New YSU institute to offer Utica Shale-related minor program

Youngstown State University today announced plans for a Natural Gas and Water Resources Institute to better prepare its students for jobs related to the Utica Shale.

"It speaks to the issue of student success," said Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Dean Martin Abraham.

Abraham said the program will be available as a minor.

The announcement of the new program was made during the Youngstown Ohio Utica and Natural Gas conference and expo at the Covelli Centre.