June 2005 Issue

Abstract

"The YSU Board of Trustees agreed to scale back tuition and approved the fiscal year 2006 budget during a busy series of meetings in June. Trustees also discussed the first phase of the East Campus Gateway improvement project, the first steps in the construction of a new building for the Williamson College of Business Administration, a new plan to increase student scholarships and the end of a successful first year of the Youngstown Early College. Board members also passed a resolution in memory of board chair Larry E. Esterly, who died unexpectedly in May. Trustees elected H.S. Wang as the board's new chair, and two new trustees took the oath of office--Dr. Dianne Bitonte Miladore and Dr. Sudershan K. Garg." Includes summary of board actions and discussions that took place during committee meetings held on June 2 and 9 and the full board meeting on June 24.