Stories of success and struggle permeate YSU’s Fall Class of 2010

By BOB JACKSON

news@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Brian Haughey wouldn’t be headed to law school if not for the education and direction he received at Youngstown State University.

Joseph Turner-Kerr is taking his YSU degree to Florida, where he’ll pursue a career in retail management.

Katie Winn hopes she won’t have to go that far to find a job, but said she’ll go wherever she must to land a teaching job.

And single mom Constance Massey hopes that her degree will serve to inspire her 10-year-old son that anything can be accomplished with hard work.

Haughey, Turner-Kerr, Winn and Massey were among the more than 700 students who received degrees Sunday during Fall Commencement ceremonies at YSU.

Read about their stories of struggle and success and of Ohio Chancellor Eric Fingerhut’s comments to graduates Sunday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com on Monday.