History

Welcome

Hello! I want to tell you how pleased we are to welcome you to Youngstown State University and to the History Program. With a faculty of nine, we offer courses across a broad range of subjects and have something to interest everyone.

I hope that you will drop by and visit us on the fifth floor of DeBartolo Hall, Room 519. Please feel welcome to stop in for advice, general information, or just to chat. You may also want to watch for notices from our Student Clubs -- History Club, Phi Alpha Theta, and the Club for Jewish Culture -- about scheduled events throughout the semester.

I encourage you to drop by the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor located at 151 Wood Street on the southern edge of campus. The museum is managed by the History Program, and you and your guests are very welcome to visit us there. (Your student ID grants you free admission at any time.)

Dr. Brian Bonhomme
History Program Coordinator

Mission

The Program of History at Youngstown State University is dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge about the past, to edify our present, and better plan for the future. The program promotes and integrates scholarship, teaching, and service to educate its undergraduate and graduate students. It promotes civic engagement with the wider community. Through the teaching of history in and out of the classroom the program fosters understanding and appreciation of diversity and provides a global perspective. Our aim is to examine and disseminate knowledge of the past and of the nature of its study and reconstruction through a variety of educational experiences and historical methodologies and to train future scholars of history.

The student majoring in history must complete, in addition to the general University requirements, the group requirements outlined on the curriculum sheet. It is recommended that the student select courses with assistance from an advisor, since certain courses are preferable to others according to whether one contemplates graduate study, secondary school teaching, or any of the many other careers for which History provides excellent preparation.

The Bachelor of Arts in History can be completed in eight semesters if students average 16 hours per semester.

For more information, visit the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, which houses the History Program, in DeBartolo Hall, room 519 or contact us at (330) 941-3452.

YSU Alumni Lecture Series to feature Larry Davis (B.F.A., ’76)

The YSU Alumni Lecture Series will feature Larry Davis (B.F.A., ‘76) for a virtual presentation February 11, 2021, where he will discuss how YSU faculty members shaped his career trajectory. He has had a lengthy career with Walt Disney Imagineering, the last five of which he served as executive producer and creative director for the main entrance of Shanghai Disneyland.

McDonough to celebrate Black History Month with two events

The McDonough Museum of Art will celebrate Black History Month with two events held throughout February. The museum will first offer free screenings of author Toni Morrison’s film “The Foreigner’s Home” each Wednesday throughout the month. The museum will also offer online exhibitions on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter that have been curated in conjunction with Black History Month. Artists to be featured include sculptor El Anatsui, installation artist Abigail DeVille, and painter Jack Whitten.

Cliffe College announces spring season of Pipino Performing Arts Series

The Cliffe College of Creative Arts has announced that the third season of the Donald P. Pipino Performing Arts Series will commence beginning with the spring 2021 semester. The series will feature performers such as Vijay Iyer, Du Yun, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Tyshawn Sorey.

Jazz Alumni’s “Spotlight On . . .” series welcomes Dave Lalama (B.M., ‘76) for interview

Volume one of the Jazz Alumni’s “Spotlight On . . .” series is set to feature YSU alumnus Dave Lalama (B.M., ‘76) for a virtual interview Thursday, January 21, 2021. Lalama currently serves as a professor of music at Hofstra University and is a founding faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music’s jazz program.

National Assocation of Teachers of Singing Auditions

Three Dana graduate students awarded at NATS auditions

Three graduate students from YSU’s Dana School of Music won awards at the 2020 National Association of Teachers of Singing Ohio Chapter Virtual Auditions. Participating students included Sierra McCorvey, Chase Upchurch, and Marlina Karimi. McCorvey was awarded first place in the adult singer category.

Voices of YSU records virtual performance of “Rise Up” by Andra Day

The Dana School of Music’s ensemble Voices of YSU, under the direction of associate professor of music Daniel Keown, recorded a virtual performance of Andra Day’s song “Rise Up” Monday, November 16, 2020. The recording can be viewed here.

B.F.A. and M.F.A. exhibits to open at McDonough Museum of Art

The work of a dozen graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students, as well as an exhibit from a Master of Fine Arts student, will be featured in new exhibits at the McDonough Museum of Art beginning Friday, November 20, 2020 and running through Saturday, December 12.

Cliffe College announces lineup of virtual events

YSU’s Cliffe College of Creative Arts has announced a versatile lineup of upcoming virtual events beginning Wednesday, November 18, 2020. The events will include a presentation by Scottish printmaker Murray Robertson, a masterclass by guitarists Jim Campilongo and Luca Benedetti, a performance in the McDonough Honors Recital Series, and numerous student composition performances from the Dana School of Music.

Dana Chorale to premiere fall concert “. . . How Can I Keep from Singing?”

The Dana Chorale will premiere their fall concert titled “. . . How Can I Keep from Singing?” Friday, November 13, 2020, at 7:00 PM on the Cliffe College of Creative Arts’ YouTube channel. The chorale will perform music by Thomas Tallis, Francisco F. Feliciano, Elaine Hagenberg, Jake Runestad, Dolly Parton, and Kirby Shaw.

University Theatre to present new show titled “Elegies: A Song Cycle”

YSU’s University Theatre will present “Elegies: A Song Cycle,” the program’s second virtual show of the semester, November 13 – 15 and 20 – 22, 2020. Created by William Finn, “Elegies” originally premiered following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and deals with the emotional aftermath of that event and the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.

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