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

Calendar
Monday, Jan. 26 to Thursday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In observance of Financial Aid Awareness Week, the YSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will distribute forms and answer questions about grants, scholarships and loans for students interested in filing for financial aid during the 2009–10 academic year. Staff members will be available on the first floor of Kilcawley Center, across from Home Savings and Loan. For more information, visit www.ysu.edu/finaid or call 330–941–3505 or 330–941–3506.

Monday, Jan. 26, 7:05 p.m. The YSU men’s basketball team’s longest homestand of the season continues with the University of Akron visiting Beeghly Center. The men also play 7:35 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, against Wright State and 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, against Detroit, both in Beeghly Center. The Thursday and Saturday games are doubleheaders with the women’s team. The women’s games are 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29 against Illinois–Chicago and 4:35 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 against Loyola. For more information, visit www.ysusports.com.ﾠ

Wednesday, Jan. 28, noon. Jan. 28. The Dana School of Music’s Jazz Combos, directed by Kent Engelhardt, perform a Music at Noon concert at Butler North on Wick Avenue. Free.

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. Faculty artist recital featuring Francois Fowler, guitar, with guest artists Kathryn Thomas Umble, flute, and Misook Yun, soprano, in Bliss Recital Hall.

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. Dana School of Music Percussion Studio Recital in Room 2326 of Bliss Hall.

Saturday, Jan. 31, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. YSU presents the second annual Panera FunFest in the gymnasium of Stambaugh Stadium. The free event for children and their families features face–painting, games, clowns, giveaways and much more. Children and families are then encouraged to attend the Penguins’ men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader in Beeghly Center.

YSU offers job search help for displaced workers
Career and Counseling Services at Youngstown State University will present “Job Search Strategies for the Displaced Worker” 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 6, in the Ohio Room and Gallery of Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus.

The event is available to all community members who register in advance at www.ysu.edu/career–services or 330–941–3515.

The event is dedicated to supporting the job searches of individuals in the region by providing training on becoming a better job seeker. 

Here’s the schedule:
8 a.m. Registration
9 to 9:40 a.m. Job Search Strategies (Ohio Room)
9 to 9:40 a.m. Effective Resume Writing (Gallery)
9:40 to 9:50 a.m. Handling job loss
9:50 to 10 a.m. Break

10 to 10:40 a.m. Effective Resume Writing (Gallery)
10 to 10:40 a.m. Job Search Strategies (Ohio Room)
10:40 to 10:50 a.m. Identifying Job Search Stressors
10:50 to 11 a.m. Break

11 to 11:40 a.m. Excellent Interviewing (Ohio Room)
11:40 to 11:50 a.m. Strategies to reduce job search stress
11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Consult with Career Coordinators

9 a.m. to noon, Career Resources in Room 2069, adjacent to the Ohio Room.

YSU celebrates African American History Month
Youngstown State University’s Africana Studies Program has announced the following events to mark African American History Month in February.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m., Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center
Shereka: The Black Heritage Festival. The event, co–sponsored by the Office of Housing and Residence Life will include poetry readings and performances from a gospel choir, mimes and the HarambeeYouth Group and step dancers. Food from various cultures will be provided.

Thursday, Feb. 5, 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
McDonough Museum of Art Reception: 5 p.m. Bliss Hall Gallery. Panel Discussion: 6 p.m. Co–sponsored by the College of Fine & Performing Arts, the event features a panel discussion with Pittsburgh artist and art educator Christine Bethea. Bethea has received numerous awards for her work as an arts administrator, curator and supporter of the visual arts. Her art has been featured in the best–selling book, A Communion of the Spirits: African–American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories. Her art will be on display at the Bliss Hall Art Gallery throughout February.

Saturday, Feb. 7, Noon to 6 p.m., Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center
The African Marketplace. Goods made by Africans and African Americans will be for sale. The Harambee Youth Group will perform.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m., The Gallery, Kilcawley Center
Black Faculty Research Showcase and Panel Discussion. African American faculty will discuss their publications on display in the Maag Library Gallery. 

Friday, Feb. 13, 5:45 p.m., Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center
“Boys, Pull Your Pants Up,” a play that satirizes the style of African American youth wearing their pants below their waists and scrutinizes the impact of hip–hop styles and videos. The play is based on the book by Akron novelist Jewelene Banks. 

Friday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m., The Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center
African Architects of Egyptian Civilization, a lecture by Anthony Browder. Browder is an author, publisher, artist and educational consultant. He has traveled the world and lectured extensively. Browder’s books, Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization, Egypt on the Potomac and Decoding Egyptian Architecture and Symbolism, will be on display and he will be available for book signing.

Monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., The Gallery, Kilcawley Center
Africanist Value–Centered Education in the Global Village, a lecture by Yvonne Brown. Brown is a Canadian educator who has sponsored international service–learning projects in Africa and Canada.

Thursday, Feb. 26 7:30 p.m., Stambaugh Auditorium
Skeggs lecturer Dr. Cornel West, professor of Religion and African Studies at Princeton University. A prominent and prolific public intellectual, West is a much sought—after speaker at universities across the nation, addressing a wide variety of topics across disciplines. He is the recipient of more then 20 honorary degrees and a National Book Award. His many books include Prophesy Deliverance: An Afro—American Revolutionary Christianity, Race Matters, and Democracy Matters. West is a longtime member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

For more information, call the Africana Studies Program at 330–941–3097.

 

 

WYSU partners with WKSU for regional newscasts
WKSU — Kent State University’s public radio affiliate — and Youngstown State University’s WYSU–FM have formed a partnership to better serve the area’s news audience. 

The WKSU news team is now providing hourly newscasts to WYSU during National Public Radio’s Morning Edition program. Regional and state news headlines are now airing following national headlines from NPR at the top of the hour at 6 a.m., 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.

“We currently don’t have the staff or the resources to provide regional and state headlines to our audience, but it’s something we have wanted to do,” said Gary Sexton, WYSU director of broadcasting. “We are very pleased that this partnership with WKSU allows us to do so during Morning Edition. We look forward to exploring other ways of working together to better serve our region.”

Al Bartholet, WKSU executive director and general manager, echoed Sexton’s remarks. “We are pleased to be working with WYSU to better serve the public radio audience in Northeast Ohio, and I hope this is the first of many future collaborations,” Bartholet said.

WKSU, a service of KSU, broadcasts NPR and classical music at 89.7 FM. WKSU programming is also heard on WKRW 89.3 FM in Wooster, WKRJ 91.5 FM in Dover/New Philadelphia, WKSV 89.1 FM in Thompson, WNRK 90.7 in Norwalk, W298BA 107.5 FM in Boardman, and W239AZ 95.7 FM in Ashland. At 89.7 FM and 90.7 FM, WKSU broadcasts in HD, with digital side channels HD.2 (Folk Alley) and HD.3 (The Classical Channel). 

YSU owns and operates WYSU–FM 88.5 FM, a 50,000 watt public radio station that serves the Mahoning and Shenango valley region. The station broadcasts a mix of news and information, and classical music on its main analog channel and on its HD 1 (digital) channel, as well as all classical music on its HD2 channel. The station broadcasts at 88.5 FM in Youngstown, at 90.1 FM in Ashtabula, and 97.5 FM in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. WYSU can be found on the web at www.wysu.org.

STEM college hosts first Awards Dinner Feb. 19

The College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Youngstown State University will celebrate Engineers Week by holding its First Annual STEM Awards Dinner at 6 p.m., Feb. 19 in the DeBartolo Stadium Club on the YSU campus.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan will be the keynote speaker at the dinner, which is partially supported by Innovation Series, a technology networking initiative underwritten by Dominion Foundation. Tickets cost $10 and include a buffet dinner. Corporate sponsors may reserve a table for eight and receive a corporate listing in the program for $150.

Attendance is by advance registration only and limited to the first 150 people. People interested in attending are to RSVP by Feb. 6. Send payment and reservations to: Youngstown State University, College of STEM, Attn: Brenda Crouse, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555. Parking will be reserved in the M–24 lot on Fifth Avenue. For more information, call 330–941–2512.

Poetry Center Reading Series features YSU alum
Poet Nancy Krygowski, a native of Youngstown and a graduate of Youngstown State University, will appear at the Youngstown Reading Series 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at Dorian Books, 802 Elm St. in Youngstown.

The Youngstown Reading Series is held in collaboration with the YSU Poetry Center. The event is free and open to the public, both for listening pleasure as well as prospective participant readers.

Krygowski’s debut poem collection, Velocity, won the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. Krygowski, a resident of Pittsburgh, is assistant artistic director of the city’s Gist Street Reading Series and an instructor for the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, River Styx, Southern Poetry Review, 5 A.M. and other magazines.

She is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, a Pittsburgh Foundation Grant, and awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Associated Writing Programs.

For more information, contact Kelly Bancroft at kabancroft@ysu.edu or Christopher Barzak at czakbar@hotmail.com

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