EGCC students help improve revenue for OH WOW! museum

YOUNGSTOWN

Eastern Gateway Community College’s accounting and business students got a sample of the business world outside of the classroom with a class project.

Students in James Senary’s managerial-accounting class last semester examined the facilities, operations and sales at OH WOW! The Roger and Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science and Technology and Joe Maxx Coffee and made recommendations for improvements.

The same examination is underway for the Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s Tyler History Museum.

Suzanne Barbati, executive director of Oh Wow!, said she’s already implemented some of the students’ recommendations and realized positive results.

“We had a souvenir shop, but it was behind our reception desk, so it wasn’t accessible,” she said.

The students recommended moving that feature to the exhibit floor.

“We’ve doubled our revenue stream,” Barbati said.

Read more about the results in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.