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.

University Theatre student attends Open Jar Institute Summer Intensive

This summer, senior University Theatre student Jessica Hirsh attended the Open Jar Institute’s Summer Intensive Program held in New York City. The program, which lasts a week, consists of high intensity workshops in acting, singing, dance, and audition techniques.

Graphic + interactive design student wins Pittsburgh Pitch competition

Junior graphic + interactive design major Kayla Haywood recently won the 2017 American Advertising Federation’s Pittsburgh Pitch competition alongside a team. The event was held in November.

Graphic design student selected to exhibit in AIGA Competition

Manolo Villatoro, a junior graphic + interactive design student, recently had three of his design projects selected for exhibit in the 11th annual AIGA Flux Student Design Competition. His projects include a self-promotional publication design, a travel brochure publication design, and a vinyl record graphic design.

Andrews Avenue Mural

Students in Professor Dragana Crnjak’s special topics class on creating public art are partnering with Lit Youngstown to install a mural along Andrews Avenue in downtown Youngstown.

Flute student to perform in final recital of McDonough series

Kayla Gilmore, a junior-level flutist in the Dana School of Music, will perform in a virtual recital for the final McDonough Museum of Art Honors Recital Series event Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 7:00 PM. She will be accompanied by pianist Diane Yazvac.

Virtual Concert

Professor Caroline Oltmanns participated in a series of virtual concerts for Music for Our Children. Proceeds from events benefit UNICEF.

Internship at The Butler

During spring 2020 term (before the COVID-19 crisis), senior photography major Elijah DuPonty worked as an Education Department Intern at The Butler Institute of American Art.

Voice of Ysu to Perform I know where I have been

Honoring Juneteenth

Associate Professor Dan Keown and voice faculty member Jaron LeGrair collaborated with member of Voice of YSU to perform I Know Where I’ve Been.

YSU Reading of the Names

Associate Professor Dan Keown and Voices of YSU sang the National Anthem for YSU’s "Reading of the Names" virtual ceremony. To Listen.

Brass quintet plays Heinz Hall

A student brass quintet featuring Maxwell Franko and Darren Thompson (trumpets), Brendan Gage (horn), Dominic Gentile (trombone), and Alyssa Kordecki (tuba) performed a recital at historic Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh.

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