The eighth annual YSU STEM College Awards Dinner will take place on Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. 

The Awards Dinner will celebrate YSU STEM past achievements and future potential as we present awards to distinguished alumni, educators and community leaders. Those being honored include:

Outstanding Young Alumnus: Bijan Hosseininejad, B&W Engineering, Research and Operation Team Leader

Outstanding Young Alumnus: Jared Bilas, Product Design Engineer, MAC Trailer & Assistant Professor, Mount Union

Outstanding Alumnus: John Hamley, Director of NASA Space Flight Systems

Outstanding Community Partner: Drew Hirt, President and Senior Scientist, Materials Research Laboratory

Outstanding Educational Partner: OhWOW! The Roger and Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science and Technology

Intern of the Year: Kyle Spickler, Senior Electrical Engineering Major

Co-op Student of the Year: Hailey Sullivan, Junior Chemical Engineering Major

Tickets will go on sale soon. Check the STEM website and the STEM blog for updated information or call 330-941-3009.