Pa. chancellor to speak at YSU commencement

YOUNGSTOWN -- Judy G. Hample, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters and give the keynote address at Youngstown State University's commencement. The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. May 15 in Beeghly Center at YSU. About 1,100 students will receive diplomas.
Hample, who earned master's and doctoral degrees in communications from The Ohio State University, heads the Pennsylvania higher education system, which includes 14 universities, four branch campuses, several regional centers and an environmental learning center. The system enrolls nearly 105,000 students and employs nearly 12,200 faculty and staff.
Hample took the post nearly two years ago, leaving a position as chancellor of the State University System of the Florida Board of Regents.