p.m. Nationally–ranked Butler University plays the Penguins in a men's basketball tilt in Beeghly Center. The Pens also play Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:05p.m. in Beeghly against Valparaiso.

Friday, Feb. 12, 1 p.m. Art Benjamin, a mathematician and magician who recently appeared on "The Colbert Report," presents "Mathemagics!" in McKay Auditorium in Beeghly Hall. See News Brief below.

Friday, Feb. 12, 3 p.m. The Executive Committee of the YSU Board of Trustees meets in the Manchester Room in Tod Hall on the YSU campus.

Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Daryl Davis, author of "Klandestine Relationships," speaks in the Presidential Suites of Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus. Davis will discuss the activities and inner working of the Ku Klux Klan and how best to disable it. His research has included rare contact with members in an attempt to unmask the myths, assumptions and strategies of the Klan.  

Friday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m. Penguins women's tennis squad takes on Xavier (Ohio) in the Boardman Tennis Center. The next day, Saturday, Feb. 13, 6 p.m., the men's tennis team plays Niagara, also at the Boardman Tennis Center.

Friday, Feb. 12, and Saturday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m. YSU's Ward Beecher Planetarium presents "Stars," a full–dome show featuring 3D animation and the voice of Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. The planetarium also presents "Little Star That Could" Saturday, Feb. 13, 1 and 2:30 p.m. Free.

Renowned 'mathemagician' visits YSU on Friday

Art Benjamin, a mathematician and magician who recently appeared on "The Colbert Report," presents "Mathemagics!" at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in McKay Auditorium in Beeghly Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University.

In the entertaining and fast–paced performance, Benjamin, a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College in California, will demonstrate and explain how to mentally add and multiply numbers faster than a calculator, how to memorize 100 digits of pi, how to figure out the day of the week of any date in history, and other feats of the mind. Benjamin, who has a Ph.D. in mathematical sciences from Johns Hopkins University, has presented his mixture of math and magic to audiences all over the world. He also has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, and National Public Radio, and has been profiled by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Scientific American, Discovery Magazine, Omni Magazine, People Magazine and ReaderÕs Digest.

For more information on Benjamin, visit http://www.math.hmc.edu/~benjamin/.

The event is sponsored by the YSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the YSU College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. For more information on the event, call 330–941–3302.

'Crazy Idea' highlights Entrepreneurship Week
Robert Fishbone, Thomas Entrepreneur in Residence and president of On The Wall Productions, will be one of the featured guests during the Williamson College of Business Administration's celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week.

The week's events for students, faculty and the business community include success stories from local entrepreneurs and resources available to entrepreneurs in the local community.

Events include:

• Monday, Feb. 22, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Ohio Small Business Development Center hosts a "Business Start–Up Basics" seminar in Room 237 at the YSU Metro Campus in the Southwoods Commons in Boardman. The seminar is for those who have never owned a business. Major topics will cover all of the basics about starting a business in the state of Ohio. Registration fee is $10. Seating is limited. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Rosie Sulik at the SBDC at 330–941–2140 or by email at rsulik@ysu.edu.

• Tuesday, Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Robert Fishbone, Thomas Entrepreneur in Residence and president of On The Wall Productions, presents "Selling the Scream: Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur With Your Crazy Idea" in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. All three sessions are open to the public. For more information, call Donna Walsh, coordinator of the YSU Monus Center for Entrepreneurship at 330–941–3385 or dmwalsh@ysu.edu. Fishbone makes the same presentation Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7:30 to 9 a..m. at the Holiday Inn South in Boardman. Reservations for that event can be made by calling 330–941–3064 or e–mailing cgshelton@ysu.edu. Fishbone is an artist–entrepreneur, known for his creative approach to everything he does, from public speaking to music and storytelling, from public art to product designing. After graduating from Antioch College in 1973 with a degree in communications, Fishbone used his skills to design and produce more than 200 mural projects around the nation with his wife. His clients ranged from neighborhood organizations, schools and clinics to Fortune 500 companies like Ralston Purina, Monsanto and Bell Telephone. He then went on to invent the inflatable Scream and more than 150 other art and music related gift items sold in museums and music stores in 20 countries. He is also a talented musician, specializing in percussion, and he has a CD of original music and stories called 1,000 Steps.

