YSU selects six Beeghly Fellows

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University business students Dominic Jackett, Timothy Cheslik, Corey J. Patrick, Joseph Czekaj, Paige Rassega and Sterling Morris II have been selected as the John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2014 fall semester.

The John D. Beeghly Fellows program provides students with up to a $2,500 stipend and the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with clients of the Ohio Small Business Development Center and the International Trade Assistance Center at YSU.

Projects include marketing research, preparation of financial statements, export-readiness studies, country research, business-plan development, cash-flow analysis and sales forecast. Students gain valuable career-related work experience and position themselves to be competitive in the job market upon graduation.

The program is made possible by an endowment established at the YSU Foundation by the wife and children of John David Beeghly, a lifelong resident and businessman in Youngstown and son of area industrialist and philanthropist Leon A. Beeghly. From 1967 until his death, Beeghly served as vice president and director of Standard Slag Co. and Stancorp, Inc., a holding company for industrial businesses.

“We are extremely grateful to the John D. Beeghly family for making this generous investment in our business students,” said Betty Jo Licata, dean of YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration. “Providing our students with career-related experience contributes to the success of our regional businesses and the professional preparation of our students.”

Cheslik is senior accounting and finance major who will begin his full-time position at Ernst & Young upon graduating in May, with plans to obtain a CPA. He recently completed an internship with Hill, Barth & King LLC. Cheslik is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Beta Alpha Psi, Student Investment Fund, and the WCBA Student Leadership Council.

Czekaj completed an internship with ADA Architects in Lakewood and participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program in the spring, completing tax returns for patrons in the local community. He is a senior accounting major expected to graduate this fall.

Jackett is an MBA student who recently served as president of Beta Alpha Psi. He was also part of a student team that placed second at the Deloitte BAP Best Practices Midwest Regional Competition. As an office manager for the family business, Dominic creates financial statements and conducts inventory management and sales forecasting, along with payroll management.

Morris is a finance major with a minor in accounting. He will be graduating in May and will begin a full-time job in investment banking for KeyBanc Capital Markets. Morris has completed three internships for FirstEnergy Service Co., FEIC Financial Services Inc. and KeyBanc Capital Markets. He also is a member of the Student Investment Fund Organization and Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Patrick is a finance major. He serves as vice president of Enactus, a global student organization focused on entrepreneurial efforts and community outreach projects. He also is a member of the Student Investment Fund and the WCBA Student Leadership Council.

Rassega is a senior human resource management major and the president of the Society of Human Resource Management. She has been a Peer Mentor for the Center for Student Progress and has organized efforts such as the Let’s Can Hunger Project. Rassega recently completed an internship with Brilex Industries Inc.