YSU will celebrate Arbor Day and the recently–launched Campus Beautification Initiative by planting its first two donor trees on the campus core, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17. Members of the campus and community are invited. Here, members of the Campus Beautification Working Group stand with a tree to be planted on the northwest corner of Moser Hall. From the left are Jean Engle, assistant director of Marketing and Communications; Catherine Cala, director of University Development; and David Ewing, associate director of grounds. For more information, see News Brief below.

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

• Donors give trees as part of Campus Beautification Initiative
• Student designs cover for collection of poems
• YSU celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
• YSU Board of Trustees sets meetings
• Local Green Building group meets this week on campus
• Dana presents 'Hands On Pianos' performance
• Student Government hosts discussion on health care

Calendar
Monday through Thursday, Nov. 16 through 19. YSU marks Global Entrepreneurship Week with a series of campus activities. For details, see News Brief below.

Monday, Nov. 16, 4 to 6 p.m. The YSU Philosophy and Religious Studies Club presents guest speaker Hallie Liberto of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center. The presentation is titled "Species Membership and the Veil of Ignorance: A Talk About Environmental Ethics."

Monday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. Dana School of Music's Jazz Ensemble 2 & 3, under the direction of Kent Engelhardt, perform in Kilcawley Center's Chestnut Room. Free.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m. YSU will celebrate Arbor Day and the recently–launched Campus Beautification Initiative by planting its first two donor trees on the campus core. Members of the campus and community are invited. The trees will be planted outside of Moser and DeBartolo halls. See News Brief below.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. YSU Board of Trustees and President's Cabinet retreat in the Coffelt and Pugsley rooms, second floor of Kilcawley Center.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 4 p.m. YSU Presidential Search Advisory Committee meets in the Ohio Room.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m. The Dana School of Music Flute Ensemble, under the direction of Kathryn Thomas Umble, performs in Bliss Recital Hall. Free.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Alice Wang's Clarinet Studio Recital in Bliss Recital Hall. Free.

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. YSU Student Government hosts a discussion panel on health care reform in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center. See News Brief below.

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 12:15 p.m. A Music at Noon performance featuring the Dana School of Music's Clarinet Studio Recital will be in the Butler Institute of American Art. Free.

Wednesday, Nov. 18. YSU's basketball squads take on rival Kent State in a doubleheader in Beeghly Center. The women play at 5:15 p.m., followed by the men at 7:35 p.m. Visit www.ysusports.com.

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. The Dana School of Music's Jazz Combos, under the direction of Kent Engelhardt, will perform in Kilcawley Center's Chestnut Room. Free.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 300 students from more than 30 schools will attend workshops and competitions at the annual MathFest in Kilcawley Center.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. James Umble's Saxophone Studio Recital will be in First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, 201 Wick Avenue. Free.

Friday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m. The YSU Philosophy and Religious Studies Club screens Martin Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center. Free.

Friday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m. The Arabic and Culture Club, in conjunction with the Arabic Culture Class, hosts an evening of dance, music and conversation on Arabic folklore in the Presidential Suites in Kilcawley Center. Free.

Friday, Nov. 20, 6 to 10 p.m. The Indian International Student Organization presents "Indian Cultural Night" in First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave. The event will feature authentic Indian food, dance performances and India music. Tickets are $8 for students and $15 for others. Seating is limited. To make reservations, call 330–648–3191, 571–294–4346 or 330–272–5053.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 20, 21 and 22. University Theater presents the musical The Baker's Wife in Bliss HallÕs Ford Theater. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., while the Sunday matinee performance starts at 3 p.m. All seats are reserved. Call 330–941–3105.

Friday, Nov. 20. An art auction that will help raise money for YSU nursing, criminal justice and social work students to study and serve in Mexico and Nigeria is scheduled for the Ohio Room in Kilcawley Center. More than 100 pieces of art from artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Slava Brodinsky and Robert Lui will be auctioned. Preview starts at 6 p.m., with the auction commencing at 7 p.m. Admission is $15, or $5 for university students, and includes light refreshments and a cash bar. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the YSU Department of Nursing at 330–941–3293.

Friday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Francois Fowler's Dana Guitar Studio Recital will be in Bliss Recital Hall. Free.

Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21. YSU's Ward Beecher Planetarium presents "Bad Astronomy," 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and "The Case of the Missing Planet" at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. For details, visit http://www.cc.ysu.edu/physics–astro/planetarium_2009proofc.pdf.

Sunday, Nov. 22, 2:05 p.m. YSU women's basketball team plays Canisius in Beeghly Center.

