Monday, March 28, 2016
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Yana Flider, Jessica Marando, Alex McFarland, Fadi El Chammas, Nicholas Conti and Jimmy Garvin, all students from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University, have been selected as John D. Beeghly Fellows for the 2016 Spring Semester.
The John D. Beeghly Fellows program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development 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 are able to 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 Beeghly’s wife and children.
Beeghly was 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, WCBA dean. “Providing our students with career-related experience contributes to the success of our regional businesses and the professional preparation of our students.”