Youngstown University experienced an enrollment increase of 500 over the previous year's count. The total number of students enrolled for the Spring 1957 term was 4,738.
Final figures tabulated for the Spring 1959 semester at Youngstown University showed a total enrollment of 5,655 students. This number represented an increase of 332 over the previous year's enrollment.
According to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report, YSU was found negligent in the use of the pesticide Dasanit on campus in 1975. The report stated that Henry Garono, superintendent of landscaping, violated code ...
Ramisha Williams and Charmel McDonald claim recism led to their removal from YSU dormatories. Both women are considering legal action against the university.
Nellie Dehnbostel, formerly assistant dean of the Dana School of Music and a long-time associate of the YSU community, died at the age of 81. Dehnbostel retired from teaching in 1969, having earned both her bachelor's and ...
Edmund J. Salata, YSU's executive director of facilities, died of a heart attack in Northside Medical Center. A native of Youngstown who joined the university in 1976, he was 57 years old.
Kilcawley Center is expanded to include a 300-seat cafeteria and a larger lobby. Other aspects of the remodeling include The Pub,the Recreation Room and a new study lounge.
The YSU chapter of the Ohio Education Association (OEA) defeated the campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in a referendum called to determine which organization would represent the YSU ...
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.
A minor in journalism was authorized by the Faculty Senate. It would serve as an expansion of the English Department's existing journalism workshop courses.
YSU-OEA, the faculty union, voted to accept a contract the day before the scheduled beginning of fall semester. As of press time, ACE was still without an agreement.
Three members of the Youngstown College staff were hospitalized within a one month period. Calvin Pickard, YoCo business manager, was admitted to Northside Hospital with appendicitis. J. B. Williams, a business school ...
The Library, Science, and Main buildings were designated as fallout shelters by local civil defense authorities. Each building was stockpiled with survival rations to sustain life in the event of nuclear attack.
Father William J. Kennedy, YU's Roman Catholic chaplain and advisor to the Newman Club, was transferred to a parish in Aurora, Ohio. The Diocese named Father Anthony M. Esposito as Father Kennedy's replacement. Father ...
Youngstown University received a $564,963 federal grant for the construction of a new five-story science building as part of the $25 million expansion program. The money presented to YU was to cover one-third of the new ...
Fifteen YU students signed up to participate in a statewide marathon run promoting support for Bond Issue No. One. Ten Ohio colleges and universities, including YU, stood to benefit from the bill's passage and runners ...