Sunday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. "Hands On Pianos" will be presented by the Dana School of Music in the Ford Family Recital Hall at the Eleanor Beecher Flad Pavilion, DeYor Performing Arts Center. See News Brief.

Donors give trees as part of Campus Beautification Initiative
Youngstown State University will celebrate Arbor Day and the recently–launched Campus Beautification Initiative by planting its first two donor trees on the campus core, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17. Members of the campus and community are invited.

The Campus Beautification Initiative seeks to preserve campus trees and green spaces by establishing an endowment to help support the on–going care and maintenance of campus grounds. To generate funds for the endowment, donors can sponsor memorial trees, benches and bricks for the campus.

Donors Ted and Kathy Szmaj and Tom and Kate Shipka are the first donors to sponsor a tree. They have been invited to throw the final shovel of soil in planting their trees on Nov. 17.

Ted, his spouse Kathy, and Ted's siblings, Elizabeth, John and Greg, are all alumni of YSU. They are planting a silver linden (Tilia tomentosa) adjacent to the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in memory of Ted's father, Casimir Szmaj, a 1961 engineering graduate of Youngstown University.

Ted noted that his father, who emigrated from Poland, made sure that all of his children received a college education. "My siblings and I liked the idea of a living, breathing tribute to our father on the campus of YSU, where all of us, including Dad, received our degrees," he said.

Silver Linden trees are characterized by a smooth, gray bark, leaves that are dark green on top and shimmering silver underneath, and fragrant clusters of yellow–white flowers in early summer. They grow to a height of 50 to 70 feet and make excellent shade trees.

Tom and Kate Shipka are planting a striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) in front of DeBartolo Hall, home of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Tom is professor and chair emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies. His teaching career at YSU spanned 37 years from 1969 to 2006. Kate, son Andrew and daughter Anne Louise White are also YSU graduates.

"We encourage all YSU active and retired faculty and staff, alumni, and all others whose lives have been touched by YSU, to support the campus beautification initiative," said Tom, who received the YSU Heritage Award. "It is a 'thank you' which will endure for generations." The Shipkas are dedicating their tree to "YSU faculty and staff – past, present, and future."

The striped maple, sometimes known as Moosewood, is distinguished by its unique striped bark, a broad, soft leaf that resembles a goose foot, and colorful fall foliage. When young, the bark is striped in green and white, turning to brown as it matures. The trees grow to a maximum height of 45 feet and, in the wild, are an important food source for wildlife. This is the first Acer pensylvanicum on the YSU campus.

The Campus Beautification Working Group, made up of YSU faculty, staff, students and community members, advises donors regarding tree selection and placement. Selected trees must be able to thrive in the northeast Ohio climate zone, be of educational value to YSU students, and must help diversify the campus flora. The Working Group is also helping to finalize a Campus Landscape Master Plan and applying for certification as a Tree Campus USA, a program affiliated with the Arbor Day Foundation that recognizes campus environmental stewardship.

For more information on the Campus Beautification Initiative, or to make a donation, visit http://www.ysu.edu/treesbenches/ or contact University Development at 330–941–3119.

Student designs cover for collection of poems

Michael Ress, a senior art major at Youngstown State University, conceived and executed the cover and interior design of a new collection of poems published by Etruscan Press.

Ress completed the work while working as an intern with Etruscan and the YSU Poetry Center.

"Michael's design is one of the most beautiful and elegant we've had in nine years working with many professional designers," said Philip Brady, Etruscan executive director and director of the Poetry Center.

The design is for the book Peal by Bruce Bond. Peal is Bond's seventh full–length collection of poems. He has won numerous national awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Broad Loaf Writer's Conference.

Ress' internship was funded by the Wean Foundation and the Northeast Ohio Master's of Fine Arts program. He is designing Etruscan's next forthcoming release, Incident Light by H.L.Hix.

Founded in 2001, Etruscan Press is an independent literary non–profit, sponsored by YSU and the NEOMFA in partnership with Wilkes University.

For more information, contact Brady at 330–941–1952.

 

 

 

 

 

YSU celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week
Youngstown State University celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week with several events for students, faculty and the business community.

Activities will focus on international, national and local issues encouraging participants to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.

