“From the Neck Up,” an exhibition of costume crafts from YSU Theater productions featuring the work of Associate Staff Designer W. Rick Schilling, is on view in the Bliss Hall lobby through Aug. 12. See News Brief below.

• ‘Neck Up’ exhibit features YSU Theater crafts
• Institute in International Business this week at YSU
• Ohio Business Week marks 9^th year on YSU campus
• McDonough Museum plans for Alumni Exhibition

Calendar
Monday, June 16 through Friday, June 20. About 30 middle and high school students from Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties attend the 2008 YSU Summer Writing Camp. The camp features field trips to the Butler Institute of American Art and Mill Creek Park. For more information, contact Kevin Ball, assistant professor of English, at 330–941–3417.

Wednesday, June 18, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Emerging Markets Initiative in YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration hosts the first annual high school Summer Institute in International Business. See News Brief below.

Friday, June 20, 3 p.m. YSU Board of Trustees meets in the Trustees Meeting Room on the first floor of Tod Hall.

Sunday, June 22 to Saturday, June 28. More than 125 students from across Ohio participate in Ohio Business Week at YSU. See News Brief below. 

‘Neck Up’ exhibit features YSU Theater crafts
“From the Neck Up,” an exhibition of masks, crowns, wigs and other costume crafts from Youngstown State University Theater productions featuring the work of Associate Staff Designer W. Rick Schilling, is on view in the Bliss Hall lobby through Aug. 12.

Thirty costume pieces from productions ranging over the past 25 years are on display with behind–the–scenes pictures showing the artist’s creative process. Included in the exhibit is a display of 18th century hair styles from the 2008 University Theater production of The Rivals, along with wig sculptures created from foam for the 2007 opera production The Impresario. The exhibit features many other designs made from a variety of materials.

Schilling also works as a freelance designer. His costume design and consulting work was recently acknowledged by the Special Event Design industry at its annual conference in Atlanta, where companies from 20 nations convened. Schilling has created 3–D characters for corporations and has designed and created costumes for many interactive performers used at major fundraising events as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, University Hospital in Cleveland, and the City Theater Gala in Pittsburgh.

Schilling holds a master of fine arts degree in theater from Kent State University with an emphasis in costume. He has been a member of the professional administrative staff for YSU Theater since 1986. He is responsible for the costume shop operations and wardrobe facilities at YSU and assists resident costume designer Jane Shanabarger with four main stage productions annually.ﾠ

The Department of Theater and Dance at YSU is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theater. For information call 330–941–3810.

Institute in International Business this week at YSU
The Emerging Markets Initiative in Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration will host the first annual high school Summer Institute in International Business 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 18.

The workshop in Williamson Hall on the YSU campus will introduce high school students to global business issues such as managing the global supply chain, international marketing and global competitiveness.

Ram Kasuganti and R. V. Eunni, directors of the Emerging Markets Initiative and faculty members in WCBA’s management department, and other WCBA faculty will conduct the program using case discussions, simulation and team exercises.ﾠ

The workshop is one of many new projects created and funded by the Emerging Markets Initiative, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Education and the WCBA. Other initiatives include new cross–disciplinary electives with an international focus for both undergraduate and graduate students, international study tours, and one–day workshops specifically designed for area businesses who want to explore business opportunities in Emerging Markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. 

Ohio Business Week marks 9^th year on YSU campus
More than 125 students from across Ohio, including 25 from Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties, will participate in Ohio Business Week at Youngstown State University from Sunday, June 22 to Saturday, June 28.

“YSU plays a crucial role in helping the Foundation prepare Ohio’s youth for future leadership roles in the business community,” said Nancy Whetstone, executive director of the Ohio Business Week Foundation. “After attending OBW at YSU, students will emerge from the program with the skills necessary for success in higher education and the work force.”

Current high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors can register for the program. Students come together to form companies and learn business skills, concepts, and theories from local and regional business leaders and compete in activities that promote leadership and ingenuity. They also learn about entrepreneurship by developing a business plan, a marketing plan, and a financial plan for a start–up business.

Advisors and guest speakers represent large and small businesses from around the state. Students will attend workshops on: elements of cost, marketing and advertising, personal finance, business communications, ethics, customer service and entrepreneurship. Most activities will take place in Kilcawley Center at YSU.

“We strongly believe in preparing Ohio’s youth for success in the American free enterprise system,” said Betty Jo Licata, dean of YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration. “Each summer, Ohio Business Week participants leave our campus with a better understanding of entrepreneurship, business success and ethical business practices.”

Established in 1988, the Ohio Business Week Foundation is a statewide non–profit organization that provides high school students the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in business and entrepreneurship.

Participants are assigned to a “company” with 10–12 other students and a loaned executive called a company advisor. The students develop an idea for a new business venture; complete business, financial and marketing plans; construct a trade show display; develop an advertisement or web page; and create a TV or radio commercial.

At the end of the week, the companies compete in the Emerging Entrepreneur Project Competition. To prepare students for the Competition, the Foundation relies on business leaders from across the state of Ohio to provide mentoring and expertise to the student teams.

OBW students also will tour local companies, includingﾠ AVI Food Systems, Home Savings & Loan Co., Schwebel Baking Co., Aerolite Extrusions, Great Harvest Bread Co., Wendell August Forge, The Vindicator, WFMJ–TV–21, and Vinylume Products.

Applications may be requested via the Foundation’s toll free number 888–377–7414 or downloaded from www.ohiobusinessweek.org. For more information, call Christine Shelton, coordinator of external relations for the WCBA, at 330–941–3068 or cgshelton@ysu.edu. 

McDonough Museum plans for Alumni Exhibition
Youngstown State University’s McDonough Museum of Art is seeking YSU art graduates to participate in the 2009 Alumni Exhibition.

The juried art exhibit, which will run Feb. 20 to March 20, 2009, includes $3,000 in cash prizes. The juror is Mary Antonakos, director of I space Gallery at the College of Fine Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

The exhibit is open to all YSU Department of Art alumni. Eligible work includes painting, drawing, mixed media, prints, photography, digital photography, sculpture, installations, ceramics, textiles, glass, metalwork, graphics and multimedia.

For information on submission deadlines and details, visit http://mcdonoughmuseum.ysu.edu/ or contact Robyn Maas at 330–941–1546 or remaas@ysu.edu.