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.

Department of Art students complete large-scale mural in East Liverpool

Professor of art Dragana Crnjak and three former and current YSU art students—Rachel Hritz (B.F.A., ’22), Mia Mondora (B.F.A., ’22), and junior B.F.A. student Lindsay DeLullo—recently completed a large-scale mural located on Bradshaw Avenue in East Liverpool, Ohio. The mural was commissioned by East Liverpool Mayor and YSU alumnus Greg Bricker.

Dana School of Music students to participate in Spectrum Brass Seminar

Dana School of Music students Joseph Lashner and Connor Remington were selected to participate in the 2022 Spectrum Brass Seminar at the Bay View Music Festival in Petoskey, Michigan July 8 – August 15, 2022. The five-week program welcomes students from universities all over the world to learn more about the brass quintet repertoire.

YSU Summer Festival of the Arts celebrates 24th anniversary

YSU will be welcoming arts, culture, and music to downtown Youngstown as it celebrates the 24th annual Summer Festival of the Arts at Wean Park in downtown Youngstown, Ohio July 7 – 10, 2022. Organizers who have events planned for the festival include Cliffe College of Creative Arts, JAC Management, the City of Youngstown, Mahoning County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.

McDonough Museum of Art awarded Ohio Arts Council grant

The McDonough Museum of Art was awarded an Ohio Arts Council (OAC) grant in the amount of $11,625 as part of the OAC’s sustainability program. The OAC is a state agency that assists in funding and supporting the arts in order to transform Ohio people and communities.

McDonough Museum of Art announces summer 2022 schedule

The McDonough Museum of Art will open its summer 2022 exhibition schedule with five diverse artists beginning Friday, June 3, 2022 and concluding Saturday, July 16. An opening reception will be held Friday, June 3 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the museum. The exhibitions and reception are free and open to the public.

University Theatre announces productions for 2022-23 season

YSU’s University Theatre announced that four mainstage productions will make up their 2022-23 season, beginning with “The Revolutionists” September 30 – October 9, 2022. Also included in the lineup are “Godspell” and “The Last Five Years,” with “Antigone” closing the season March 31 – April 9, 2023.

McDonough Museum of Art to host Cut-out Poetry and Collage Workshop

The McDonough Museum of Art will present a free Cut-out Poetry and Collage Workshop for teens and adults Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at the museum. The workshop will be led by Michael Nyers of Fade Into a Blackout – Blackout Poetry.

YSU president Jim Tressel to narrate two stories at Dana children’s concert

YSU president Jim Tressel is set to narrate two stories at a children’s concert performed by the Dana Ensemble Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 3:00 PM at Stambaugh Auditorium. Tressel will narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s "Peter and the Wolf" and Camille Saint-Saëns’ "Carnival of the Animals.”

Handel’s Ice Cream chief executive donates $100,000 to McDonough Museum of Art

Leonard Fisher, president and chairman of the board of Handel’s Ice Cream, will be honored Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 7:30 PM at the McDonough Museum of Art for his $100,000 gift to the museum. In recognition of the donation, the museum’s main gallery balcony will be named the Leonard J. Fisher Balcony.

McDonough Museum of Art celebrates National Poetry Month

The McDonough Museum of Art provided a space for writers to share their thoughts, emotions, and observations with the public in celebration of National Poetry Month April 7, 2022 at the museum. Nine students participated in the event.

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