Jambar photographs of Dr. George M. Wilcox, head of the education department, and James W. Wishart, a newly appointed full-time instructor of education.
YSU has named the courtyard area surrounding Cafaro House dormitory the "Christman Campus Green," in honor of Anne Kilcawley Christman. Christman, 86, made the landscaping possible with a donation of $500,000.
Records indicated that 770 students enrolled for the Spring 1946 semester were military veterans. 583 were new veterans, with 75 of these being former students of Youngstown College.
Due to increased enrollment, many additions were made to the Youngstown College faculty. Other members of the teaching staff who served with the military during the Second World War returned to their campus duties.
Professor Willard L. Webster was hospitalized for a throat infection and was expected to be discharged from St. Elizabeth's Hospital within a few days. Students from his Embyrology class each expressed regards for Professor ...
Vocational guidance became available through the newly-established Veterans Vocational Guidance Center in the Main Building. Dr. George W. Wilcox, dean of the college, was chosen to lead the center.
Four students at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, were shot to death by Ohio National Guardsmen during an antiwar protest. In response to tear gas, the student protesters used rocks and bricks to fight back the Guard ...
Professor John Bare of the Veterans' Administration Guidance and Training Subdivision teamed up with Dr. Luther Warren of Mount Union College in providing returning military veterans with career guidance.
Four new courses were added to the Youngstown College curriculum for the Fall 1945 semester. These were Fashion Design and Interior Decorating taught by Margaret Evans, Psychology of Personnel Selection and Placement ...
As part of Youngstown College's planned postwar expansion, the old Rayen School building on Wick Avenue underwent extensive remodeling to house the newly-named William Rayen School of Engineering.
Youngstown College announced the appointment of Betty Gleason as assistant librarian. Gleason was also to work in the college business manager's office and the bookstore.
The lobby of Kilcawley Center was the scene of a near riot as students who supported the war in Vietnam upset a table staffed by Students and Faculty for Peace. Anti-war literture was destroyed and SFP members present were ...
In an emotional press conference, YSU men's basketball coach John Stoia answered questions concerning the non-renewal of his contract with the University.
Dr. Peter John Kasvinsky, assistant vice president for graduate studies and research at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, has been named dean of graduate studies at YSU.
Rick Miller, director of the YSU Radio Show, and Bill Weimer, past director, informed "The Jambar" that a carrier current radio station could be set up at Youngstown State for under $700.
Dean Michael J. Charignon of the Engineering School announced the creation of a fund to have a mural painted on the main wall in the lobby of the Engineering Sciences Building.
Dr. Nicholas Paraska, associate professor of civil engineering, was appointed dean of the new Technical and Community College of the university. He had been a member of the YSU faculty since 1960.