Events include:

• Monday, Nov. 16, 2 to 3:15 p.m. Panel discussion, "Exporting in Today's Economy," will be held in McKay Auditorium in Beeghly Hall. Representatives from The Global Market Division for ODOD, International Trade Assistance Center, U.S. Export Assistance Center and Manufacturing Advisory & Growth Network will be participate. To make a reservation, call the Small Business Development Center at 330–941–2140.
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  Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7:30 a.m. The Williamson Symposium Series will feature Catherine Mott, founder/CEO of BlueTree Capital Group and BlueTree Allied Angels. A breakfast presentation entitled "State of the Industry – Angel Venture Capital" will take place in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center. To make a reservation, call Christine Shelton at 330–941–3068 or email cgshelton@ysu.edu. Other sessions, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., will be in the Cope Suite in Williamson Hall at YSU and are open to the public.
• Tuesday, Nov. 17, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. A dinner and panel discussion entitled "Women Entrepreneurs: Increase Your Possibilities in Today's World" will be at the DeBartolo Stadium Club in Stambaugh Stadium. Reservations must be received by 5 p.m. Nov.12. Call 330–941–7181.
• Wednesday, Nov. 18, 4 to 6 p.m. A reception will be at the Youngstown Business Incubator for Youngstown Business Incubator Portfolio Companies, board members and YSU faculty members.
• Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The Rise and Shine IdeaLaunch Competition, featuring finalists from the IdeaLaunch Competition, will be held in the Cope Suite in Williamson Hall. YSU students were encouraged to submit their ideas for starting a new business and were judged on the economic and technical feasibility, quality of the product, service and solution, as well as market opportunities. Finalists were paired with a mentor and will present their business plans to the Garden Club Angels, a local organization of individuals interested in small business investment in the Mahoning Valley.

Events are sponsored by the Williamson College of Business Administration, Monus Entrepreneurship Center, Small Business Development Center, Youngstown Business Incubator, WCBA Emerging Markets Initiative, Partners for Workplace Diversity, Youngstown Business & Professional Women and the Garden Club Angels.

For more information, contact Donna Walsh at 330–941–3385 or dmwalsh@ysu.edu. Event information can also be found at www.wcba.ysu.edu 

YSU Board of Trustees sets meetings
The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees has scheduled the following meetings

• Tuesday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Board and Cabinet retreat in the Coffelt and Pugsley rooms, second floor of Kilcawley Center.
• Tuesday, Dec. 1, meeting in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center: 2 p.m.  Internal Affairs Committee, 3 p.m.  External Relations, 4 p.m.  Academic and Student Affairs Committee.
• Thursday, Dec. 3, 2 p.m.  Finance and Facilities Committee meets in the Jones Room.
• Tuesday, Dec. 8, meeting in the Jones Room: 2 p.m. Investment Subcommittee, 3 p.m. Audit Subcommittee, 4 p.m. Finance and Facilities.
• Wednesday, Dec. 16, 3 p.m. Board of Trustees Meeting, Board of Trustees Meeting
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Local Green Building groups meets on campus

The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the United States Green Building Council will hold its Inaugural Youngstown–Warren Green Building Branch Meeting 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the Presidential Suite at Kilcawley Center on the Youngstown State University campus.

The meeting's primary agenda is to identify where the Trumbull/Mahoning/Columbiana region is on the green building spectrum and to learn how the council can assist the movement forward. Brief updates from the NEO Chapter and YSU regarding sustainable initiatives will be given.

Architects, engineers, construction trades, designers, real estate professionals, building owners, facilities managers, financial/legal real estate counsel, green building advocates, construction suppliers, civic development groups, building code officials and students with related majors are welcome.

Light refreshments will be served. Attendance is free, but advanced registration is required. For more information, or to register, log on to www.neogreenbuilding.org.

 

Dana presents 'Hands on Pianos' performance
A piano concert titled "Hands On Pianos" will be presented by the Youngstown State University Dana School of Music 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 in the Ford Family Recital Hall at the Eleanor Beecher Flad Pavilion, DeYor Performing Arts Center in downtown Youngstown.

The concert features pianists Dror Biran, Michael Schneider, James Wilding and Caroline Oltmanns performing piano works for one, two, three and four players – or two, four, six and eight hands.

Admission is $5; senior citizens and non–YSU students are $4 and anyone with a valid YSU ID is free. Call the Youngstown Symphony Center Box Office at 330–744–0264 for tickets or purchase the night of the concert.

Student Government hosts discussion on health care
Youngstown State University's Student Government Association will host a panel discussion on health care reforms 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center.

Panelists will include Keth Lepak, professor of political science; Terry Riley, professor of economics; Max Blachman, community liason for U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown; Don Koenig of Humility of Mary Health Partners; and Pat Lowry from the office of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan.

The discussion will be moderated by Bill Binning, chair of the Department of Political Science. A video message from Sen. Brown will be played prior to the discussion.

For more information, contact the YSU Student Government Association at 330–941–3591 and ask for President Zachary Brown or Executive Vice President Abbie Twyford.