Penguin Jump Start

Penguin Jump Start

YOUNGSTOWN

New freshmen students at Youngstown State University can get a head start on their classes and save hundreds of dollars through the Penguin Jump Start program.

The program allows entering students to take up to two three-credit classes over the summer for half price. The regular cost of a three-credit course is about $1,000; under the Jump Start program, the cost is $500. The courses run from June 12 to Aug. 5.

To enroll for Penguin Jump Start, students must attend Student Orientation, Advisement and Registration on or before May 2. For information, email jumpstart@ysu.edu or call 330-941-2464.

Tickets sold out for Steinem lecture

YOUNGSTOWN

All of the tickets for feminist Gloria Steinem’s Youngstown State University Centofanti Symposium in Stambaugh Auditorium have been distributed.

The lecture by a leader in the women’s-rights movement will take place at 7 p.m. March 28,

Meanwhile, YSU will welcome two additional featured speakers in Stambaugh Auditorium in April – Start-up Woman of the Year Robin Chase on April 3 for the Thomas Colloquium, and award-winning author Margaret Atwood on April 21 for the Skeggs Lecture.

The lectures are free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Stambaugh box office or online at www.stambaughauditorium.com. Tickets for Chase’s presentation will be available starting today, and tickets for Atwood’s appearance will be available starting March 10.

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