As the Ohio General Assembly sought to pass legislation to aid colleges and universities within the Buckeye State, State Representatives Thomas J. Barrett and George G. Tablack proposed an outright grant of $800,000 to ...
Through a grant provided by the Ohio Division of Mental Hygiene, the Youngstown University Theatre set up a special repertory company known as family plays. The short plays are part of an adult education program on human behavior.
YSU art and theatre student Maple Turner III designed an exhibit of showing the development of theatre costumes at YSU. Her aim was to make the public aware that YSU has a talented and creative costume section working for ...
The death of Dr. Earl E. Edgar, vice president for academic services, was announced. Edgar, who died of a coronary at North Side Hospital, joined the YSU staff in 1967. In 1968, he was appointed the first head of the ...
Youngstown State University traces its origins to 1908, when the first college-level course (in commercial law) was offered by the Youngstown branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). For the next 38 years, ...
With the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, the United States entered World War II. Youngstown College, like the rest of the country, dedicated itself to supporting the military and would ...
When Albert L. Pugsley became President in 1966, American military participation in the Vietnam War was maintained through an unpopular draft system. As casualties mounted, students on college campuses throughout the ...
Youngstown University was designated to receive a grant of more than $75,000 from the U.S. Steel Foundation. The University applied the first installment toward the construction of a new science building.