Diversity leadership celebration planned

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Trailblazers for diversity will be honored at Youngstown State University’s fourth annual Diversity Leadership Recognition Celebration on March 31.

The purpose of the recognition is to celebrate and embrace diversity at YSU and in the community and to recognize that although we may come from different cultures or share different thoughts or experiences, we share a common goal of educating our leaders of tomorrow.

The selected honorees for Community Leadership are: Beatitude House, Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Robert L. Faulkner Jr. and Earnest Perry, M.D., F.A.C.S. (posthumously); Campus Leadership: Alfred L. Bright, Arlene Floyd, and L.J. Tessier, Ph.D.; and student leaders (Leaders of Tomorrow): Alma Ciriello, Darian Scott and Terrell Wesley. The scholarship recipient is Meysha Harville.

The Diversity Leadership Recognition Celebration will be at 6 p.m. March 31 at Mr. Anthony’s, 7440 South Ave., Boardman. The cost is $35 per person or a table of eight for $280. Thursday is the reservation deadline.

The keynote speaker will be Cynthia E. Anderson, the first woman, first Youngstown native and the first YSU graduate to serve as YSU’s president.

For further information and/or reservations, contact the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at 330-941-3370. Proceeds from the event will fund student scholarships through an endowment that has been established with the Youngstown State University Foundation.