The YSU Board of Trustees will meet tonight for a final vote on a proposal extending health care benefits to same-sex domestic partners of YSU employees. The proposal has already been approved by the Board's Internal ...
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 Biology Department commemorated its tenth year at Youngstown College. Chaired by Dr. Clair Worley, the department offered seventeen courses to YoCo students. At the time, 146 YoCo undergraduates were majoring in some ...
A blaze resulting from overheated grease on a hot plate gutted the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at 850 Pennsylvania Avenue. All ten inhabitants of the building escaped without injury. Damages were estimated to stand ...
A fire broke out in the Bliss Hall sculpture room when a spark from a grinding machine ignited a straw project. Six units from the Youngstown Fire Department responded. Most of the damage was caused by smoke.
$3.3 million dollars will be spent to expand Bliss Hall. Increased enrollment and additional accreditation requirements within the art department made the renovation necessary.
Youngstown College was placed on the list of approved colleges for teachers' training by the Ohio Department of Education. The new Youngstown College education department came under the direction of Dr. George M. Wilcox.
The YSU Board of Trustees met on December 14, 1985. During the course of that meeting, the Board directed President Neil Humphrey to offer Pollock House to private persons or corporations on the basis of a long-term lease ...
The Ohio Board of Regents approved an Individualized Curriculum Program (ICP) at YSU. The ICP would enable students whose needs are not completely met by conventional programs to design their own course of study.
Youngstown State University's board of trustees will vote on a ten year contract with Johnson Controls Incorporated to improve campus facilities. The company promises at least $15 million in energy cost savings.
Thomas Bopp, co-discoverer of the Hale-Bopp comet, will deliver the address at winter commencement. He will also receive an honorary doctor of science degree from YSU.
YSU announces the start of a campaign to construct a Penguin Walk of Pride in front of Stambaugh Stadium. The bricks making up this walkway, costing $100 each, may contain up to two lines of inscription.
Philip Buchanan, registrar of the Youngstown University for 38 years, resigned effective January 31, 1966. Buchanan first came to the University in 1927 when it was known as the Youngstown Institute of Technology.
Due to a mandate issued by Gov. James Rhodes requiring state agencies to reduce electrical consumption by 25 percent, the university instituted energy-saving measures. Specific buildings were closed during the weekends, ...
An invitation-only crowd gathered at YSU's Bliss Hall Spotlight Theater to hear President George W. Bush give a 40 minute speech on community health clinics.