Student speaker chosen for YSU fall graduation

The speaker is double major in the Williamson College of Business Administration.

STAFF REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN — Nicole Caravella of West Pittsburg, Pa., will be the student speaker at Youngstown State University’s fall commencement 2 p.m. Sunday in Beeghly Center on the YSU campus.

Caravella, daughter of Ken and Pam Caravella, is graduating from the Williamson College of Business Administration with a double major in advertising and public relations and marketing management.

YSU alumnus John Allen Scott, president and chief operating officer of Parsons Corp., will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at commencement. Scott, who lives in Arcadia, Calif., earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from YSU in 1971 and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University in 1973.

During her time at YSU, Caravella has been a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, the American Marketing Association, Beta Gamma Sigma, Golden Key International Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. She has also been on the dean’s list every semester of her college career and is in the YSU Honors College.

Last spring, Caravella traveled to Lexington, Ky., with her classmates to present an advertising campaign for AOL at the District 5, National Student Advertising Competition, where the team was awarded fourth place. She has also participated in the Advertising Women of New York Career Conference for two years. Caravella has interned with McConnell Marketing, the Lawrence County Government Center and most recently as a public relations intern at Pipitone Group, where she has worked with clients such as PPG Industrial Coatings and AIG American General.

She also teaches dance in her free time and is a former Lady Steelhound.