YSU is home to this family

YOUNGSTOWN — In their long careers as guidance counselors, Youngstown State University graduates William and Margaret Kinnick have helped thousands of students select the best college to attend after high school.

So, when it came time for their daughter, Adrienne, to choose a school, they took her on the typical tour of area colleges — Mount Union, University of Akron, Kent State University, Westminster College and even Penn State.

“I’ll never forget that at some point in one of these visits, she looked at me real serious and straight in the eye and said, ‘Mom, YSU was good for you and Dad, so it should be good for me too, right?” Mrs. Kinnick remembers.

“I said, ‘You’re damn right.’ And she enrolled at YSU.”

On Sunday, Adrienne received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice during YSU’s fall commencement.

Adrienne is now the third member of her family to receive two degrees from YSU. William received a bachelor’s degree in education in 1968 and a master’s degree in education in 1971.

“YSU is home. It’s like family. We think it’s an extraordinary school,” William said.