  Tuesday, Feb. 23, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. A dinner and panel discussion entitled "Women Entrepreneurs: Increase Your Possibilities in Today's World" will be held at the DeBartolo Stadium Club at Stambaugh Stadium. Panelists include Kelly Bianco of Strategic Evaluationa Group, Sherris Moriera–Byers of Views and Voices Magazine, and Ella Johnson. Fee is 15. Event is sponsored by WCBA, Emerging Markets Initiative, Partners for Workplace Diversity and the Youngstown Business and Professional Women. To register, call 330–941–7181. 

Bridge building contest set for Feb. 19
The third annual Mahoning Valley Miniature Bridge Building Competition will be 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center on the Youngstown State University campus.

At the event, local high school students will design and construct balsa wood bridges, which will be load–tested until failure. The goal of the competition is to promote civil engineering as a career choice to students, and to provide students with an educational opportunity to apply their knowledge to a real world application.

All Mahoning and Trumbull County high schools have been invited to participate. The 2009 winning teams were Lowellville High School in first and second place. An Aesthetic Award was presented to the team from Canfield High School.

On the day of the event, students will construct bridges from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. At 12:45 p.m., the bridges will be inspected for adherence to design specifications and then load–tested until failure. Prizes will be awarded to the winning teams at approximately 2:15 p.m.

The competition, held during National Engineers Week, is organized and supported by the YSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mahoning County EngineerÕs Office, Trumbull County Engineer's Office, and ms consultants, inc. Other local sponsors include the Boardman Hobby Center, Youngstown Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Thomas Fok & Associates and Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Company.

For more information, contact Anwarul Islam, associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, at 330–941–1740 or aaislam@ysu.edu.

YSU shoots for #1 in RecycleMania
Youngstown State University is taking on more than 400 colleges and universities, including Harvard, Yale, Duke and Boston College, in the national 2010 RecycleMania competition through March 27.

The competition for college and university recycling programs promotes waste reduction activities on campus. Over a 10–week period, schools report recycling and trash data, which are then ranked according to who collects the most recyclables.

"We hope to be number 1 in the state and the nation," said Dan Kuzma, YSU Recycling director.

YSU Recycling is encouraging all faculty, staff and students to use recycling bins throughout campus and the university's recycling center on Adams Street in Smoky Hollow to recycle paper and publications, plastic containers, metal food and beverage cans, glass beverage bottles and cardboard. For more information, contact the YSU Recycling program at 330–941–2294.

During the competition, YSU Recycling will present a small reusable, edible, or spendable gift to individuals on campus who are seen recycling. Gifts are donated by Arby's, Campus Recreation & Student Programming, Comdoc Copy Center, the Green Team and YSU Dining Services/Sodexo.

To celebrate the closing of the competition, YSU Recycling will host the first annual Trash Bash on Friday, March 26, 6 to 8 pm at Peaberry's in Kilcawley Center. Students and faculty are encouraged to create an outfit or costume made from reusable and/or recyclable materials. Over the next few weeks, YSU Recycling will have bins set up in key locations around campus to collect miscellaneous items, such as old gift cards, bottle caps, newspaper comic strips and more that will then become available through to assist participants in creating their costumes. Space will be limited.

For more information on how to get involved or what to recycle, contact Kuzma at 330–941–2294 or djkuzma@ysu.edu or visit www.ysu.edu/recycle.

Students inducted into Golden Key
More than 100 Youngstown State University students were inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society at a ceremony in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center last month.

State Sen. Joe Schiavoni gave the keynote address.

Undergraduate students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better to be eligible for membership in Golden Key. Graduate students must have a GPA of 3.75 or better.

For more information on Golden Key, visit http://www.goldenkey.org/GKIHS.

New members are: 

Leigh Altier of North Lima

Rachel Leah Anderson of Girard

Olivia R. Arnold of Youngstown

Kyle Joseph Banna of Canfield

Nancy Anne Barker of Vienna

Kathryn Marie Berlon of Youngstown

Barbara Lucinda Berman of Boardman

Kerry Ann Bresnahan of Canfield

Sarah Kay Brocker of Canfield

David Aaron Bruno of New Wilmington

Cornelia Ann Bryan of North Jackson

Christina A. Burrows of Niles

Alyson Ramona Cadman of Lowellville

Russell Frances Carley of New Castle

Daniel Bryan Centofanti of Youngstown

Susan Marie Coleman of Newton Falls

Richard Cuckovich of Warren

Krystal Lynn Culler of Austintown

Melissa D. Davis of Warren

Ashlee Elizabeth Dawson of Lisbon

Angela Rose DeChristofaro of Niles

Robyn Nicole DePaul of Girard

Sarah Kathryn DelFraino of Lowellville

Shelby Alicia DeRubba of Niles

Preston Joel Dihle of Youngstown

Deanna Marie DiPillo of Youngstown

Ava Clara Dirienzo of Campbell

Joshua Brian Duffy of Bessemer

Doreen Grace Duganne of Boardman

Pailette Jenice Edington of Warren

Marissa Lynn Elicson of Youngstown

Benjamin Scott Endicott of Leetonia

Jerod Charles Everly of Hubbard

Matthew Carmen Finamore of Struthers

Casey Joan Fitch of Warsaw

Amanda M. Fraser of Youngstown

Anna Beth Garback of Ridgecrest

Brian David Garcar of Poland

Janey Lynn Gbur of Canfield

David Anthony Gerrone of Avon Lake

Kevin Allen Gilmore of Cortland

Caitlin Rae Glenn of Lisbon

Sarah Lindsay Ann Goodspeed of Youngstown

Audria Louise Grubb of Ashland

Ashley Nicole Gruhn of Elyria

Sara Elizabeth Gulgas of Youngstown

Ellice C. Hayek of Hubbard

Lisa Marie Holovatick of Poland

Jamie M. Hostetter of Columbiana

Katie Nicole Hyder of Elyria

Jeanette Marie Iskander of Youngstown

Eric Paul Jernigan of Youngstown

Jennifer Megan Johnstone of Youngstown

Jill Marie Jonda of Youngstown

Frank Anthony Kaydo of Canfield

Elizabeth Nicole Keffler of Canfield

Marsha Louise Kenyhercz of Canfield

Stephanie Anne Kielar of Edinburg

Sarah Anne Kramer of Youngstown

Khristine M. Krcelic of Youngstown

Jessica Ann Lemmo of Warren

Rebecca Catherine Lipari of Warren

Lindsay Lee Lipp of Rogers

Alyssa Nicole Lockhart of Wellsville

Jerrami Clyde Lydic of Youngstown

Prashant Vijayrao Mane of Niles

Kellie Maxine Marett of Volant

Gaynell McBride of Youngstown

Deanna Marie McCormick of Struthers

Meghan Julianna McDermott of Girard

Kristen Lee Mihalko of Youngstown

Benjamin Patrick Miller of Salem

Daniyal Mir of Youngstown

Stacey Marie Mulder of McDonald

Chelsea Justina Munroe of Cortland

Cory Evan Muraco of East Palestine

Ashley Elizabeth Nard of Canfield

Mario Anthony Nero Jr. of Lowellville

Bette J. Nisbett of Cortland

Mark Edward Novotny of Cortland

Nathan Robert Offerdahl of Youngstown

Martha Frances Offerdahl of Youngstown

Kimberly Ann Parker of North Olmsted

Sarah Pasqual of Beloit

Matthew Lee Pollack of Lowellville

Kenneth Charles Porter of North Kingsville

Sean Todd Posey of Canfield

Gina Marie Prezioso of Warren

Daniel Joseph Procopio of Youngstown

Jennifer Lynn Ramsey of Youngstown

Benjamin L. Ramsey of Amsterdam

Nancy Reali of Poland

Stacy Danielle Rhoads of New Middletown

Deborah Jean Rivera of Grafton

Carly Marie Roberts of Youngstown

Jillian Dawn Roemer of Poland

Maureen T. Rothrauff of Youngstown

Tom Paul Satterthwaite of McDonald

Casey Ann Schory of Hubbard

Jessica E. Schuht of Saint Clairsville

Swati Sethi of Canfield

Jessie Elizabeth Shanks of Youngstown

Stephanie Irene Shimko of Warren

Keshia Lynn Smith of Orwell

John Thomas Snyder of Youngstown

Brittany Lynn Stillwagon of Bloomingdale

Rebekah Michelle Sturgiss of Lowellville

Amy Theressa Teeters of Youngstown

Melissa Ann Timko of Canfield

Kenneth Michael Toth Jr. of Poland

Stephanie Marie Uber of Boardman

Becky Lynn Varian of East Liverpool

James Braden Vasconi of Sharon

Janna Marie Wheeler of Carrollton

Beth Ann White of Vienna

Ronald Earl Williams of Austintown

Ashley Michelle Wilson of Youngstown

Diedre Kristen York of Elyria